A pine marten has been spotted in
London for the first time since the late 19th century.
The pine marten was once Britain's second most common carnivore.
But loss of habitat and persecution by the Victorians, who shot pine martens for sport and trapped them for their fur, led the animal to the brink of extinction in England.
Now, however, a critically endangered pine marten has unexpectedly been sighted in a south-west London woodland.

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The pine marten was once Britain's second most common carnivore.
But loss of habitat and persecution by the Victorians, who shot pine martens for sport and trapped them for their fur, led the animal to the brink of extinction in England