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Having a variety of trees benefits the red squirrel, and 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 landscape—scale approach. which is tricky and hard work, but it's 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 mackenzie, bbc news, kirkcudbright. with all the sport now, here's chetan...

Red squirrel. the battle for survival with _ red squirrel. the battle for survival with the _ red squirrel. the battle for survival with the more i red squirrel. the battle for i survival with the more feisty great squirrel is likely to continue for some time. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news. hello, there. saturday was a rather cloudy day across much of the country. sunday looks brighter once we lose this weather front which is spreading southwards across the country, being a band of cloud and showers. and you'll also notice it will be a breezy day pretty much across the board, but certainly in t...

So what makes this the ideal habitat for the red squirrel? principally it's the age of the treesm that 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 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 popula...

Difficult and precise thing to do and what we realised when we read the original play was that structure is absolutely watertight, you know? it's a gold—plated structure and we didn't really change, we were given licence to change whatever we wanted but we realised, this is a gift, we will keep all of this because still works. all the comic beats are there and that was the real revelation. it beats are there and that was the real revelation.— the real revelation. it is a treat the real revelation. it is a great piay- _ wildlife experts in scotland are hopeful that progress is being made, i...

Experts in scotland are hopeful that progress is being made in efforts to save the native red squirrel. alexandra mackenzie reports. the native red squirrel. not a common sight in the uk, but now limited to areas like here in barhill 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'd find that level. so what makes this the ideal habitat for the red squirrel? principally, it's the age of the trees that they are now producing cones regularl...