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Port Bannatyne red squirrels at feeder – August 2026

Squirrel route through trees at Stuck Cottage – July 2026

This clip shows a particular route used by squirrels at Stuck Cottage

Port Bannatyne red squirrels – July 2026

Red squirrels at Port Bannatyne feeder

Port Bannatyne – April and May 2026

Red squirrels were first spotted here in January 2026. Click to watch the trail cam footage

Barmore Wood – June & July 2025

Trail cam footage of one of the hair sample tubes placed in Barmore Wood, Bute.

The importance of learning routes

Why learning routes are important

Bardarrach Wood – after the storm February 2025

Bute’s red squirrels are having to adapt to a changed landscape after the storm….

Storm Eowyn hits Bardarrach Wood on 24th January, 2025

Bardarrach squirrels – Jan 2025

How are the squirrels in Bardarrach Wood faring at the start of 2025 ….

Red squirrels can rotate their ankles

A very interesting fact about squirrels

When a squirrel meets a squirrel ….. part 2

More fun and games from our squirrels

Three new videos to share

We have 3 new videos of our squirrels to share this month. They are:

Even agile squirrels get it wrong sometimes..

Some amusing incidents caught on our cameras

Identifying male and female squirrels

Watching red squirrels is always a great experience, but being more observant may bring added information. Hopefully this short video will help.

Bardarrach squirrel exhibiting freezing behaviour – March 2024

This video illustrates how a squirrel can freeze when it senses something unusual or perhaps dangerous.

Bardarrach feeder visited frequently – March 2024

How many times might a squirrel return to a feeder in a matter of a couple of hours? Our trail cam caught this squirrel visiting 30 times – a new high for us.

Bardarrach – a second squirrel arrives – Feb 24

You never know what to expect…. this time a second squirrel appears and learns how to access the feeder. With 2 squirrels helping themselves its not long before the feeder is emptied.

This squirrel at Stuck Cottage is happy to take food placed on the top of a handy log whilst ignoring a squirrel feeder placed very close by. Happily, the log is a wonderful spot for recording a captivating video. A few days later however, the squirrel feeder was found to be half empty, so presumably the squirrel has figured out how to access the food put out for it there.

Bardarrach – Jan 24

Currently, Malcolm is busy with lots of planning and map-drawing, which we hope will help our red squirrels in the long term. So, there haven’t been many videos to share, but here’s one from our feeder in Bardarroch Wood, near Loch Fad, captured by trail camera on 12th January. One very contented red squirrel.

Bardarrach update – Oct 23

Its now early October, and the feeder at Bardarrach is continuing to show squirrels present in this area. Barbara reports that the squirrels arrive very soon after she has topped up the feeder, and make significant inroads into the food available in about 3 or 4 days.

Rhubodach Farm – Sept 23

Following up on a sighting of a squirrel at Rhubodach Farm, George put up a feeder and trail cam to capture some footage. As you can see, a squirrel was indeed present and quick to take advantage of the food put out.

Bardarrach Woods – a return

In August 2023, a feeder was placed back in Bardarrach Woods by Barbara Rimmington to see if there were still squirrels in the area. After a promising start when Barbara was able to report that the feeder was half empty, she was finally able to capture a squirrel feeding from the station. We were all really pleased to see this further evidence of squirrels out with the northern end of the island.