Forestry Commission records Cumbrian red squirrel numbers

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1028502798 fGTKe S Forestry Commission records Cumbrian red squirrel numbersThe Forestry Commission has carried out the first ever full survey of the Red Squirrels Reserve at Whinlatter Forest, Dodd Wood, Wythop and Setmurthy near Keswick as part of efforts to help conservation.

Numbers of red squirrels were counted using 75 traps located within the reserve.

A total of 416 red squirrels

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September 30th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Conservation, Environment, Forests and Woodland | No comments yet, be the first to kick things off...

The challenges facing bioidiversity

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The Annual Tom Dunn Lecture, one of the key events in the North East’s wildlife calendar, is to take place in Durham Town Hall in Market Square, on November 10.

The guest speaker is Dr Anne Borland, Reader in Molecular Plant Physiology at the School of Biology at Newcastle University and Director of Moorbank Botanic Garden.

Her lecture ‘A perfect storm’  takes the theme of the many threats facing

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November 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Conservation, Durham Wildlife Trust, The Wildlife Trusts | No comments yet, be the first to kick things off...
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