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Invasive Non-Native Species Week 2025 – Behind the scenes

Posted on 14/05/202514/05/2025 by ssrs_admin

After escaping a zoo enclosure in 1971, a small number of grey squirrels quickly gained a foothold in Aberdeen. Since 2009, SSRS has worked with local partners to reduce grey squirrel population density and distribution in the north east. Our work to date has been very successful, and we are now aiming to completely eradicate […]

News: Duthie Park sighting marks a giant leap for Aberdeen’s red squirrels

Posted on 19/07/201920/08/2019 by Gill Hatcher

Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels has received a red squirrel sighting near Duthie Park, one of the closest sightings to Aberdeen city centre in the project’s ten-year history. The red squirrel was spotted in a garden north of Duthie Park, near the river Dee, an area that has only known grey squirrels for several […]