I was made aware of a pine marten having been run over between Oakwood House & Gartinstarry, he lives near #WardToll. He stopped at #Auchentroig wood on Wednesday afternoon to let me know what he saw
A thread. #Stirlingshire #redsquirrels #Scotland

#Redsquirrel kits don't have a chance against pine marten, an adult #Redsquirrel can get away from a pine marten but not a kit. #Stirlingshire #redsquirrels #AuchentroigWood #Scotland
#Redsquirrels in the #Buchlyvie area are just getting established, there's not the numbers to withstand what a pine marten can do. The man that stopped on Wednesday used to have #Redsquirrels in his garden but then pine martens turned up & the #Redsquirrels left. #WardToll
The person who stopped had worked on the house of a well known politician who lives in #lomondtrossachs, the #redsquirrels have left the garden of the politician now that pine martens have moved in. #Scotland
The owner of a small #woodland near #Gartmore has told me about what is happening in their #woodland. And its brutal. Pine martens are ripping the dreys out of trees & throwing them on to the ground. #redsquirrels #Scotland
On one Saturday morning they found 4 #redsquirrel dreys on the ground, one of the dreys had a dead kit inside it. They were seeing kits & then they weren't seeing kits. #redsquirrels #Gartmore #Scotland
I know this thread won't be popular with many & I agree that pine martens are great for dealing with greys. But I have a problem with pine martens when they run riot on the #redsquirrel, I think something has to be done about it. #redsquirrels #Scotland