Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 63495

Pine Martens: Conservation and Ecology

Tabled: 27 June 2025

Answered: 7 July 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the population status and ecological role of European pine martens across the UK.

Answer

Mary Creagh

There are approximately 100-200 pine marten in England. This estimate is based on a recent pine marten reintroduction in the Forest of Dean and monitoring of records in Northumberland and Cumbria. There are also a few other scattered and sporadic records ...

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