Squirrels
Plant a tree to help a red squirrel in your garden this Spring.
Visit the Save Our Squirrels website to find out what to choose.
The Squirrels Pantry Recipe Book
A collection of recipes made by people who care about our native red squirrel.
Now available in the garden centre shop. £5 each. All profits will be used by the local Allerdale Red Squirrel Group in red squirrel conservation. To order email Susan
To report grey squirrel use the link at the top of the page.
Oakhurst Garden Centre supports Allerdale Red Squirrel Group.
We sell cob nuts, sunflower seeds, pea nuts, pinenuts and red squirrel feeders to feed red squirrels.
Have you seen a grey squirrel in the Lake District.
Red Squirrels will die out if something is not done to help them NOW!
We sell locally made Red Squirrel dreys £37.50 £10 for the sale of each box is donated to the Allerdale Red Squirrel Group. If you have a suitable tree and a cat free garden you can encourage reds to breed and shelter in these locally made boxes. Half fill the box with hay or straw and place in your tree about 12ft high or higher if you can manage it. |
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Have you spotted a Grey Squirrel? You can buy these Grey Squirrel Traps. Don't forget to report Grey Squirrel Sightings via the button at the top of this page! |
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Hazelnuts 10kg £39.50
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Squirrel Fun House
£29.95 |
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USED HESSIAN SACKS for sale. Only 50p each
Money raised from the sale of the sacks will be used in grey squirrel control in Cumbria.
A Squirrel Poem
Our Rusty
If you go quietly into the wood
You might see our Rusty looking for food
Hazel nuts, pine nuts, sunflower seeds
Placed in a feeder supplement his needs
From a special hopper, Red Alert approved
Rusty feeds safely, and grey's are removed
Watch him in silence, he’ll let you observe
This timorous creature, we need to conserve
With grey squirrels approaching the reds border line
Our native red squirrel, is fast in decline
As an endangered species, he needs conservation
So join a support group, or make a donation
Report any sightings if you see a grey
To Red Alert North West , and help keep them at bay
By Susan Southworth