…is invariably fatal within two weeks. Just two years after the earliest evidence of the arrival of squirrelpox virus among the grey squirrel population of southern Scotland near Canonbie, red squirrels near Lockerbie succumbed to the first of several documented outbreaks of squirrelpox disease in the region’s red squirrels, ranging from Gatehouse-of-Fleet to Sanquhar, Moffat, Langholm, the Rule Valley near… […]
…the Highlands Protecting thriving red squirrel populations in the south of Scotland within ‘Priority Areas for Red Squirrel Conservation’ (PARCs) Participation in the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey was down from last year, although this isn’t surprising given 2020 was a bumper year for squirrel sightings. With lockdown restricting where people could go and what they could do, more people took… […]
…impact our work is having. These can be submitted through our website, which only takes a few moments to complete. This small success with potentially far-reaching protective significance would not have been possible without the support of the local community. So on behalf of the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels Tayside Team, we would like to thank everyone who has been… […]
…a valuable part in seed dispersal, particularly in coniferous woodland. Although grey squirrels also contribute to seed dispersal, they prefer deciduous woodland where this function is already carried out by birds and other native animals, with whom they compete for food and habitat. In recent years we have begun to see success in the conservation of red squirrels. Projects such… […]
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…number of sightings received in the 2019 campaign. The survey also witnessed a threefold increase in the number of people who recorded squirrels compared to 2019. This fantastic response from the public is especially welcome this year, when, for a few crucial months, lockdown interrupted all of Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels’ work to prevent further decline of the red squirrel… […]
Ground-breaking research which aims to better understand how grey squirrels use the urban environment will take place in Aberdeen this year. The study is led by Dr Louise de Raad, Research Fellow at Inverness College UHI, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, in collaboration with the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels project. Little… […]
…computer down and head to the woods to feed our squirrels. If none are around I will linger a few minutes, as I do every day, and wait for the first one to come in. And as I stand watching it I will remember the excitement of that first squirrel sighting and wonder what my ten-year old self would say… […]
