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Disappear, unfortunately. the scottish wildlife trust said having a predator, the pine marten, helps to control the grey squirrel population. but that is not enough. grey squirrel control is going to be necessary for a long time yet. so that will be the key thing that needs to keep continuing in a targeted and landscape—scale approach, you know, which is tricky and hard work but what is needed if we want to keep our red squirrels. the battle for survival with the more feisty grey squirrel is likely to continue for some time. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news, kirkcudbright. now it's time for a lo...

Of three forests. red squirrels are thought to be better able to eat the seed cones than their rivals the grey squirrel. but a study in northern ireland has found that these non—native conifer forests could actually be detrimental to the red squirrel populations. the result say it is due to the hungry time martin, a school predator which is less alternative food to eat in a tent forest than a much more diverse native woodland. so tent forest than a much more diverse native woodland.— native woodland. so you have lots of re and native woodland. so you have lots of prey and refuges _ native ...

So it gives the squirrels a good, wide feeding pattern. but of course, they're in competition with the grey squirrels. wherever you get the grey squirrels, the reds are going to disappear, unfortunately. for some, the red squirrel project is vital. well, they're beautiful creatures and they're native to the uk so i do believe that, since the grey squirrels are introduced and have wiped them out, or almost wiped them out, it's important to make sure that we can keep our heritage. it's a really nice effort from the local community. the scottish wildlife trust said having a variety of trees benef...

In the uk, but now limited to areas like here in bar hill wood in dumfries & galloway. how many red squirrels would you have in this wood? in november last year we had over 30, which is an exceptional amount. you know, there's not many places in scotland where you find that level. so what makes this the ideal habitat for the red squirrel? principally it's the age of the trees. they are now producing cones regularly and that enables food to be available at different times of the year. the larch produces cones in the summertime, the scots pine in the winter. so it gives the squirrels a good wide...

Times of the year. the larch produces cones in the summertime, the scots pine in the winter, so it gives the squirrels a good wide feeding pattern. but of course, they are in competition with the grey squirrels. wherever you get the grey squirrels, the reds are going to disappear, unfortunately. the scottish wildlife trust said having a predator, the pine marten, helps to control the grey squirrel population. but that is not enough. grey squirrel control is going to be necessary for a long time yet. so that will be the key thing that needs to keep continuing in a targeted and landscape—scale...