Grasmere Red Squirrels

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12/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who has been following our posts during week. You can help us by nominating the Grasmere Red Sqquirrel Group for this special £5000 draw with the Benefact Group. It's very simple and will take about a minute.

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10/10/2026

🐿️ RED SQUIRREL AWARENESS WEEK – DAY 6: TAKE ACTION! ❤️🌳

Love seeing red squirrels in Grasmere? You can help make sure they remain part of our landscape for generations to come.

The Grasmere Red Squirrel Group has spent 20 years protecting our local red squirrels, helping maintain a population of around 50–60 in Grasmere Vale. But it’s a constant battle, and we can’t do it alone!

Here are five simple ways you can help:

🐿️ Volunteer – Get involved with local conservation work and help us protect our reds.

📸 Report sightings – Let us know when and where you spot red or grey squirrels. Every sighting helps us understand what’s happening locally.

❤️ Support our work – Donations help fund our rangers and the vital work needed to protect our red squirrel population. You can support us through our JustGiving page or PayPal.

🧼 Keep feeders clean – Regularly clean and disinfect squirrel feeders and feeding stations to help reduce the risk of disease spreading between squirrels. We can provide special disinfectant free of charge to help you keep your feeders clean. Get in touch with the Grasmere Red Squirrel Group to find out how to obtain some.

📢 Spread the word – Share our posts, tell friends and visitors about the importance of red squirrel conservation, and encourage others to get involved.

Every sighting, share, donation and helping hand makes a difference. Together, we can help protect Grasmere’s precious red squirrels.

🐿️ Love our reds? Take action today! ❤️

09/10/2026

🐿️ DAY 5: RECOVERY IN ACTION – 20 YEARS OF PROTECTING GRASMERE’S RED SQUIRRELS ❤️🌳

For 20 years, the Grasmere Red Squirrel Group has been working tirelessly to protect our precious red squirrels.

Today, we maintain a population of around 50–60 red squirrels in Grasmere Vale — a real conservation success story, made possible by dedicated volunteers, our local community and our partnership with the National Trust Lake District, whose funding supports our rangers.

But this is a constant battle. Grey squirrels continue to enter the area, bringing the threat of squirrelpox and competition for food and habitat. Without ongoing monitoring and control, the progress we’ve made over two decades could be lost.

🤝 We need your help to keep protecting our reds.

Every donation helps support our rangers and the vital work needed to safeguard this special population for future generations.

❤️ If you can, please support us through our JustGiving page https://www.justgiving.com/charity/grasmereredsquirrels

or PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=NMWH9FQLN77MQ&source=url

Every contribution makes a difference.

🐿️ Twenty years of conservation. A precious population to protect. A future that depends on all of us.

Please donate, share this post and help keep Grasmere’s red squirrels thriving!

08/10/2026

🐿️ Red Squirrel Awareness Week – Day 4: Managing for Red Squirrels

Protecting red squirrels isn’t about one single solution. It’s about habitat, monitoring, research and managing the pressures they face.

🌲 Good habitat is essential. Managing woodland in the right way can provide red squirrels with the food, shelter and connected habitats they need to thrive.

🐿️ Grey squirrel management is also an important part of protecting our reds. Our rangers monitor populations and respond where grey squirrels are found.

🦫 And then there’s the pine marten — one of our native woodland predators. Pine martens and red squirrels evolved alongside each other, whereas grey squirrels are a much more recent arrival in Britain. Research has shown that where pine martens and grey squirrels overlap, pine martens can have a greater impact on grey squirrels than on red squirrels.

And there’s some exciting work happening right here in Cumbria. A project is currently reinstating pine martens in South Cumbria, helping to restore this missing part of our native woodland ecosystem.

🔬 Alongside this, researchers are looking at new ways of managing grey squirrels, including fertility control, while monitoring helps us understand what is happening to squirrel populations and how conservation measures are working.

There’s no magic bullet. It’s about using all the tools available — and working with nature wherever we can — to give our red squirrels the best chance. ❤️🐿️

08/10/2026

Stunning painting!! Thank you for sharing it with us in

It's Red Squirrel awareness week so just had to post this little beauty painted by one of our newest members Beatrice Livesey Artist Grasmere Red Squirrels