Original Author: Dr Mel Tonkin, Project Manager As we celebrate our 50th Anniversary, we have a golden opportunity to ensure that red squirrels remain an integral part of Scotland’s landscape for generations to come. There’s no quick fix to the decline of native red squirrels in Scotland, a decline which goes back 150 […]
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Ministerial approval for red squirrels
Original Author: Dr Mel Tonkin, Project Manager With the fight to protect Scotland’s only native squirrel species reaching a critical stage, Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Paul Wheelhouse MSP visits the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels project. At the start of September, the Scottish Wildlife Trust welcomed a visit by the Minister […]
Get the big picture – summer survey results 2013
Original Author: Dr Mel Tonkin, Project Manager A huge volunteer effort is helping Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels get an accurate picture of red and grey squirrel distribution in Scotland. Despite the exceptionally cold, wet winter and late spring this year, our squirrel presence/absence surveys began as usual in March. We know squirrels must […]