A great way of monitoring for an invasive species, using sticky tape to collect hair samples of squirrels. Like our mink rafts collecting footprints, these low tech monitoring methods are great for using widely, involving volunteers and are good value for money!

Scientists from #QueensUniversityBelfast discovered that, while the #pinemarten preys on both species, the greys are much more vulnerable to attack. :D #redsquirrels #redsrule #redsquirrelsrule #redsquirrelsouthwest #saveoursquirrels #britishredsquirrel bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

The science of survival - how genome sequencing aims to help boost #redsquirrel populations #saveoursquirrels theconversation.com/how-to-help-re…

Did you know that #PineMartens tend to eat more grey than red squirrels... Bring back the #PineMarten everywhere in the UK! #redsquirrels #redsquirrel #redsrule #redsquirrelsrule #redsquirrelsouthwest #saveoursquirrels #britishredsquirrel uk.news.yahoo.com/grey-squirrels…

Please slow down and take care on roads. At this time of year young #animals are exploring their surroundings, searching for food & new territory. They & adult explorers may not be road savvy. Watch out for #redsquirrels on your travels. #RoadSafety #WildlifeWednesday #wildlife

Unfortunately, our forests are not immune to the extreme littering problem across Scotland’s wild places at the moment. That's why we're making a joint plea with other agencies to all visitors to act responsibly and take litter home. #TakeItHome forestryandland.gov.scot/news-releases/…

Major loss of #grassland and significant increases in both urbanisation and woodland in Great Britain since 1990, major new #landcover analysis by UKCEH shows Read more: ceh.ac.uk/press/almost-2…

If you're a farmer/land manager/community group in the #scottishborders why not take a look at our Borders Tree Planting Grant Scheme? It offers up to £1,000 towards the capital costs of landscape tree planting. tweedforum.org/our-work/borde…

2006 turned out to be just a little early to write the red squirrel obituary. Fourteen years later and red squirrel conservation has proved amazingly successful, particularly in Ireland, Wales and the North of England.

Red squirrel fans have you seen this beautiful sculpture? #redsquirrel

P3/4 continued finding out about red squirrels today. They used their information to make drawings and write facts. They learnt lots of new information. Read their facts to see if there's something you didn't know about red squirrels. 🐿️ Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels

P3/4 checked their squirrel feeder boxes today. Most of the food had gone and LOTS of hairs on their sticky pads. They are now looking forward to examining the hairs using a microscope. Remember to visit scottishsquirrels.org if you see squirrels- red or grey Tweeddale Red Squirrel Network

Great work from P3/4 Priorsford PS spreading the message to save red squirrels in Scotland. Thank you from all of us. 🐿 Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels

TRSN will have a stand at Priorsford PS’s Summer Fayre on 13th May 2023! Free entry to all from 10:30-13:30 so please come along, any volunteers would be greatly appreciated.

As part of their John Muir Award, P5 enjoyed a visit from the Tweeddale Squirrel Network. They shared information about Red and Grey Squirrels and showed us how to analyse hair samples.🐿

P1 have enjoyed listening to stories about Bristle, Peg, and Ping who are 3 red squirrels. The books were kindly donated by The Tweeddale Red Squirrel Network. P1 learnt lots about red squirrels from listening to the stories and later used their information to make fact sheets🐿️

Peeblesshire Agricultural Society's Annual Show Sunday 13 August, Nether Horsburgh Farm This is an all day event – please contact Allan Johnson directly if you can help set up gazebo/man the stand for a few hours We hope to see lots of the network members there!

Merlindale Nature Festival! Location: Merlindale, near Dumelzier Date: Saturday 19 August Time: 2-6pm TRSN will have a stand at the Merlindale Nature Festival, at which any volunteers would be greatly appreciated, please contact the TRSN email address directly if you can!