{"id":57641,"date":"2026-07-29T19:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/birth-of-pine-marten-kits-a-fantastic-sign-for-exmoor-comeback\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:03:29","slug":"birth-of-pine-marten-kits-a-fantastic-sign-for-exmoor-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/birth-of-pine-marten-kits-a-fantastic-sign-for-exmoor-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth of pine marten kits ‘a fantastic sign’ for Exmoor comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The discovery comes a year after kits were filmed on Dartmoor<\/a>, where the project released 15 pine martens in 2024.<\/p>\n

The reintroductions represented the first attempt to re-establish a sustainable breeding population of the tree-climbing members of the weasel family in the South West since they were hunted to extinction more than a century ago.<\/p>\n

Conservationists said the pine martens have proved to be highly mobile, shy of people and difficult to see.<\/p>\n

Ali North, field officer at the project for Exmoor, added: “We were incredibly excited to finally see kits after so many months of intensive monitoring.<\/p>\n

“This has been a community effort with local people helping us in a series of key tasks ranging from building pine marten den boxes to installing and regularly checking remote cameras.”<\/p>\n

Despite the breeding success of pine martens on Exmoor and Dartmoor, the project members warned that the animal’s comeback to the region is still in its early, fragile stages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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