Archive for February, 2005

The story of the mysterious squirrel that steals pebbles.

Friday, February 25th, 2005

On 1st January 2005, Maria Salmon wrote to say that she has a problem with a grey squirrel who is stealing pebbles, about the size of a walnut, from her garden, and she wondered if anyone had heard of or seen this unusual behaviour, and why the squirrel was doing it? Maria would also like [...]

Squirrel sightings

Thursday, February 24th, 2005

The SquirrelWeb team will soon post all sightings of squirrels sent in on a new webpage in SquirrelWeb. Thus, all sightings of red squirrels, unusual colour morphs, or other squirrel observations, will be welcome.

Rare red squirrels in danger in village in Cumbria, NW England

Thursday, February 24th, 2005

A group of residents is actively trying to protect the red squirrel population in their village in Cumbria. Red squirrels in Cumbria are in danger of disappearing altogether and so it is vital to protect remaining populations whenever possible. The area around the village was totally denuded of all tree/bush cover due [...]