All things invasive with the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative

…staggering 94% decline in native water vole populations? The American skunk-cabbage plant does actually smell as bad as a skunk….   White butterburr was imported as a garden ornamental from mainland Europe and SW Asia and escaped into the wild.   What is an Invasive Species? There are around 2,000 non-native plants and animals in the UK, these non-native species… […]

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Busy breeding

…weaned as the males take no part in caring for young. The mother will leave the kits alone in the nest to forage, her absences becoming longer as the weeks pass, and the kits grow. If a mother feels disturbed or threatened while she has young, she will move them to another drey, carrying them one by one in her… […]

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The Story of Rusty the Red

…part of the centre and will have very little human interaction whilst he learns the skills he will need for the future. Finally, he will be taken to a release site where the squirrels are fed and from that point he will be free. Rusty weighing in at an impressive 226g. A fantastic turn-around in fortunes- he has nearly tripled… […]

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Building a Volunteer Network

…at their nearby visitor centre, and ask for a donation to the Gatehouse Squirrel Group in return. The level of giving (ca. £200 pa) appears likely to be sufficient for our current needs, but if grey control had to be conducted on a more industrial scale, substantial additional funds would be required, especially for mileage. ” Glenkens Red Squirrel Group… […]

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Using camera traps to survey for squirrels

…by the James Hutton Institute. With the camera attached to the other end of the box, accompanied by a macro lens and with the box filled with feed in front of the camera, we’re able to capture beautiful close-up photos of any animal that comes to investigate! The set up of Bushnell cameras we use for our surveying. The flash… […]

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Black and white or shades of grey?

…actions. However, we understand that the current dire situation of red squirrels in Scotland is ultimately the fault of Victorian naturalists and explorers, not the fault of the grey squirrel (which happens to be the proximate cause of the red squirrel’s astonishing drop in numbers over the last 150 years). For the record, the team at Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels… […]

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