Page 39 - Red Squirrels News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

For russia to "halt its aggression", and accuses the kremlin of waging a disinformation campaign to justify an invasion of ukraine. russia denies it's preparing to carry out false sabotage operations. experts say they're hopeful that efforts to save red squirrels in scotland could be helping native populations recover but warn that measures to control grey squirrels will have to continue for some time. later this hour, on the road with self—driving cars, taking to the track for some autonomous racing, and finding out how and why this car changes colour. we'll get behind the wheel of the futu...

Efforts to save red squirrels in scotland could be helping native populations recover, but warn that measures to control grey squirrels will have to continue for some time. coming up later this hour in hardtalk — stephen sackur speaks to baroness helena kennedy, who has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. borisjohnson must "lead or step aside", senior tory and former minister tobias ellwood has told the bbc. it comes as some conservative mps say they've been inundated with emails from constituents, angry about reports that downing st...

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...

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. here's hoping that that programme will be successful. 20 more on the website on all the stories in this bulletin. from me and the team, hope to see you soon. —— plenty more on the website. 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...