#red squirrel

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Commission for SciurusVulgari

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Звери самые маленькие, 1927. Illustrated by Vasily Vatagin.

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Eurasian Red Squirrel/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (January 21, 2023).

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great escape

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Everything turned green and grew a foot basically overnight

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Garden friends.

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Red Squirrel range expands by 25% in Scottish Highlands after reintroduction effort

Trees for Life's 10-year Red Squirrel reintroduction project has expanded the species' range in the Scottish Highlands by more than 25%, est

Red Squirrel's range in the Scottish Highlands has increased by more than 25% following a decade of reintroductions led by charity Trees for Life. 

Surveys co-ordinated by the charity show that a dozen new populations are now established, with many showing evidence of breeding and natural expansion.

Since the project began in 2015, some 259 squirrels have been relocated from healthy donor sites in Inverness-shire, Moray and Strathspey to 13 suitable woodlands across the north and north-west Highlands.

Red Squirrel returns

The species has now returned to areas from which it had been absent since the 1970s, including sites near Ullapool, Brora, Morvern and across much of the central Highlands as far north as Lairg.

The most recent releases saw 12 squirrels introduced to coastal woodlands between Letterfearn and Ratagan on the Glenelg peninsula, supplementing a small population established last autumn. All translocations are licensed by NatureScot and follow strict welfare protocols, with small numbers taken from each donor population and only healthy individuals moved.

Trees for Life says the project demonstrates how targeted rewilding can support the long-term recovery of one of Scotland's most iconic mammals. "This rewilding success story is offering hope for the long-term survival of Scotland's much-loved red squirrels," said Becky Priestley of Trees for Life.