This is the moment an adorable pine marten sneaks into a house to take an egg left out as a snack.<br /><br />The pine marten and her three kits are regular guests at a holiday home in Ardnamurchan, Highlands.<br /><br />Neil Bletcher, 59, often leaves food, including peanuts and sultanas, out for the critter and her family who pop in through the window for a snack when he visits on weekends.<br /><br />The egg was left uncooked as the animal would eat it if it came across one in the wild.<br /><br />She is extremely careful not to break the egg, which she carries out in her jaw.<br /><br />They do not hang around long and Neil, who works as a park ranger at Finlaystone Country Estate, Renfrewshire, said he is too scared to pet the animals in case they bite.<br /><br />Neil said: “There are a family of six pine martens at my holiday cottage.<br /><br />“She’s been coming in for a number of years.<br /><br />“I’ll put an egg out for her and leave the window open.<br /><br />“I can sit about two feet away and she’ll come right in and take the egg.<br /><br />"Pine martens are very gentle with eggs.<br /><br />"They take eggs in the wild if they come across a bird's nest.<br /><br />"She did break one once when she was a kitten.<br /><br />“She’ll probably stash it and eat it at another time.
