…Your gift can help Save Scotland’s Red Squirrels £30 could pay for a bag of red squirrel feed £60 could pay for five squirrelpox tests £120 could pay for a camera trap to monitor squirrel populations £550 could pay for one week of expert advice and co-ordination for landowners and volunteers Click here to donate to Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels… […]
…(Scottish Wildlife Trust registered) – Central Lowlands and North East Go to www.scottishsquirrels.org.uk Click the Hub Login box, then click Register Once registered, login with your details Join the SSRS volunteering group (following the steps in this video, especially at the beginning and at minute 01:58). A member of the team will be in touch and/or send you an invite… […]
…produces 20-30,000 seeds per flower head They are successful dispersers e.g. Himalayan balsam has exploding seed pods that spread its seed several metres, and a female mink can travel 80km in search of a breeding territory In addition, invasive plants often readily thrive on disturbed soils and making them very opportunistic and able to rapidly colonise a new area. They… […]
…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… […]
…plenty of robins, blackbirds and wood pigeons. I think everyone should give camera trapping a go and I’d consider it a worthwhile investment for anyone interested in recording what may live in their garden. You will have to consider camera placement depending on what you want to record. The two things we always pay attention to are glare and unwanted… […]
…is asking us all to devote one hour this weekend to recording the birds we see in our garden or local green space. They would also like to know what other species regularly pay us a visit, including red and grey squirrels. Most people around the UK will stand a much better chance of seeing a grey squirrel, but for… […]
