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British Red Squirrels are at risk of extinction. With your help we can strengthen our work and conserve our British Red Squirrels.

We aim to protect red squirrels and assist in their population growth - educating & raising awareness across the UK. British Red Squirrel is a national working project of Red Squirrel South West - a registered charity aiming to protect, enhance and ensure the survival of our native red squirrels.

29/10/2026

Thanks to Countryside Jobs Service for this article (link below):

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

As part of CJS Focus on Animals and Wildlife we revisit an article from British Red Squirrel and find out about some of the damage grey squirrels are causing.

It’s a different, sometimes controversial way of working with animals and wildlife.

Is it essential?

Read on to help you decide

https://c-js.uk/4ng4P6f

22/06/2026

Invasive non-native species harm:

🌍wildlife and the environment

💷the economy

👥our health and the way we live

Find out how you can help👇
www.nonnativespecies.org/invasivespeciesweek

12/06/2026

It's National Great Outdoors Month!

We are so lucky here in the UK to have so much beautiful nature on our doorstep. June is a fantastic time to enjoy the UK's woodlands, with birds, insects and mammals all active as summer gets underway.

Every visit to a local woodland is a reminder of why protecting these habitats matters. 💚

22/05/2026

“IT’S NOT A PHASE.” 🖤

Happy World Goth Day from the woodland emo community.

07/05/2026

A third of British children don’t even know red squirrels still exist in the UK, and one in ten can’t identify one from a photograph.

That should concern all of us.

Red squirrels are one of Britain’s most iconic native species, yet many children are growing up without ever learning about them, while invasive non-native grey squirrels continue to dominate much of the country and increasingly shape our children’s idea of what a “British squirrel” looks like.

Once numbering in the millions, our native reds are now confined to only a handful of remaining strongholds.

If future generations are going to protect Britain’s wildlife, they first need to know it exists. We should be teaching our children about native species, conservation, and the importance of protecting what remains before it disappears forever.

Address

Escot House, Escot Park
Ottery Saint Mary
EX111LU

Website

http://britishredsquirrel.org/

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