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…Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113 Email: casework@ico.org.uk 9. Leaving our website We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any other websites linked to our website. If you have followed a link from this website to another website you may be supplying information to a third party.   Get in… […]

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Join the community: introducing our new website

…depending on your location and interests.   Become an expert squirrel spotter Last year we received a record-breaking 5300 squirrel sightings on our website. Each sighting is added to a national database, helping us better understand squirrel distribution across Scotland. If you’re a dedicated squirrel spotter, you can now register with the Hub to keep a personal record of your… […]

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Volunteers’ Week 2018

…places I might otherwise never have visited without being involved in the survey, sometimes alone, sometimes answering questions from passing walkers interested in what I’m doing. One highlight was when I’d just filled a feeder box and was bending down to pick up the container of squirrel feed – to spot a red squirrel some two feet away, eyeing up… […]

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Building a Volunteer Network

  Network groups across South Scotland priority areas are ensuring the long-term survival of native red squirrels through community action. In our project’s priority areas, some of these groups are already beginning to see red squirrel populations bounce back.   Red squirrel gro ups have been invaluable in collective conservation efforts to date in South Scotland and are led by… […]

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Studying the life of the urban red squirrel

…interest in researching urban wildlife ecology in recent years. Although some species are negatively impacted by urban developments, others are able to adapt and even thrive in these new conditions; one such urban-adaptable species being the red squirrel. My PhD research aims to find out how red squirrels are able to live in urban environments, including how they exploit the… […]

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Terms of Service

…pages on the SSRS website. Such links should not suggest that your website, organisation or services/products are endorsed by SSRS. Please advise us of any links you make to the SSRS website. 1.9 Email addresses on the SSRS website The presence of email addresses on the SSRS website does not infer consent to send unsolicited commercial email to those addresses…. […]

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Activities

…what you find! Click the link below for the scavenger hunt checklist: DOWNLOAD Try our word search We’ve hidden away 10 squirrel related words, can you find them? Click the links below for the word search puzzle: DOWNLOAD ANSWERS Fill in the blanks Can you help us tell the story of Scotland’s red squirrel by filling in the blanks? Click… […]

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Spotting the elusive Scottish Red Squirrel

…may be one of many homes for a single squirrel. Be patient. Some people are lucky enough to have red squirrels visit their gardens on a regular basis, but if like me you’re not one of them, wherever you choose to squirrel-watch you’ll have to be quiet and patient because red squirrels are notoriously shy animals. Record your sighting on… […]

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New sightings signal red squirrels’ return to Aberdeen city parks and gardens

…Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels. He commented: “It’s several months now since I last saw a grey squirrel in the trees outside my office window, and I have heard about recent sightings of red squirrels not too far away. “But to see a red squirrel on the Hutton site gave a lift to my day, and it would be really exciting… […]

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Community Hub FAQs

…to join the private survey and grey control groups if applicable   South Scotland network volunteers (independent groups) – Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders Go to www.scottishsquirrels.org.uk Click the Hub Login box, then click Register Once registered, login with your details Find your local group’s homepage and click ‘Join group’ to send the request. The group’s Hub Admin… […]

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