Your NEW(ish) Team
With the current project came a few changes, two new members of staff and a new truck! Red Squirrel Officer – Sarah Purdon Hello everyone! I hope I will get to meet even more of you over the next quar…
Collaboration and Coordination with NRW
Last summer, it suddenly came to the team’s attention that a coupe of planned NRW larch felling in Clywedog would in fact include some sites where we have had regular Red Squirrel records. This was ex…
Thermal Imaging and collaboration with BASC
Another example of the innumerable benefits of working collaboratively with other organisations this time comes from BASC (the British Association of Shooting and Conservation). Hamish Profit was unti…
Looking East
While much of our focus recently has been drawn to the western side of the focal site, the east is not being neglected. In early December the squirrel team took a trip across to the Irfon forest. We s…
Developments in how we manage trail cameras.
With our Healthy Reds project came some more funding to increase the numbers of trail cameras the project owns. We now own around 80 cameras, some of which are in long term placement monitoring areas…
Staffing Changes
The New Healthy Reds Project will kick off with some new staff. Red Squirrel Officer Becky Hulme is leaving WTSWW and will be replaced by Sarah Purdon. Grey Squirrel Control Officer Ben Allen will be…