Stewartry residents are being requested to maintain an eye fixed out for squirrels subsequent week.
Saving Scotland’s Pink Squirrels (SRSS) is holding a survey between October 10 and 16, which can be Nationwide Pink Squirrel Week.
And they're asking individuals to log sightings of squirrels – crimson and gray – on a particular map at www.scottishsquirrels.org.uk
SSRS venture officer for south Scotland, Victoria Channin, mentioned: “Pink Squirrel Week is nice time to get outdoors for an autumnal stroll. Partaking with nature on this method could be very helpful for individuals’s wellbeing and including sightings of crimson and gray squirrels to our on-line map helps us to maintain monitor of squirrel actions in Scotland.”
Final yr’s survey noticed 1,549 squirrel sightings recorded throughout Scotland, permitting venture workers to get an concept of the scenario on the bottom and contribute on to crimson squirrel conservation motion.
Programme supervisor, Nicole Nonetheless, mentioned: “The general public play a vital position in our work and crimson squirrel conservation throughout Scotland. The sightings knowledge collected provides us worthwhile insights on how the scenario with each crimson and gray squirrels is altering.