The egg thief

Pine martens are truly omnivorous.  My field guide lists their food as voles, mice, shrews, squirrels, rabbits, birds and their eggs, amphibians and insects.  It says they also eat honey, berries, nuts, fungi and carrion.  So almost anything.  I know from experience that they also like jam, peanut butter, peanuts, sultanas and raisins.  I planned to take quail eggs with me to Ardnamurchan but then I couldn't get hold of any.  I had thought hens eggs would be too big for them but not a bit of it.  Emma put out one egg each night as well as all the other food and the egg was the first thing to disappear.  The first marten on the scene would take it, either to hide or to eat under cover, before returning for the other food.  It took me many attempts to get pictures because they are so quick but on the last night this one was a bit slower and came towards me so I managed these few photos.