Clocaenog Red Squirrels Trust would love you to get involved in helping us locate areas where there are red squirrels in Clocaenog Forest. We have some cameras out but they don’t cover the whole forest. You can make a real difference by getting involved with our citizen science project.
If you’re out walking in Clocaenog forest, we’d like you to look out for these feeding signs:
Squirrels feed on the cones of spruce trees and pines. They strip a cone of its scales to get at the seeds inside. They frequently sit on a tree stump or log to eat, leaving a pile of scales and the cores of cones.
Squirrels split hazelnuts shells into two halves, whereas mice and voles nibble a round hole
If you see either of these feeding signs, and they look recent (not dark coloured or rotted), we’d like you to report the location. Unfortunately it won’t tell us whether it’s a grey squirrel or a red one but we can then monitor the site to find out.
If you are lucky enough to see a red squirrel in the area, please report this.
Email us at sighting@clocaenog-rst.org
Give a description/photo of what you saw.
Give us the location using any of these methods: