Baby Pine Marten in our barn

We heard a lot of noise in the ceiling of our barn, which we thought was a rat nest. It turned out to be a female Pine Marten with two young kits.
We let her raise her little ones until they moved on.
Both kits are healthy, and still come back to peer through our windows at night occasionally.
They should never be handled, and should be left alone, however, this little one fell down between two walls and was unable to get out. I had to intervene, and only quickly handled the young kit. It was re-united with the mother, who wasn't at all bothered, and went straight back to sleep with her young ones.

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