On the way home

singlespeed · Jun 9, 2012

Spotted this little fella whilst coming home this evening. There were three of them, but two scarpered

Prety sure its a Pine Marten
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Araf · Jun 9, 2012

Could be as you're at the right end of the country for them, but looks a little small - though there's little to take as a reference for size. Could be a weasel or Stoat (which has a black tip on its tail) maybe?

jra3d · Jun 10, 2012

Aw now that is cute, are pine martins smaller tho?

Araf · Jun 10, 2012

Martens are the bigger. About 2 foot long.

singlespeed · Jun 10, 2012

jra3d":19p4klww said:
Aw now that is cute, are pine martins smaller tho?

This wold be cute

Watching the clip back, on the TV, I'm definately thinking it's a pine martin. As we also have stoats about and this was certainly different. Pacing out the width of the road, the tarmac is about 16 foot across

They grow to a decent size and reading up, it sounds like they have recolonized the Moray area. Having seen three of them, crossing the road, I suspect that this one is a youngster from this year.

I went for a walk last night, past the area and theres lots of pathways through the grass verges. I realy hope I don't see one splatted