{"id":696294,"date":"2026-07-17T08:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696294\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:16:12","slug":"pine-martens-spotted-in-new-forest-after-decades-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696294\/","title":{"rendered":"Pine martens spotted in New Forest after decades absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Pine martens were once widespread across the UK before habitat loss and persecution left only small and fragmented populations, mostly in northern England, Scotland and parts of Wales.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After a successful breeding event was observed by Forestry England in 2024, pine martens are now being spotted by keen photographers across the region, including Daily Echo Camera Club member Tim Kitts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/26276732.marwell-zoo-give-latest-update-missing-capybara\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marwell Zoo give latest update on missing capybara<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;Pine Marten seen early this morning in the south of the New Forest.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They live in woodland habitats, especially mature forests with plenty of tree cover, and are excellent climbers, spending much of their time in trees.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Pine martens are a protected species in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, making it illegal to intentionally kill, injure or disturb them in many circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pine martens were once widespread across the UK before habitat loss and persecution left only small and fragmented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-696294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}