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  • BBC Wildlife Magazine

    WILDMONTH

    Jun 03, 2021 3 minutes
    By Laurie Jackson

    1 | PINE MARTEN

    Here’s looking at you kit

    Young pine martens, or kits, are making their first forays from dens deep in tree cavities this month.

    Once one of our commonest mammals, second only to weasels in their abundance, pine marten populations plummeted between the 16th and 19th centuries. The semiarboreal mustelid was hit by woodland fragmentation and the popularity of their pelts (valued both for warmth and fashion), swiftly followed by their persecution as vermin. With a bounty on their heads, pine martens were pushed into pockets of the Highlands, and

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