We have a Beech Marten
(Martes foina) who takes the occasional chicken. I've seen one - at least her ears - in a night-time photo in my camera trap, but had never seen one close up.
Until Boxing Day, that is, when an individual who had probably been on a blinder the night before was a wee bit slow to react to the noises of me waking up and letting the dogs out...and so ended up in our persimmon
(Diospyros kaki) tree.
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| Persisting in the Persimmon |
She (or he, I'm not up to sexing Martens up trees) stayed there all day, disappearing only at night when the dogs were safely shut up. She is welcome at the Croft - I'm sure that it is she, with the owls, that keep the rat population at bay.
