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News: Over £1M in new funding awarded to aid red squirrel recovery in Scotland

Posted on 12/03/2024 by Katie Berry

…Our hopes and aims for next phase are ambitious, but ones that we absolutely can realise with increased landscape-scale investment from partners, stakeholders, landowners, and local community involvement. We are incredibly grateful to everyone already involved in red squirrel conservation across the country and look forward to bringing more people and organisations onboard with this important and vital work.” Dr… […]

Busy breeding

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

…onwards sibling groups of juveniles venturing out and playing together, often during the day WHAT YOU CAN DO If you find an ill or injured squirrel or young in need of help, contact the SSPCA who can care for them. If you are lucky enough to spot squirrel families or young ones venturing out, registering your sightings, and sharing… […]

News: ‘Booster’ project will protect Scotland’s red squirrels for another two years

Posted on 21/12/202121/12/2021 by Gill Hatcher

The Scottish Wildlife Trust is pleased to announce that the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels project has secured initial funding for a two-year transitional project phase in April 2022. This ‘booster’ phase will enable the project to complete its aims and plan for the long-term future, leaving a legacy of sustainable and community-led red squirrel conservation across the south… […]

News: Record participation in national squirrel survey

Posted on 08/12/202005/03/2021 by Keilidh Ewan

…to run the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey for the second time, and the survey is expected to be carried out again in autumn 2021. Sightings can be reported year-round but this concentrated campaign provides valuable data and understanding of both red and grey squirrel distribution changes, helping focus conservation efforts on the areas where red squirrels are most under threat…. […]

News: Help stop the spread of grey squirrels in the Mearns

Posted on 24/05/202123/05/2021 by Rory Syme

…highly invasive grey squirrel could also spread further into the Grampians and the Highlands, threatening Scotland’s largest populations of red squirrels. Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is encouraging people to report sightings of both red and grey squirrels online. The project is also looking for volunteers in the area to support its vital conservation work. Sarah Woodfin, Monitoring Officer, North East… […]

For nature, go native

Posted on 25/01/202227/01/2022 by Gill Hatcher

…commercial conifers – to red squirrels. The researchers, together with Ulster Wildlife, bring into question red squirrel conservation strategies that focus on the planting of such forests. Scotland’s conifer forests In Scotland, non-native conifer forests are planted for commercial purposes. By the 1930s red squirrel populations were in serious decline in the UK, but the extensive conifer planting that… […]

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News: Over £1M in new funding awarded to aid red squirrel recovery in Scotland

Busy breeding

News: ‘Booster’ project will protect Scotland’s red squirrels for another two years

News: Record participation in national squirrel survey

News: Help stop the spread of grey squirrels in the Mearns

For nature, go native

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