Pine marten

United Kingdom

In July 2015, the first confirmed sighting of a European pine marten in England for over a century was recorded by an amateur photographer in the woodlands of Shropshire. Sightings have continued in the area and juveniles were recorded in 2019, indicating a breeding population. In July 2017, footage of a live European pine marten was captured by a camera trap in the North York Moors in Yorkshire; in March 2018, the first ever footage of a European pine marten in Northumberland was captured by the Back from the Brink pine marten project.