Many people enjoy watching pine martens and tempt them into their gardens with food such as nuts, peanut butter and jam sandwiches! Pine martens may be attracted to soft fruit growing in gardens; methods are available to exclude them, such as fruit cages or electric fencing.

European pine martens predate on non-native grey squirrels significantly more than native red squirrels, according to new research by Queen’s University Belfast. Both squirrel species feature on the mustelid’s menu, but grey squirrels are preyed upon exclusively during the squirrel’s spring and summer breeding season.