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Westmorland
Red Squirrel Society area...
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The red line on the map broadly outlines the
area covered by the Westmorland Red Squirrel Society.
Please
report to us your sightings of red or grey squirrels within
this area. See Sightings>>
If you
are unsure whether your sighting falls within our area, please
telephone 01539 822089
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Other
local groups
If your area of interest is outside these boundaries, then the
website of our umbrella group, Northern Red Squirrels, may be
able to help you locate another local red squirrel group.
See
Links>>
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Image
produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service.
Image
reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance
Survey
and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
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Where
are the red squirrels?
Places within our WRSS area known
traditionally to have red squirrel populations include: Witherslack,
Long Sleddale, Kentmere, Ambleside, Sawrey, Langdale, Torver and
Coniston.
It
is important that we record sightings of red squirrels on a continuing
basis in order to keep our information on the red populations up
to date, and for us to do this we need your help. We are hoping
that our online sightings form will encourage more people to report
their sightings of reds - the more eyes the better! Our WRSS
2012 Red Sightings Map>> records red sightings for this
year as they are reported to us, and the WRSS
2011 Sightings Map>> shows where sightings were reported
last year.
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red sightings show the minimum range of our red squirrels - they could
be present in further areas where they have not yet been spotted or
reported. Although several sightings from around particular location
certainly help to confirm the presence of red squirrels, they do not
give an indication of population size - it could be the same squirrel
being seen by different people on different days. Sightings of more
than one squirrel at once are always of interest to us - this might
indicate a breeding pair or a litter of young squirrels. |
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WRSS
area described
Situated in Cumbria, the area covered by the Westmorland Red Squirrel
Society includes the South Eastern corner of the Lake District National
Park, and extends beyond this in an easterly direction as far as the
M6 motorway. It includes the towns of Kendal, Windermere, Bowness,
Ambleside, Coniston and Grange-Over-Sands.
Formed by the
M6, our easterly boundary starts at Yealand Redmayne and goes up
the motorway as far as Junction 37. From there our boundary takes
a north-westerly direction to just north of Sadgill, and then across
to the Kirkstone Pass and on to Dungeon Ghyll. Our westerly boundary
takes in Coniston and Torver, and then crosses Lake Coniston to
its eastern side and follows the road to Spark Bridge and then on
to the estuary of the river Leven. The Southerly boundary includes
the whole Cartmel peninsula and then crosses the Kent estuary to
join up with the M6 again.
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