Scottish Pine Martens now living in Wales

A couple of articles about this from BBC Earth and WalesOnline:

The Scottish pine martens now living in Wales

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Pine martens are being relocated from healthy populations in Scotland to woodland in Wales to help the population recover

First pine martens arrive in Wales in scheme to protect UK's second rarest carnivore

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In what is Britain's first carnivore recovery scheme Pine Martens are being relocated from Scotland to Wales

There's some good news there for red squirrels too. In the BBC Earth article, it says

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However, recent research from Ireland suggests that pine martens are more likely to prey on grey squirrels than red squirrels; possibly because greys are larger, heavier and spend more time on the ground making them easier to catch than reds. But it seems clear that in areas where pine martens are doing well, red squirrels are increasing and grey squirrels are decreasing in number.

Scottish Pine Martens now living in Wales