The Secret Life of the Pine Marten - Full Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
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Pine Marten: The Secret Life of Martes martes by Dan Bagur
Published by Pelagic Publishing UK
Focusing on Pine Marten behaviour, my new book contains lots of information and photographs not yet published before. You can search for it on Google or pre-order on Amazon: amzn.eu/d/ahlQCyS
My Pine Marten discoveries were featured on Springwatch 2024 (Aired June 13th 2024). BBC TWO; Episode 12. Chris Packham even plugged my new Pine Marten book.
This film was featured on 'Woodland Tales; Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh' (Aired January 14th 2024). ITVX; Series 6, Episode 2
This film was featured on 'The Six O’Clock Show' (Aired June 2nd 2023). Virgin Media One.
The Secret Life of the European Pine Marten
Living in the middle of the forest I was able to follow wild Pine Martens for 2 years during the pandemic and film them along the way. I filmed the famous Pine Marten wiggle as well as their various vocalisations and tail wagging growls. The Pine Marten (Martes martes) is a member of the Mustelid family; closely related to the Otter (Lutra lutra) and the Badger (Meles meles). The Pine Marten is critically endangered in the UK and Ireland. This documentary tells the Pine Martens story as they establish their territories, find their food and rear their young.
0:00 Pine Marten Introduction
1:15 Winter
2:37 Pine Marten Adaptation
5:04 Pine Marten Climbing & Jumping
7:33 Pine Marten Wiggle
8:26 Pine Marten Morphology
9:05 Young Kits Establish New Territory
9:36 Pine Marten Calls, Growls and Screams
12:49 Spring
13:22 Pine Marten Bib Identification
13:52 Male and Female Pine Martens
14:37 Pine Marten Nesting & Kit Rearing
18:37 Feeding the Family
22:50 The Family Leaves the Den
23:37 Pine Marten Kits Playing
25:19 Kits Learning to Climb
26:44 Summer
27:10 Pine Marten Territory & Home Range
28:30 Scent Marking
29:23 Pine Marten Scats
30:28 Pine Marten Courtship & Mating
32:40 Pine Marten Courtship Calls
35:23 Autumn
36:17 Pine Marten Diet
38:32 Ecological Benefits of Pine Martens
38:46 Pine Martens & Red Squirrels
40:36 Red Squirrel Escapes Pine Marten
41:20 Common Pine Marten Injuries
41:46 Pine Marten Predators & Threats
43:46 Icons of the Wilderness
44:24 Pine Marten Personality & Intelligence
If you would like to support my work and help improve the quality of future films you can become a patron of my channel. Your support is greatly appreciated:
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The Secret Life of the European Pine Marten is my second wildlife film.
You can watch my first film here:
• Life In The Colony - T...
If you would like to help keep Pine Martens around for future generations then you can support the fantastic work being done to protect them. (I am in no way connected to this charity and make no money from your donation):
www.vwt.org.uk/donate/
If you would like to learn more about Pine Martens then I would also highly recommend you buy this brilliant book by Dr Johnny Birks:
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When you say "People don't allow trees to get old enough to provide for adequate widlife" this is so true and sad... I live in Sweden and people say "We have so much forest" but if you ask me I'd say almost everything is a plantation of spruse and pine. And when it's time to harvest, they just take every tree they can see leaving behind a kind of desert. It's disgusting and it's most oftenly not the work of one single man, but is the work of rich corporations.
Thank you
Same here in Norway. It's disgusting.
@@Ripkallen Sad to hear. It absolutely is!
omg they do the same in my country Portugal they pretty much with the "wildfires" are planting eucalyptus to make quick wood it frows fast BUT it leaved the soil with no nutrients to plant anything more, meanwhile our beautiful dinossaur old pine trees in portugal they are smaller and are one day a thing of the past with its wonderful smell and nuts ours gives us pine nuts its so good and resine and other things and its slowly going to just make PAPER
heartbreaking and criminal
This is the best documentary about pine martens I have ever seen. Great job
Thanks for the comment. Really appreciate that.
What an amazing piece of work. The sheer amount of natural behaviour you captured puts a lot of professional productions to shame! SO good to see others doing this kind of work, that just oozes authenticity.
Coming from someone with your career; this means a great deal to me. I'm a huge fan of your work; The Frozen Planet, The Blue Planet, The Life of Birds, Life in the Freezer to name a few. Not to mention the Emmy Award. I'm also subscribed to your RUclips channel (also excellent). Thanks very much for watching my film and for your kind comment. Much appreciated. You've made my day.
Excellent and interesting to hear their vocals. Good to have natural background sound instead of music drowning it. Lovely to see the young ones playing like kittens!
Thanks Kathleen. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment.
Thank you for the beautiful film!
Thanks very much 🙏
Stunning. This is excellent work. Congratulations!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Appreciate the comment. Thank you.
Beautiful, I really enjoyed the footage and narration. Could really tell your love for these little guys. Also appreciated the calmness of the edit. Many modern wildlife documentaries overuse dramatic music and sound effects so this was refreshingly different.
Thanks for your kind comment. I'm really glad that you enjoyed it.
Thank you so much for creating this Dan! It made me laugh and cry! I'm about do to my first Ecology masters assignment and have chosen pine martens as a study for conservation. This film has been invaluable and has made me feel closer to understanding them and their needs.
Thanks Leo. It took me 2 years to make the film so it's really great to hear that you enjoyed it so much. Best of luck with your masters assignment. It's definitely an exciting time to be studying Pine Martens. They're just starting to slowly come back which is great news. Still a lot of work to be done though and a lot of risks. I'm currently finishing a film about red squirrels so hopefully you will enjoy that one too when I release it. Should be finished soon. You should read Dr Johnny Birks book on Pine Martens if you haven't already. It's brilliant:
www.waterstones.com/author/johnny-birks/650673
What a masterpiece you are sharing here. I truly enjoyed watching this documentary and I am looking so much forward to seeing your other videos.
It makes me happy so see these old trees and to witness how you keep it wild.
All the best,
Morten
Hi Morten. Great to hear from you. I'm a big fan of your channel. I really enjoy your wildlife photography adventures. I'm just starting out on RUclips so it's great to hear that you enjoyed my film and it's very kind of you to take the time to leave a comment. Like you I've rewilded my land and get so much pleasure from the wild animals that make their home here. All the best.
We didn't realise pine marten are as rare as that. We are lucky enough to have them here in our Perthshire garden. They help themselves to an occasional duck and there are plenty red squirrels to hunt but mostly we see them searching wild bird nests in spring and they don't seem to mind polishing off the any chicken's food left over. Their footprints are quite large considering the size of the animal. My son has twice caught one looking at his computer screen through the window so we know they are very inquisitive. There is a mother with four youngsters at the moment.
Do they eat kittens? I m afraid for myca t s kittens at the moment
I have been searching documentaries of mustelids for a long time. Thank you so much, and it is really nice to see so much love for such an amazing creature!
Thanks Fran. Great to hear that you enjoyed it.
A truly enthralling watch. Your dedication to this work has certainly made it a more appealing creature.
Thanks for the Super Thanks 👍 Appreciate your kind words too.
What an amazing documentary.
Superb footage. I learnt so much.
Ready to watch again!
Thanks. I'm pleased that you enjoyed it.
Fantastic film! I enjoyed it so much, thanks.
Much appreciated 👍
I love this...
Thanks 🙏
I recently saw a pine marten around my neighbourhood and came back to this channel to see if you had something on them. I was happily surprised :))
Thanks. Glad to hear that they're in your area too. All the best.
Really loved this film. Great footage
Fantastic footage! I enjoyed every second of it. Thank you so much for sharing and I hope that many many people will appreciate your work.
Thanks. I'm pleased that you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment.
Absolutely amazing documentary. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Thanks. Appreciate your comment 🙏
that was wonderful thank you - I live in Normandy in France and am fortunate enough to have at least one pine marten where we live - I see their scat everyday just about, and I have captured them now and again on the trail camera but only once have I seen one during the day running through the trees - they truly are beautiful and amazing creatures and its great to know a little bit more about them, so thanks.
Hi Elaine. Thanks for your message. I too regularly see their scats in the woodland around my house. They're fascinating animals. So exciting to have around. Glad to hear that you enjoyed my film 👍
Such a beautiful documentary! I really enjoyed watching it. Thank you!
Thanks :-D
This is an amazing documentary. Thank you so much Dan for all your efforts, patience and skill in making and sharing it. Well done
Thanks Sylvie. I really appreciate your kind comments too.
@@handmadewildlifefilms Do you agree with the Irish farmer who said they should be culled?
@@marcustrelle4898 Hi Marcus. No I don't. No endangered species should be culled. They're native animals.
Fabulous film, full of fascinating information - thanks! :-)
Thanks Hamish. Very kind of you to say 👍
Wow! As good as it gets on youtube! Perfection! Thank you for posting.
Appreciate your comment. All the best 👍
Fantastic documentary!
Many thanks! 👍
Great documentary, thank you.
Thanks Colin. Very kind of you to say.
Thank you for this fantastic documentary. Beautiful and informative 😍
Thanks for your comment. Glad to hear that you enjoyed the film.
this is some of the best footage I've ever seen of pine martens in the wild! thanks for posting it here, great work
Thanks J. Really appreciate your comment.
Fantastic. Thanks so much !
Appreciate your comment. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks Bertie.
It's really a great video, beautifully done.
Thanks Dru 👍
Fantastic Film and very informative! well done!
Thanks. I really appreciate your comment. Glad you enjoyed it 👍
I have seen pine martens in the Highlands, they're so lovely to watch. This documentary is excellent with lots of information and great footage. Thanks for posting, my favourite land mammal.
Thanks Janet. Appreciate your comment.
Amazing documentary. Narration synch with the pictures perfectly. Martens is one of my favorite animals. I enjoyed this a lot. Well done.
Appreciate your comment Ehsan. Me too. They're fascinating animals. Thanks.
thank you for this! very moving
Thanks Szanlocy. Appreciate your comment. Glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome job - thank you!
Thanks Nick. Very kind of you to say. Glad you enjoyed it.
funky creature yay!
Amazing animals 👌
Thanks a lot for the information and beautiful footage
Thanks Harvey
Incredible footage!
Thanks Peter
I really enjoyed this documentary! I am very interested in mustelids and this really was a great film for me. I agree with the others that your footage was superb. That you so much for making and posting this!
Thanks Bob. It's great to hear from people who support Mustelids. It's also good to hear from people who enjoyed my film. Your comment is appreciated 👍
WoW !!! Amazing I love pine martens and seen only one for few seconds, you are blessed with those observations !!
Thanks Eelkyd. Yes, a great experience. Glad you enjoyed it.
Beautifully shot with knowledgeable narration and stunning drone clips. So great to see one of Britain's rarest mammals in such intimate detail!!
Thanks Jp
Absolutely wonderful 🖤
Thanks Abigail. Appreciate the comment.
Fantastic,thank you
Peter. Thanks so much for the kind comment.
Great dicumentary. I've learned a lot from it.
Thanks Sal
This documentary was 🔥🔥
Thanks Daniel. Really appreciate your comment 👍
I don’t mean to insult by using the term “amateur documentarian “ but for an amateur documentarian you’ve done an outstanding job capturing footage, narrating and choosing music that makes this one of the most enjoyable things I’ve watched on RUclips for years. Thanks and keep doing what you are doing, you are good at it.
Hi A.S. I really appreciate your comment and your kind words. It's great to read because I put a lot of effort into my films and so it's always nice to hear that people enjoy watching them. It's exciting that my channel is growing and I'm really grateful for all of the support I've received. Especially as my films take much longer to make than most RUclips videos and so I can't post as often as other channels. I'm in it for the long run. More films to come... Thanks again.
wonderful and fascinating!
Thanks Niamh. Really appreciate your comment.
Amazing. You could never know how much tgis helos, just little old me.
Great to hear. Thanks David 👍
Marvelous work! Loved the points about evolution and the cheeky jokes :)
Thanks Matthew. Appreciate your comment 👍
I can't believe this video escaped my attention for so long. SO happy I found it! 😊 What a delightful documentary.
In this day and age where most people seem to want 1 minute videos with nonsense or blood and guts, it's a huge relief to know there are still people out there who actually care for wildlife and have the passion to take time to study them.
"They charm their way into your heart, and you're hooked" I second that 😄 and "the more time a person spend watching a wild animal, the more intelligent they both become" is a profound truth! Thank you so much for sharing your observations of these wonderful animals!
I happen to study the stone marten (also called beech marten), a close cousin. They have a very different 'family life' (by and large monogamous) but very many similarities in their behaviour to the pine. With the stone, I've noticed that they usually 'wiggle' when they mark (be it poo or pee), perhaps it's the same for pine martens?
Thanks Jytte. Really pleased that you enjoyed it. It was a great pleasure spending so much time in the woods surrounded by pine martens. I've read about Stone Martens but I've never seen one. Dr Birks covered them in his brilliant book on Pine Martens. All the best.
Excellent reportage ,Merci
Merci pour votre commentaire. Heureux que cela vous ait plu.
I really enjoyed this,well done on capturing some excellent footage,the music choice was perfect too..
Thanks Phil. Nice of you to comment.
@@handmadewildlifefilms No problem at all
What an impressive documentary! My first encounter with a pine marten was also its scat. During a walk I saw a mother with her young and was captivated by their beauty and agility.
Appreciate your comment Patrick. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks again.
Brilliant , too short . Fantastic camera trapping . Enjoyed every second and learned soo much !
Thanks Paul. Very much appreciate your comment. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it.
Great vid 👏👏
Thanks James
I think the wiggle will help spread their scent over a bigger area, they could be scent marking when wiggling without weeing
Excellent presentation and great footage!
Thanks GJ
Awesome footage
Appreciate that. Thanks for your comment 👍
Well done Dan . Hugely important filmmaking .
Thanks Tony. Glad you enjoyed it.
What a superb video, Dan. I was alerted to this by Johnny B today. You've covered a lot of ground and describe the biology of the species well. I will be referring interested folks to your fine work!
John. Thanks very much for the comment. If by Johnny B you mean Dr Johnny Birks then that is great to hear. I read his fantastic book 4 times over the 2 years it took me to make the film (usually leaning against a tree, camera rolling, pine martens playing in the distance!). I have huge respect for him and his book. Knowing that he has watched and enjoyed my film means a great deal to me. Thanks so much. If there's anything I can do to help Pine Martens or if you need to use my film to help with the important work you do then you have my permission to do so. Thanks again. All the best to you both.
thank you for doing gods work 🙏
Thanks Nico
I have just been lucky enough to add on to my you tube channel, my first trail camera film of a Pine marten in Wales. This video is just what I was looking for for more information on them, thank you.
Thanks
Amazing work! Thank you so much for this wonderfully entertaining and educational film ❤. We have pine martens in our back yard. I just installed a nest box in the trees.
Thanks Tim. Really appreciate your comment. Let me know how you get on with the natal box. Thanks again 👍
Absolutely brilliant educational video loved it this will help me set my trail cam in kielder forest where pine marten have started to recolonise again
Thanks Tony. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it. Best of luck with your trail camera. It's great that they're slowly returning.
Thank you keep up the good work just came across you I was at kielder last weekend and found a few scat wish I could send the to you for your opinion but I'm pretty sure they are pine marten
I love pine marten
Thanks 👍
Thank you for this documentary 😊 Pine Martens are very interesting animals. I live in the Netherlands and we have a cabin at the edge of the forest. A few weeks ago a pine marten found out we have peanuts in a squirrel 🐿️ box in one of our trees. Every evening or night (sometime more than once) she comes by to eat them and sometime she brings her 3 kids too. When they come with her they stay at a distance and scream 😍
Thanks for your comment. Your home sounds amazing. Enjoy the Pine Martens 👍
Thank you, it is 😀 I haven’t seen her kids anymore, but she comes back almost every night. Now I’m putting only two peanuts 🥜 into the squirrel feeding station when we’re staying at our cottage. Otherwise she’s eating too much of them I’m afraid. I’ve uploaded some short video’s at my channel 😀
I love martens and all mustelids. Beautiful work
Appreciate that Chris
@@handmadewildlifefilms was this filmed in Scotland? Obviously no specific area to protect them but I’m curious 🥰
@@chrisjackman9102 It was all filmed in County Galway, Ireland
@@handmadewildlifefilms never been to Ireland, I’m from wales! Looks beautiful
@@chrisjackman9102 Wales is great too. I've spent a lot of time in Wales myself.
Very Very good
Thanks Brian
Greetings from Wicklow great documentary on the secret live of the pine marten, and all shot in Galway makes it even better , I really enjoyed this great footage and the excellent narration to complement it , I spent many cold nights last winter trying to get a photograph of these elusive creatures and was finally rewarded at 3 o’clock in the morning with a camera flash set up , to photograph it and see it for the first time in my life I will remember it to my dying days , again thanks for this great insight into this wonderful creature.
Hi Martin. Thanks for the comment and great to read that you got your photo. I know exactly what you mean. I spent many hours waiting through the night to see them for just a few seconds. Well worth the wait though as you say. There's something about encounters with animals that are so wild that is really very special. Moments that stay with you for life.
Soooo cute.
Thanks for the time and effort you put into this film, I think it's exceptional - especially, some of the information you've collected. I find it really interesting that you didn't film the martens wiggle whilst depositing scats, as this seems to be an accepted behaviour. I also love how you have germinated seeds, adding a whole new dimension to field work. I will try this too!
Have you ever filmed any interspecific behaviour between the fox and pine marten? I have both in my garden regularly and they have a mutual respect for one another. I have even observed them sitting side by side eating peanuts.
Lastly, and I appreciated the information is sensitive, but would you mind sharing what county this documentary was filmed in? Thank you from a new subscriber.
Hi. Appreciate your comment. From what I saw it seemed that Pine Martens and domestic cats had a mutual respect. The cats had the upper hand and the Pine Marten would usually submit after a standoff. It's interesting what you have observed about foxes. I have only ever seen Martens run from foxes. That said one thing that always amazes me about nature is how flexible these rules can be. As with people it can often vary considerably depending on the individuals and circumstances involved. For example, I was surprised to see Pine Martens and Red Squirrels feeding within a few feet of one another. The Red Squirrels were acutely aware of the threat but kept feeding with their escape tree close by. Thanks again for your kind comments.
their wigle is just too cute, i hope they survive evil humans i really hope so
Hi! My name is Myrthe Majoor and I'm currently researching the pine marten for my upcoming animated short film. During my research in the Dovrefjell area, I stumbled upon a resting spot of a pine marten. The beautiful animal lay stretched out on a flattened bed of moss on top of a tree trunk. It took off only seconds after I spotted him. It was such a special moment and I want to incorporate it in my short film as well. In my opinion, I can't do that without researching this beautiful species first. Your documentary was a delight!! Great shots, lots of knowledge and inspiration. I'm glad to now know so much more about the pine marten. Thank you very much for creating this, I will keep following your work!
Hi Myrthe. Thanks for your comments. I'm glad you enjoyed my film. I took a look at your website; some great artwork. I have shared a link here in case anyone else wants to take a look. Please share the finished Pine Marten once it's done. Thanks again 👍
myrthemajoor.com/
@@handmadewildlifefilms Hi! How nice of you to reply! Thank you for the compliment and the sharing of my work! I will definitely let you know when the pine marten scene is finished and I'll make sure to share a link. Thank you! 😊
I've got a pine martin living in my house and every second day he lets out a double chatter which scares the hell out of me and makes my Jack Russel go crazy for a couple hours ! I'm going to set up a trail cam in the kitchen. he seems to hang out under my gas range , That's where the jack russel follows his nose to but there is a million places to hide in here and lots of food like cat food and dog food. I don't mind it being here he'll be gone by spring. The floor is heated concrete so it's all warm everywhere . Snakes love the warm floor but stay hidden, i find snake skins in the bathroom . I've had weasel running around in here but they usually leave in a day or two !
Thanks Robert. Best of luck setting up your camera. I hope you get to see what's going on. Foxes try to sleep on airport lights for the same reason. We all seek warmth in winter.
Very cool video. In Croatia, pine marten is national animal. Our currency (before euro) was called 'Kuna' which is Croatian word for pine marten. Centuries ago it's fur was used as a currency and the name stuck.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed it. I didn't know about the Kuna. I just Googled it. Thanks for the info 👍
@@handmadewildlifefilms Thank YOU for the video. I thought that info was appropriate so I wrote the comment :) have a nice weekend
@@monoPRDI bought the coin you mentioned on Ebay to take a look. Thanks again. Enjoy your weekend too 👍
@@handmadewildlifefilms hope you like it. We still have Kuna on euro but it's not the same :/
@@monoPRDThanks 👍
Great video . I leave out nuts in winter for them there fast and deadly good for vermin a good friend
Appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. Thanks
Thank you for a very interesting video. I live in Scotland and currently have a Pine Marten that eats out of the squirrel feeder and lives in the loft of my cottage. She has babies; I can hear them in the wall and loft. 😊
Hi Rose. That's awesome! What an amazing experience. Great to hear from people who embrace and enjoy nature instead of trying to remove it. I expect you'll be seeing some great behavior over the next few weeks. My Pine Martens are also enjoying nuts from the squirrel feeders here. I hope that you make the most of your house guests for the short period of time they'll be with you. And thanks for your kind comments about my film. All the best 👍
I hope I'll get to see the babies sometime, keeping everything crossed for that. Thanks again for all the information in your video. Look forward to your next one and if you've already done one, send me a link please. All the best. Rose
Hi Rose. I hope you do too. Please let me know. Thanks. I have 3 films already completed on the channel (you can see them on my channel. I also have a 4th film researched and filmed. I'm just finishing editing. It's taken longer than usual because I've been working on my Pine Marten book too - Pine Marten: The Secret Life of Martes martes (Pelagic Monographs) amzn.eu/d/cq2Cora
@@roseharvey3579 My Herring Gull film is here ruclips.net/video/F_uS-lkJT8s/видео.htmlsi=Mu2xuu1v1VYbxVy7
@@roseharvey3579 My Red Squirrel film is here
ruclips.net/video/a9Qex0tKmk8/видео.htmlsi=1cHq_w512vlYiiRq
Wow amazing! I love martens, they are all around me since my house is next to forest. Sir this movie and edit is 5 star. I enjoyed every second. I think "wiggle" with tail is defensive mehanism. I have one feral cat, took me around 8 months until she actually allow me to pet her. She wiggle her tail when she eats unless im near her then she put tail on me so she feel safe. Its about being vunerable while doing poop or eat so i believe its what they do being under constant alert of treat. Thank you very much once again on this masterpiece video
Thanks Tony. Really appreciate your kind words. All the best with your feral cat.
"The longer a person spends watching a wild animal, the more intelligent they both become" - what a fucking quote 💚
Thanks. Very kind of you. It's my own invention. It's genuinely happened to me a few times during my wildlife watching over the years 👍
Well I'm keeping it amigo ☺️ getting that one out in the pub 😁👍 keep up the devastating work 💚
@@weaksohyeah Thanks. Enjoy the pub 👍
Maybe the 'wiggle' activates a scent gland for marking their territory. This is an extraordinary piece of wildlife documentation.
Thanks. Appreciate your comment. Yes, also perhaps it spreads the urine over a wider area increasing the distribution of the scent.
I had a pair of martins come into my elk camp for several years. They would chew on the antlers & would allow me to get 5 feet from them, but only after dark. There were disputes often between them which sounded like Tasmanian devils.
I know those calls well too 👍
@handmadewildlifefilms I have 2 month old kittens in my house and I want them to stay outside in our ga but I m afraid for their safety bc there s apine marten in my garden. Any suggestions?
@@stefaniakonstantinidou981 I don’t know what would help protect them, perhaps dog poop for scent. When I harvest an elk I leave a smelly sweat garment to ward off predators. But it sounds like your martins would be familiar with your scent, & they’re not known to be sissies.
Gods handiwork! all manner of birds, animals , trees, plants, weather and the universe for us to view and enjoy!
Thanks for your comment Lauren
Wonderfully done! As both a wildlife photographer and biologist myself, with working experience with martens, and their close cousins the fisher here in the States, I really appreciate both the variety of perspectives you filmed and your narration/dictation of their behaviors and ecology. Thank you for bringing more attention to these brilliant animals!
I'm curious how and with what equipment you filmed this. Did you ever film from a hide, or was this all filmed with trail cameras?
Hi Ben. Really appreciate your kind comment. Thanks. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it. I filmed it over 2 years. It was a very mixed bag of cameras. I used Bushnell trail cameras, GoPro cameras and Sony A series with telephoto for handheld/tripod shots. I occasionally even used my phone for some of the shots that caught me unprepared. I spent many hours watching and even when the cameras were set and mounted I was often close behind sitting and watching. The trail cameras are the exception. Once set up they did their job without me. One note on GoPro. Go for the 7. Anything more modern will overheat and shut down in the summer after as little as 20 minutes. That's no use for wildlife. You need the full hour and 20 minutes battery life to get the shot you need. Best of luck with your own filming. All the best and thanks again Ben.
@@handmadewildlifefilms Well, brilliant job bringing it all together! And thank you for the tips. They'll come in handy in the future.
I'm currently tracking and trying to photograph and film American martens, in my neck of the woods. So this insight is much appreciated :)
Such an informative documentary! Today I actually seen a young pine marten take down a rabbit that was pretty big! Fascinating to watch. Felt bad for the rabbit happy for the pine marten!
Thanks Cynthia. Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Молодцы очень хороший ролик ❤❤❤
Appreciate your comment. Glad you enjoyed it 👍
This is a wonderful documentary on one of my favorite animals (I love all species in the Mustelidae family).
Thanks Marta. Me too.
Great video,,I do a lot of bird watching in North Wales,,,around Trawsfynydd area in particular,,will keep an extra eye out for one,,👍👍😃
Thanks Philip. Appreciate your comment. I hope you find one up there soon.
Thank you 😊I live on the mountain and I have one coming to my balcony every night, he likes cat food that I keep there. I don’t mind. He is surprisingly very loud , sometimes even talking! And he likes looking into my window. My bed is right beside the window so we look at each other if I wake up at night 😃 such a cute being
Hi Svetlana. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Appreciate it. Glad you're enjoying your local martens. Mine also enjoy raw eggs and cooked sausages 👌
Ah, eggs and sausages, thank you for the good idea. I just watched the video again and wanted to add that it’s incredibly filmed, it must have been very challenging, just a couple of minutes and much waiting. So heartbreaking what humans do to nature. I will definitely protect and care of my marten and birds and other animals that I meet here. 🙏
@@swissyogaschool Thanks. That's very kind of you 👍
Plot twist 😃 my marten has made a whole underneath my house. He comes up on my balcony for food at night. Apparently he thought it’s a great idea and very convenient. However my two cats chase him a lot. They are really vicious and can hunt down a mammoth without blinking. I just wanted to share with you. Hope they all will learn to live together in peace. Hopefully…
@@swissyogaschool 😆 Yeah. Home is where the food is! Hopefully your cats will get used to their new neighbour.
ive heard this in the back garden
Excellent documentary👍I'd like to see how the pine marten box is made tho.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Here are the instructions for the natal box:
www.vincentwildlife.ie/downloads/constructing-erecting-and-monitoring-pine-marten-den-boxes
That was such an excellent documentary! I love Pine Martens and have regular one around the house which I also capture on my trail cam. Thank you very much for all the effort you put into it and all the brilliant footage!👍😊
Thanks. I just subscribed to your channel. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@handmadewildlifefilms Thanks!
I have seen these in Colorado while camping. Would steal food from me, haha.
Thanks Paul
What’s funny is that I never heard of a Pine Marten till I saw the film Perri
Very nice documentary. I once (maybe twice) saw a pine marten. It's really a very beautiful animal. As a wildlife photographer I really want to photograph some pine martens, WITHOUT DISTURB THEM. It won't be easy, but I really hope this project will succeed. Do you have any tips to find pine martens?
Hi Daniël. Thanks for your comment. Yes my advice is to follow the scats. They're the best evidence. Best of luck with it 👍
Pinemartins in the UK are a massive massive benifit to the eco system and although they are very very rare and there numbers are vunrable in the UK there numbers in the UK are finally going up, this is very good as we in the UK have a massive grey squirrel issue and the pine martin likes to eat the grey squirrel and doesn't eat the red meaning there very very important to are native red squirrel. And the fact that they eat rabbits mice excetra excetra is all great cos that just makes them great pest control to, so pine Martin's breeding and spreading further and further out of Scotland is very important and as the numbers increase they will be seen alot more in the UK and hopefully the same can be said for the red squirrel when the pine martin deals with the Grey's.
They eat the Reds, Greys just aren’t as light like the Reds so are easier for Martens to catch.
But I definitely agree, hopefully these little buggers begin to reclaim more of they’re old habitats in both England and Wales.
There are such good shots of pine martens in this documentary. Which area was this filmed in?
Hi Lisa. Thanks. It took me 2 years to get the footage. It was filmed in the woods in County Galway, Ireland.
Hi, I have an inquiry about using some this footage in my work, how can I contact you?
Well done Dan Bagur, and thank you so much for sharing this work with the public. If you are not already a professional wildflife film-maker, you should consider it. If you are, this beautiful film should help generate more work for you. There's so much information here that I have newly learned from you, and your delivery style is confidently spare. (Great music choice too by the way!).
Oreena. Thanks for your comment. It took 2 years to film and 6 weeks to edit. So it means a lot to me to hear from people who enjoyed it. No I'm not a professional film maker. This is my second film. The first one is 'Life In The Colony' (also on my channel). I love being out in nature and trying to capture the moment. I had to work around a full time job. Pine Martens prefer the early mornings and evenings anyway so luckily there's usually not much happening between 9-5! Making wildlife films would be an amazing job. All the best and thanks again.
Excellent documentary, I’ve spotted one once and he was dragging off a dead baby rabbit into the woods that surround my cottage, haven’t caught any on camera since.
How close have you got to them when filming or was it all with trail cameras or the like?
Hi. Thanks for your comment. Very much appreciated. I used a range of camera types to make the film; GoPro, Sony A Series and trail cameras. They came really close a few times but I felt it was important not to intrude on their privacy and most importantly of all I didn't want them to lose their fear of people. So I moved away or made loud noises when they got too close.
Another great film! You must have put loads of time and effort in getting them on camera so extensively. Great job and very well put together! If I may ask, what (trail) camera's are you using to capture the video's? And are you planning on making another documentary on another species such as you did on the pine marten and the red squirrel? Take care! Peter
Hi Peter. Thanks for the comments. I usually use Bushnell or Browning. They're the best in my experience. Also the lights don't disturb wildlife. I also use the Sony A7iv camera with a long lens to get close from a distance. Yes, I've finished filming the next film and I'm halfway through filming the one after that. As you said though the editing process takes several weeks to complete. I like to keep the subject hidden until the release just incase there's a problem. Thanks for watching.
@@handmadewildlifefilms Thanks! I've got very good experiences with the Brownings myself. I use the HP4 and the HP5 ones and I really like the quality of the videos. Anyway, I'm really curious what they're about and I look forward to your next documentaries! Good luck!
What do you use yours for? Do you post them on RUclips?
@@handmadewildlifefilms I use them for monitoring pine martens, beavers and otters in the Netherlands. I don't post on RUclips, but I do occasionally post a video on Instagram. OutdoorPeter if you're interested ;)
@@OutdoorPeter I just had a look. I don't use Instagram much. Following your channel now. That's a high quality trail camera. Always interesting to see what's going on with the wildlife in other countries. Anyway, I'm off into the woods with my camera now. All the best 👍