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Invasive species Isle of Wight Red Squirrels & Grey Squirrels 

Squirrels don’t owe you anything

29th March, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, non-native

A letter in the Isle of Wight County Press (CP 12/4/19) from Steve Shaw raised a query about the Island’s

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Twirl-a-squirrel

23rd June, 201423rd June, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 4 Comments funny, squirrels

Of little interest to The Ranger, safe on his Island fastness with no grey squirrels (and plenty of red ones),

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Squirrels on crack – the Ranger’s special investigation.

12th September, 201326th February, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment cocaine, crack, myth, squirrel, urban

This one you must have seen. In 2005, according to the Currant Bun, Brixton grey squirrels were becoming addicted to

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Northern tufty-botherers in scientific dust-up

20th November, 200930th March, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

Red squirrels, the little furry darlings – they need our help! Yes, if about fifty million column-inches are to be

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Revenge is wreaked on a nut-stealing grey squirrel

21st May, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

I think this one speaks for itself, if you add the single necessary explanatory word “vaseline”.

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Don’t stop ’til you get yer nuts

19th November, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment

Now autumn’s here, all you lucky folk on the mainland will be enjoying the antics of the grey squirrels dashing

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Invisible squirrels

3rd October, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments

Once more the allegedly deadly grey squirrel rears its cute little head in the media, with a rather desperate article

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The War on Tufty – US squirrel war report

28th October, 2006 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Via the ever-reliable Eye of the Goof blog The Ranger discovered this entertaining report from the heart of the squirrel

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Read my lips: there is a healthy and stable population of red squirrels in England

31st August, 2006 Matthew Chatfield 5 Comments

How many times do we have to spell it out? Once more this month media stories abound of the imminent

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“Save money, not red squirrels”: BBC Wildlife Mag

2nd August, 2006 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments

It’s not often that The Rangers gets to say ‘I told you so’. But you can be sure that when

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