…for themselves than increase their chance of getting hit on the road. Feed them just peanuts. If they eat too many peanuts they can end up with calcium deficiency (see above for tips on providing calcium). Enjoy your red squirrels folks! They are great fun to watch, and if you have them in your garden count yourself very lucky indeed!… […]
…you can get involved in your area. 23 September, 10am – 1pm: Argaty Red Kites, Doune 24 September, 11am – 4pm: Benmore Botanic Garden, Dunoon 30 September, 10am – 4pm: National Park Visitor Centre, Balmaha 1 October, 10am – 4pm: The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, Aberfoyle For more information, visit our Facebook event page or contact Mary-Anne Collis: mcollis@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk… […]
…Scottish SPCA on 0300 099 9999. Join our mailing list to receive regular project updates and news by email. Nicole Still Programme Manager Area covered: Nationwide nstill@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk Hazel Forrest Species Advocacy Officer Area covered: Nationwide hforrest@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk Emma Sheehy Eradication Scientific Lead Area covered: North East Scotland esheehy@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk Kimmy Shields Project Administrator Area covered: Nationwide squirrels@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk Susie McNaughton… […]
…in the following months. Populations will show increases in reproduction in the years that follow good food crops. Following a set 1 kilometre transect line, I stop every 100 metres to assess what tree species are present and the amount of food available within the area. The transects have taken me through deciduous woodland with bramble thickets dominating the woodland… […]
Original Author: Forestry Commission Scotland Recent feeder box monitoring and camera trapping carried out in Countesswells and Foggieton Woods, near Aberdeen, indicates a rosy future for red squirrels. Source: Forestry Commission Scotland Recent feeder box monitoring and camera trapping carried out in Countesswells and Foggieton Woods, near Aberdeen, indicates a rosy future for red squirrels. The work by Forest… […]
…squirrel has taken off a jacket to reveal nothing underneath. If the squirrel has inflammation or lesions in the exposed skin, there is clearly an issue of disease, skin parasites – for example, mange – or allergy. However, this does not often appear to be the case. Because these squirrels are usually observed at people’s garden feeders, we are… […]
…if these beautiful animals were to settle in the institute grounds and become a regular sight.” While three quarters of the UK’s red squirrels are found in Scotland, their numbers have fallen drastically to just 120,000. This is largely due to the spread of the grey squirrel, which was first introduced to Britain from North America in the mid-19th Century…. […]
This week Royal Bank of Scotland unveiled the design of its new polymer £20 banknote, which will be in circulation from 2020. The note’s front side features famous Glaswegian tearoom owner and Mackintosh collaborator Catherine Cranston. It’s great to see Miss Cranston receive well-earned recognition as a pioneer of female entrepreneurship, the first woman other than the Queen… […]
…Seddon SSPCA Rusty at his bright-eyed and bushy-tailed best! This is taken in the outdoor pen where Rusty had lots of room to climb, build strength and get used to the outdoor environment. He also had other red squirrels for company. Natural features in the pen help the squirrels build strength and prepares them for life in the forest. Photo:… […]
…squirrelly competition for seven million years. This evolutionary difference is essentially why the grey squirrels are currently such a great threat to the existence of red squirrels in Britain and Ireland. For seven million years, Eurasian red squirrels evolved with no close ecological competition: there are few tree-dwelling, nut- and seed-eating mammals in temperate Eurasia. Without true competition, the red… […]
