Don't know how many of you rent cottages up the west coast for hols.
If you do it's well worth taking some cheap jam and peanut butter and raisins and spreading some out in the evening.
We've seen martens at cottages in Ardnamurchan and Torridon, the Kinlochewe area is well known for them, and they're now on Skye, spreading from Broadford.
Like badgers being nocturnal means they seem much scarcer than they actually are.
This is a good time of year too - the females will have kits and given short nights will be out before dark to feed.