time admins put a stop to photos highlighting the complete lack of biodiversity in the irish countryside
one off housing surrounded by barren fields
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May be just one offs bank holiday and all that,I like solitary when I’m walking,all about timing where I go,uber early - peace
There’s plenty of woodland and also wind turbines in that photo
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Love them,rare now
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Makin a come back around here
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Great to hear ,
One ran across tbe road in front of me a few years ago, just outside Ballygarvan,
Other than that’ I saw one in Cloughduv and also in Gougane Barra
Brilliant pics
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Was nearly extinct in the 70s and confined to some western counties. Significant recovery since then and has spread eastwards in recent years. A welcome feature of this has been the decline of the Grey Squirrel which features in Pine Martens’ diet. Recovery in Munster and Ulster still patchy.
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I don’t believe I’ve ever seen one.
I live in a green area on that map.
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Some gaps in distribution in Munster where ostensibly suitable habitat exists. Generally, roadkill is usually first indication they’ve moved into an area.
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I suppose a big factor would be the re-emergence of mixed forestry as a use for poor land the past 20 years
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Fairly elusive
Yes, definitely a factor; along with incidence of abandoned dwellings, out- buildings etc. where they can breed.
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Good point, must ask my brother,drives a truck daily around cork Kerry
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Jeez don’t let on to TSG that they are driving cars!
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Clonard monastery Ardoyne