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Stoats, weasels, martens and polecats belong to the mustelid family, along with badgers and otters, and feral American mink, which are a recent addition to the UK countryside, following escapes and releases from fur farms.
Dr Jenny MacPherson, who managed Vincent Wildlife Trust's Pine Marten Recovery Project for England and Wales, introduces readers to Britain’s small mustelid species in delightfully rich text, covering the animals’ physiology, daily lives and distribution, as well as their significance in UK history and folklore. And she shares her experiences from the forefront of the work to conserve these amazing animals.

This guide provides recommendations for using camera traps effectively and responsibly to monitor pine marten den boxes for volunteers and professionals. 

Monitoring is an important part of pine marten conservation — as their populations expand into new areas it enables an informed approach to supporting the species' recovery. It is, however, imperative that we monitor pine martens using den boxes without disturbing them as it is a criminal offence 
to come within five metres of an occupied den box. This guide outlines best practice for den box monitoring.

This guide gives an overview of the pine marten and shows how to identify pine marten field signs. The leaflet also provides information on the pine marten projects in England and Wales and ways of getting involved.

VWT's 2020-2030 strategy sets out ten years of conserving threatened mammals using scientifically sound research. It continues to be a catalyst for innovative conservation as it works with new species, new partnerships and new areas.

An absence of elevated cavities in young woodlands may force pine martens to use suboptimal den sites, and consequently limit population distribution, abundance, and breeding success. Artificial den boxes have been designed and installed in recent years and occupied by both non-breeding and breeding pine martens. This paper reports on a trial of different designs of pine marten den boxes.