The Secret Life of the Pine Marten - Full Documentary

📣 MY NEW PINE MARTEN BOOK 📣
Pine Marten: The Secret Life of Martes martes by Dan Bagur
Published by Pelagic Publishing UK
Focusing on Pine Marten behaviour, my new book contains lots of information and photographs not yet published before. You can search for it on Google or pre-order on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/ahlQCyS

This film was featured on 'Woodland Tales; Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh' (Aired January 14th 2024). ITVX; Series 6, Episode 2

This film was featured on 'The Six O’Clock Show' (Aired June 2nd 2023). Virgin Media One.

The Secret Life of the European Pine Marten

Living in the middle of the forest I was able to follow wild Pine Martens for 2 years during the pandemic and film them along the way. I filmed the famous Pine Marten wiggle as well as their various vocalisations and tail wagging growls. The Pine Marten (Martes martes) is a member of the Mustelid family; closely related to the Otter (Lutra lutra) and the Badger (Meles meles). The Pine Marten is critically endangered in the UK and Ireland.

0:00 Pine Marten Introduction
1:15 Winter
2:37 Pine Marten Adaptation
5:04 Pine Marten Climbing & Jumping
7:33 Pine Marten Wiggle
8:26 Pine Marten Morphology
9:05 Young Kits Establish New Territory
9:36 Pine Marten Calls, Growls and Screams
12:49 Spring
13:22 Pine Marten Bib Identification
13:52 Male and Female Pine Martens
14:37 Pine Marten Nesting & Kit Rearing
18:37 Feeding the Family
22:50 The Family Leaves the Den
23:37 Pine Marten Kits Playing
25:19 Kits Learning to Climb
26:44 Summer
27:10 Pine Marten Territory & Home Range
28:30 Scent Marking
29:23 Pine Marten Scats
30:28 Pine Marten Courtship & Mating
32:40 Pine Marten Courtship Calls
35:23 Autumn
36:17 Pine Marten Diet
38:32 Ecological Benefits of Pine Martens
38:46 Pine Martens & Red Squirrels
40:36 Red Squirrel Escapes Pine Marten
41:20 Common Pine Marten Injuries
41:46 Pine Marten Predators & Threats
43:46 Icons of the Wilderness
44:24 Pine Marten Personality & Intelligence

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The Secret Life of the European Pine Marten is my second wildlife film.
You can watch my first film here:
   • Life In The Colony - The life of the ...  

If you would like to help keep Pine Martens around for future generations then you can support the fantastic work being done to protect them. (I am in no way connected to this charity and make no money from your donation):
https://www.vwt.org.uk/donate/

If you would like to learn more about Pine Martens then I would also highly recommend you buy this brilliant book by Dr Johnny Birks:
https://amzn.to/3ldTzKO