Taking up the red squirrel fight

Yorkshire Post;  October 9, 2006 ;     139 words ......highlighted the plight of the endangered red squirrel at the weekend. Vanessa Roberts, who owns the park, where a red squirrel conservation project has been operating...visitors to understand that the red squirrel is indigenous to this country but...

Prince Charles lends his support to red squirrel; environment today.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 13, 2007 ;     326 words ......generous donation by Prince Charles to red squirrel conservation in the region was outlined...money will be used to support practical red squirrel conservation work across the North of...desperately concerned over the plight of the red squirrel and he wanted to know how he could ...

New campaign to ensure survival of threatened red squirrel.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  September 13, 2004 ;     145 words ......long-term survival of Formby's red squirrel population gets under way today. The move at the start of National Red Squirrel Week is a partnership project...help secure the future for the red squirrel. Brownsea holds one of only two...

Celebrate Red Squirrel Week with a hunt for the rare native...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Conservationists will lead a hunt for the red squirrel next week in one of the animal's surviving...South and West Wales is celebrating Red Squirrel Week, which starts on September 30...conifers, they were not pines, so the red squirrel could find no comfort there.' The devastation...

Rare red squirrel is making a comeback, say conservationists.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 4, 2008 ;     301 words ...THE rare red squirrel is making a remarkable comeback on...is now heralded as a blueprint for red squirrel conservation by groups working across...island haven, and we aim to increase red squirrel numbers further over the next few...

Red squirrel population grows in Anglesey.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  June 7, 2005 ;     291 words ......terrific achievement when nationally the red squirrel is still in decline. 'The creation of...the national campaign to preserve the red squirrel and the merits of establishing further...already been lucky enough to see a wild red squirrel in what was, until only a few years...

HELP IN QUEST TO SAVE RED SQUIRREL; Sponsored by Environment Agency GO...

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  September 30, 2008 ;     215 words ......aid efforts to protect the endangered red squirrel in our area, the Quest will ask people...them between October 4 and 12, National Red Squirrel Week. Although organisers are particularly...sightings from in and around the regions' 16 red squirrel reserves, Save Our Squirrels ...

Red Alert; With the south of Scotland now home to 75% of the UK's red...

The Sunday Herald;  March 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......the woodland heart of Scotland's prime red squirrel country, the prospect of catching a...small wooden box has been nailed. It's a red-squirrel feeding box: strategically placed so...Once widespread throughout Britain, red squirrel numbers have been declining for 50 years...

Red squirrel 'will die out without help'

Evening News - Scotland;  February 27, 2006 ;     243 words ...SCOTLAND'S native red squirrel population is likely to be extinct...first international conference on red squirrel conservation in Edinburgh today...home to 75 per cent of the UK's red squirrel population and in my view our efforts...

Warning on risk for red squirrel.(Features)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  November 30, 2006 ;     284 words ......stronghold - home to one of England's last red squirrel populations - is under serious threat...for immediate action to help save the red squirrel populations living in the pinewoods along the coast. The woodlands are one of 16 red squirrel refuges in the region named by Red Alert...

Fears mount over red squirrel threat.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  May 7, 2007 ;     443 words ......arrested by the spread of the virus. The Red Squirrel Protection Partnership wants homeowners...Parker who works as head trapper for the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership, trains householders...carried by greys but which can kill a red squirrel in under 48 hours. It is a horrible...

Forest planting to save red squirrel.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 22, 2002 ;     291 words ......with a special customer in mind - the red squirrel. Conservationists yesterday revealed...Conservation Manager Iolo Lloyd said: ``The red squirrel is not ready to give up without a fight...Forest Design Plans specifically for the red squirrel.'' Grey squirrels co-exist with reds...

Red squirrel survival plan.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 13, 2004 ;     431 words ......today. The move at the start of National Red Squirrel Week is a partnership project on the...Brownsea holds one of only two remaining red squirrel populations in southern Britain. Although...in woodland throughout Britain, the red squirrel population is now in decline, mainly...

Irish red squirrel's last stand.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  May 17, 2004 ;     148 words ......KINSELLA WILDLIFE experts have launched a campaign to save the red squirrel - before it is pushed out by its bigger grey cousin. The...decline since the American grey arrived 100 years ago. In Northern Ireland reds have been forced to retreat to their strongholds in...

[pounds sterling]1m bid to save the red squirrel.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  November 9, 2005 ;     63 words ...A LAST-DITCH attempt to save the red squirrel from extinction in England was launched today. The red squirrel population has suffered a dramatic...squirrelpox virus. The North of England Red Squirrel Conservation Strategy will cost more...