FAQ: How might the landscape of north Scotland help control activity succeed?
The grey squirrel has spread rapidly across the Scottish lowlands in recent years where scattered woodland, hedgerows and trees have been of a make-up that allows grey squirrels to fare better than red squirrels. SSRS believes that the mountainous landscape north of the Highland Boundary Fault will help protect remaining strong red squirrel populations as the treeless terrain of the mountain ranges and woodland habitats less favourable to grey squirrels act as obstacles to grey squirrel expansion, allowing us to target grey squirrel control at the relatively few routes through or around the uplands.
