…foreign places, and two to show a new volunteer the ropes and assist him finding the feeders with use of my GPS. A challenge with the spring survey can be gaining access. For example, the two survey sites for our new volunteer are a really nice and easy drive along a wide forest track. The GPS beeps, and there is… […]
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…do? On the group homepage map, the Layers button allows you to add different datasets to the map, including red and grey squirrel sightings and control data, as well as your network boundaries. How do we link our group page on the SSRS site to our Facebook group? The Facebook icon in the top-right of the website is part of… […]
…use as a base for their own activities. The hide can hold more than a dozen wildlife-watchers and boasts an ‘infinity pool’; a raised shallow pool which allows photographers to snap charismatic photos of red squirrels around the pool, with their reflection in the water. The squirrels don’t seem to mind all the attention they receive – they happily sit… […]
…the adjacent woodlands, as well as some potential “hotspots” of mortality that could be addressed (e.g. through the use of rope bridges over roads). In addition, the public survey highlighted the extent of supplemental feeding throughout the study site (which shows how much the local residents love to see squirrels in their gardens!), but also the importance of good hygiene… […]
…of bait out in the hope of a few squirrels or maybe even a marten. The very first thing to find the bait was a marten! Then by day there were heaps of squirrels. See this link for a cool video of what is known, technically speaking, as a scurry of squirrels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rik6pGV0KlI All very nice, but imagine Gus’ surprise… […]
…is enabling red squirrels to recover in Aberdeen. We’ve even had members of the public reporting red squirrels in their back gardens for the first time in as much as 29 years.” Professor Helaina Black, Ecological Sciences group leader at the James Hutton Institute, said: “Seeing red squirrels back on our Craigiebuckler site is not only great for our staff,… […]
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