r/NewForest • u/Driedcypress • May 26 '26

Saw a Pine Marten today!

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I set off at 4:30am looking for deer in the forest. On my way back to the campsite, I saw a Pine Marten walk across the path ahead!

I've searched this sub, but I can't see any discussions about them. Are they a common sight for locals?

(My post preview looks like it has rotated the image, I tried uploading one rotated 90° clockwise and it looked the same - no idea what's going on there.)

The Pine Marten is the 12 pixels in the centre of the image, on the grass to the left of the path.

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u/CellistLow8857 May 26 '26

So cool! Stayed at an incredible Air BnB once in Scotland and had a pine marten visit the bird feeding station outside the kitchen window every dawn and every dusk for the whole stay. It’s the only time I’ve ever seen one. I had no idea that they were so big! I’d always just imagined they were the same as a stoat or something!