…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…. […]
…www.scottishsquirrels.org.uk. All well and good, but what about all those folks in the enviable position of seeing red squirrels in their garden on a daily basis? We don’t expect you to run to your computer every single time you see a red or grey, so here is our advice on what to look out for. Report any remarkable numbers of… […]
…marks along the length of it or even collections of cones that have been nibbled at. Cones make up an important bulk of the red squirrel diet so where there are squirrels there is cone debris. Squirrels, like many animals, are left or right handed, and if you have a real eye for detail, you might even be able to… […]
…office work until tomorrow, I decided to take a snow day so that I could go out and play… Snow squirrel reported in my garden on 3 March. Image: Paul McDonald. I spent most of the morning out on the farm, taking a tip out of Emma’s book and doing some tracking. Tracks found included: sheep (shocking!), roe deer,… […]
