Marvellous martens put on a midnight show
MY SON AND HIS FAMILY LIVE IN southern Spain, between Malaga and Ronda, and last night he and my visiting nephew were treated to a wonderful spectacle of three beech martens on their neighbour’s roof, probably young ones, just before midnight! My granddaughter of 13 woke up, and with great forethought took her phone camera, and got some good footage of the three martens.
This was an animal that I had not heard of before, as it does not exist in the British Isles, though is closely related to our pine martens, just a little smaller and with a more extensive white bib (the pine marten’s is cream-coloured).
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