A Pine Marten crosses a fallen tree branch on the search for food...

The main focus of visiting Oban and the surrounding area was to look for Pine Marten.

I’d been introduced to Robert Cruickshanks of ‘Ootmahoosewindae’ (if you’re interested in watching Pine Marten, I’d strongly recommend getting in touch - www.ootmahoosewindae.com).

While my main focus would be at night with camera traps, I’d also hoped to see and photograph them at sunset. Pine Marten are crepuscular and, in the long summer days, sometimes venture out in daylight. Unfortunately the activity of the Pine Marten had dropped a little in the week leading up to my visit and, as such, they didn’t show during the day while I was there - such is the chances you take when working with wildlife!

Despite this we had plenty of visits from the Pine Marten at night. Robert is an all-round nice guy and helped me out an awful lot with setting up the camera traps. An extra pair of hands is always welcome!