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…squirrel numbers low enough to reduce the chance of grey squirrel passing the disease to local red squirrels. Efforts here are focused on ten identified Priority Areas for Red squirrel Conservation (PARCs), where previous grey squirrel control work has shown to have kept red squirrel numbers stable. Thanks to grey squirrel control work by staff, landowners and volunteers, the virus… […]

Busy breeding

Posted on 17/05/201804/10/2018 by

…their branch, test their balance, and begin to investigate the world. Around now they also start trying solid food, the first step to becoming fully weaned by 10 weeks. Kits are initially darker than adults but by twelve weeks their coat colour is approaching the adult shade. Littermates tend to stick together and are likely to still be occupying the… […]

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