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Out this morning multiple Reds around, 3 seen at the same time chasing around the tree where the feeder is fixed. One 500 gram grey came for its last nut.

Another 9 since my last posted, woodland trapped, trap lone, and four shot my my friend and I. 1116

Another 3 trapped. 1035

Another two shot this morning. Total 1015

Another 3 shot by my friend this morning 1011

Another 6 trapped. 997

19 shot or trapped since my last post. 929

We’ve got a trapping fortnight just started in a local private wood. Two days have produced 14 greys. 12 male and just two female. Just been out in another wood this morning and a single male grey, from a feeder that’s been out in the woods for at least 5 years. Not a nibble on the timber, because it has a plastic liner. Still doing the business. Also two Reds doing a mating chase around another nearby tree.

Well done, do you recycle them? There’s a Bird of Prey place near you that’s looking out for squirrels

Another two females trapped by a friend yesterday. 636

When you see and hear of Reds returning it makes it all worthwhile.

Another male trapped by a friend yesterday and a pregnant female for me this morning beneath a woodland feeder Total 629

A thumping 685 grams pregnant female from beneath a woodland feeder this morning

Two shot by me and two trapped by my friend, since my last post. Total 619

The course is now fully booked, we’ll be arranging others around the country if anyone else is interested

Due to a late cancellation there is a place available on this course next Saturday 25th March 2023. The course is free to attend due to being sponsored by Forestry Commission and Defra. It provides a Lantra Certificate of Accreditation. Anyone interested who could attend at short notice send me a PM.

Yes, but if you get it arranged it saves a lot of messing.

I’ll give you £100 for the Ifor Davies, and you can put the other two in it.

Another 3 shot this morning by my friend. 583

You might be able to get a friend to have a sharing condition put on both your licenses, then your fr can keep it and you can still use it

Which Isuzu?

We’ve done it

Come on folk, just 16 more signatures to reach the 10000 total. You can do it!

In Ireland where there have been extensive studies it has been shown that where pine martens exist grey squirrels simply disappear, possibly into urban refuges but the Reds remain and although some may be predated by PM’s they checked PM scats and found that Reds are only a small proportion of the diet

I’ve added a direct link to the petition, so hopefully we’ll get a few more people to sign Yes, there’s a huge amount of work being done to ensure it can be delivered specifically to greys, but it’s still years away from being licensed. Even then the scientists say it’ll not be a silver bullet and we’ll still need traditional methods of control eg., trapping and shooting