Britains rarest mammal - vid

[GetCarter]

OK, so forgive smug mode, but yet again last week, I heard a BBC wildlife bod saying they'd never seen a Pine Marten. Well chaps... there are four living in our garden.

Here are the two young scamps that are giving mum and dad hell at the moment.

http://www.stevecarter.com/2009Marten.wmv

Could you let me know if it streams ok? (53mb file - trying not to squash any more)

Ta

[Toastgirl]

I like the video, they're funny creatures! lol You prepared a nice meal for them too!
Btw, it runs ok for me.

[Famous Graham]

Works fine here

Drop the Beeb a line and flog em the vid

[jazzybee]

very interesting. What did you lay out for them? I could only make out the egg.

[Hunky Dory]

Brilliant - you lucky so and so!
Like Graham said, let the Beeb know and see what happens.
Although on second thoughts, what would probably happen is they'd descend on your garden and ruin your peaceful existence for the weekend! Better to sit back, enjoy them yourselves and keep quiet about it!
Oh - Streams fine for me as well and the quality's fine too.

[GetCarter]

Ta folks

They eat bread cheese and raspberry jam (NOT strawberry!)

FD (PH from here), chose a good weekend to come up... Shieldaig village, taken at 6.30 this morning

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 31st May 09:01

[spitfire4v8]

haha - a great video, that really made me smile .. what fabulous faces they have! I was so wanting that egg to break and cover his face, he was really struggling trying to work out what to do with it great vid Steve, thanks for sharing!

[beano500]

You're a lucky so-and-so!!

No wonder the Beeb Bods haven't seen them if you have a virtual monopoly of them in your garden! Fantastic stuff - keep up the good work!

[lewis_sharman]

If your garden has THAT view then i am a jealous bd

Great vid

[GetCarter]

Tee hee... no the view from my garden is much better than that

[whirligig]

Lovely looking animals but they are a menace when they get into a hen house

[GetCarter]

Yea, we had hens in our last house, but there is no way we coould have them here (without building a Fort). They may look cute, but they are born to kill.

[john185k]

Is that one of the recipes from Mrs Get's new cook book

[Simpo Two]

Pine Marten
Aston Marten

Got any House Martens?

[GetCarter]

I have some Doc Martens somewhere.

[Famous Graham]

Simpo Two said:

Pine Marten
Aston Marten

Got any House Martens?

Hope not - Caravan of Love was dreadful

[Klankie]

Thats great!!

What's wrong with the custard creams?? Fussy bugger

[GetCarter]

OK - there were a few Custard Cremes involved.

[paul911]

Nice one Steve, as said email the beeb with the link.

[fergusd]

Must have driven past the end of your drive Steve . . .



We did nearly 700 miles this weekend . . . epic stuff . . . fallen in love with the Elise again . . . the perfect road trip machine ;-)

I'd refuel and be on my way North again tomorrow if I could ;-)



Interestingly (or not) this is the beach that bloke did his 'I am a crofter' series from . . . betcha didn't know there was an MOD Radar/Listening post about 200M down the beach ;-) . . .

Next weekend we're taking the caterham up to Golspie for some competition fun of a different sort ;-)

Fd

Edited by fergusd on Sunday 31st May 22:57