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Southern Uplands Partnership Guest Blog: Funding Success for Red Squirrel Recovery Network

Posted on 15/11/202315/11/2023 by Guest Blogger

…places, our natural environment and fragile species, to the languages and cultural traditions that celebrate who we are. We are passionate about heritage and committed to driving innovation and collaboration to make a positive difference to people’s lives today, while leaving a lasting legacy for future generations to enjoy. Follow @HeritageFundUK on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and use #NationalLotteryHeritageFund www.heritagefund.org.uk… […]

Busy breeding

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

…breeding drey even after they are weaned and mother moves out. These juvenile siblings, who are around half adult size, might be spotted together playfully exploring, often during the day, as they take advantage of the adult squirrel’s rest period. Any intolerant mature squirrels in the area might detract from their new found independence, so they tend to avoid the… […]

Game-changing grant awarded to South Scotland volunteers

Posted on 29/10/202002/11/2020 by Keilidh Ewan

…working to monitor, promote and protect red squirrels where they live. Field equipment has a vital role to play in volunteer activities, and a recent grant of £14,120 awarded by the Red Squirrel Survival Trust to the Forum will help provide groups with game-changing tools including 10 thermal imaging scopes and 120 trail cameras. Both thermal imagers and trail cameras… […]

Spotting the elusive Scottish Red Squirrel

Posted on 26/06/201527/02/2020 by ssrs_admin

…our website! (www.scottishsquirrels.org.uk/squirrel-sightings) If you’re lucky enough to see a red or grey squirrel, dead or alive, we want to know about it!! At Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels there are only a small number of staff covering very large areas and so we can’t be everywhere all the time. We need your help to know where the squirrels are so… […]

Seeing Red

Posted on 20/07/201527/02/2020 by ssrs_admin

…following a seasonal abundance of food. Have red or grey squirrels made an appearance in your local woods or your garden for the very first time? Either way this is important data for us. Is there any sign of breeding? Are there mating chases going on, young present (they are smaller with proportionately bigger head and paws and a very… […]

See you in a few years…

Posted on 28/07/201527/02/2020 by ssrs_admin

…colleagues and working in one of the most accessible scenic areas in Scotland: Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park (www.lochlomond-trossachs.org). Along with all of my red squirrel friends (and grey squirrel “enemies”…), I have seen an amazing variety of wildlife, including: otters, pine marten, red deer, roe deer, goosanders, ravens, and even a slow worm in this poor summer…. […]

Major boost for Scotland’s red squirrels thanks to National Lottery funding

Posted on 24/02/201709/10/2019 by ssrs_admin

…from communities in our three key regions to carry out practical work to protect and strengthen red squirrel populations in their local area, and in turn safeguard squirrels across Scotland. We aim to provide high quality training and support to hundreds of local people and land managers to take on a vital role in the long–term protection of the country’s… […]

Cycling for Squirrels

Posted on 13/08/201527/02/2020 by ssrs_admin

…to be out on the quieter country roads among the woods where there are still reds to be found. Greys have crept in, as a dead one on the road near Peat Inn (it wusnae me!) testified last night. It’s quite motivating to have a purpose to the hard work and sore legs (Peat Inn is 200 metres above sea… […]

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Southern Uplands Partnership Guest Blog: Funding Success for Red Squirrel Recovery Network

Busy breeding

Game-changing grant awarded to South Scotland volunteers

Spotting the elusive Scottish Red Squirrel

Seeing Red

See you in a few years…

Major boost for Scotland’s red squirrels thanks to National Lottery funding

Cycling for Squirrels

This Year's Sightings