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Grey Squirrel Threat Highlighted

At a meeting of more than 60 landowners and conservationists held at Paxton House near Berwick on Tweed this week delegates were warned of the growing threat to biodiversity throughout Europe from the American Grey Squirrel. Speaking at the Red Squirrel Cross Broader Conference, George Farr, Chairman of the European Squirrel Initiative warned of the increased numbers of grey squirrels being reported throughout the majority of the United Kingdom during 2012 and the threat they posed to the native red squirrel as well as other flora and fauna.“The grey squirrel is a significant and growing

Culling reduces squirrel pox infection

Research(1)lead by Newcastle University and funded by the European Squirrel Initiative has demonstrated that the culling of grey squirrel populations on a landscape scale dramatically lowers the prevalence of the squirrel pox virus (SQVP) infection rates amongst surviving animals.The research investigated trends in grey squirrel capture rates within woodlands on the 720km2 island of Anglesey during a thirteen year period of control 1998-2010. Grey squirrels are a reservoir for squirrel pox transmissions to red squirrels and scientists examined the results of blood testing carried out

Argyll Volunteer Honoured in National Red Squirrel Awards

The work of one of Argyll’s hard working volunteers has been honoured by national conservation charity, the Red Squirrel Survival Trust (RSST).Launched last year, the awards, which are supported by HRH The Prince of Wales, are designed to reward the vast army of volunteers working around the country to protect our native red squirrels. A keen member of the Loch Goilhead group in Argyll, Jimmy Simm has been working for over 10 years on red squirrel conservation. He was building rope bridges and talking conservation long before it became commonplace, and has devoted much of his later years

KATIE HILLIER JOINS THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE UK’S ICONIC RED SQUIRRELS

The Red Squirrel Survival Trust (RSST) – the UK’s national red squirrel conservation charity – has today announced that Katie Hillier, one of the UK’s most influential names in British fashion is to join its team of celebrity Ambassadors.Katie, best known for her high profile work in the design of handbags, jewellery and hair accessories, is concerned that ignorance, or even apathy, around the threat to one of our most loved woodland creatures may prove disastrous for the native red squirrel and she is joining forces with other celebrities to help increase awareness of the issue. Her

Red Squirrels under threat

Red squirrels could be extinct on mainland Britain within 20 years, according to a review of the plight of British Mammals by Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU). The report highlights the retreat of the red squirrel as the most significant example of a mammal under threat.Press Release       Until the introduction of the grey squirrels from America in the 1850s the red squirrel was found throughout Britain. The grey squirrel out competes the red for food but, more significantly carries a lethal disease called squirrelpox virus. Nowadays greys

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