…as Stirling. With the cancellation of Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels’ outdoor spring surveys and volunteer activities during the Coronavirus lockdown, the only way to continue monitoring squirrel populations at this time is through public sightings reports. The more sightings reported, the better understanding the project can gain on areas of species overlap. Mary-Anne Collis, Conservation Officer for Argyll, the Trossachs… […]
…in the past. Photograph: Steve Gardner. To the 130 or so volunteers that helped with the surveys, we say a huge thank you for the magnificent effort; we could not have covered the huge survey area without you. Full results of these surveys will be published on the website when they are ready. Also under way is our second year… […]
…– means the website with the URL scottishsquirrels.org.uk and includes the SRRS Community HubYou/user – means you as a public website user or registered Community Hub userCommunity Hub – the parts of the SSRS website that require a login to accessContent – includes, but is not limited to: multimedia such as videos, sound files, photos, other images, music; textual material,… […]
…area to please remove wildlife feeders from your gardens in order to avoid spreading the disease to healthy red squirrels visiting the feeders. Squirrelpox is a virus carried by grey squirrels without causing them any harm. However, if spread to red squirrels the disease is deadly. Feeding stations can encourage both species to come into close contact and increase the… […]
…Highland Line thanks to these ongoing efforts and support from local estates and residents hosting a trap in their gardens. Ann-Marie added: “Without help from the local community and targeted action, grey squirrels could become established in Aberfeldy, Pitlochry and beyond. This would undo the hard-won successes achieved in the last ten years.” Reporting sightings of both red and grey… […]
…red squirrel protection measures within these PARCs, in order to ensure they remain effective, it is necessary that the PARCs retain some flexibility so that we can adapt to changing situations in the region. In 2019, several of the original PARC boundaries were reviewed and redrawn based on the latest evidence on the ground. Decisions were based on a variety… […]
…order to protect Scotland’s core red squirrel populations in Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands and Argyll, the only regions where the red squirrel is still the only squirrel species. Grey Squirrel at Inglismaldie Woods © Jennifer Noble North East Conservation Officer, Emma Sheehy, warned: “These new sightings show that grey squirrels are appearing further north into Kincardineshire than they have in… […]
…camera. However, a quick scroll down the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels Facebook feed demonstrates that many of our followers have had great success. The Solway Forests Red Squirrel Network is inviting amateur photographers to enter their 2019 photography competition. All funds raised will go towards the group’s red squirrel conservation activities, from grey squirrel control work to community engagement. They… […]
