Events


A calendar of red squirrel conservation or tree health related events from the UK Squirrel Accord and various partners and stakeholders. Add your event to this page by emailing info@squirrelaccord.uk. Watch recordings of previous online events via our YouTube channel.


Upcoming and awareness events…


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11 February ~ International Women and Girls in Science Day

16 February ~ Contraceptive Hormones for Rodent Management webinar


11:00 AM (EST) & 4:00 PM (GMT)

Botstiber Institute for Wildlife Fertility Control webinar with Steven Belmain, Professor of Ecology at the University of Greenwich.


Hundreds of millions of rodents are killed each year in agricultural production and in our cities to prevent crop losses, food contamination and reduce disease impacts to livestock and human health. Compared to larger mammals targeted by fertility control programs, the prolific breeding and relatively short life span of rodents introduces different challenges and opportunities for the use of fertility control. However, prospects to increase use of fertility control for rodents are growing as regulators continue to restrict the use of poisons that are progressively perceived to be inhumane and negatively affecting environmental health.


See the BIWFC website for more details: https://wildlifefertilitycontrol.org/webinar-13-rodents/



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03 March ~ Pine Marten Conference for World Wildlife Day

Join our online conference 14:00-17:00 with speakers discussing pine marten recovery in relation to red squirrel conservation and living with a native predator. Register via Zoom to join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_18yyAoWQSR-Z-ykHvG1–g


Our speakers are:

Bianca Ambrose-Oji - Forest Research

Jack Bamber - University of Aberdeen

Jenny MacPherson - Vincent Wildlife Trust

Emma Sheehy - Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels

Craig Shuttleworth - Bangor University

Josh Twining - Cornell University


21 March ~ International Day of Forests


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22 April ~ International Mother Earth Day


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08-14 May ~ Plant Health Week

Help raise awareness of the tree impacts of grey squirrel bark stripping damage and share evidence.


13-21 May ~ Urban Tree Festival

See the website for details coming soon: https://urbantreefestival.org/


15-21 May ~ Invasive Species Week

Along with communications we will organise grey squirrel tree impact assessment training - more details to come.


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01 – 07 June ~ Volunteers’ Week


05 June ~ World Environment Day


06 – 12 June ~ Garden Wildlife Week


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28 August ~ World Nature Conservation Day


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18-24 September - Red Squirrel Awareness Week


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October ~ Squirrel Awareness Month


03 October ~ World Habitat Day


04 October ~ World Animal Day


24 – 30 October ~ National Mammal Week



26 November – 04 December ~ National Tree Week



26 November – 04 December ~ National Tree Week


01 December ~ Tree Dressing Day


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Past events - catch up on recordings of and/or information from previous events


UKSA grey squirrel fertility control research update webinar - July 2022

Watch the update on our research into a grey squirrel oral contraceptive and species specific feeding hopper, funded by the UK Squirrel Accord and supporters. Now in the fourth of the five-year project, the expert Animal and Plant Health Agency team carrying out the research discuss achievements during our third year and work taking place this year. A Q&A follows the presentations.


Red Squirrel Conservation UK Update 2021 - September 2021

Watch the video of UK Squirrel Accord’s red squirrel conservation update webinar for Red Squirrel Awareness Week 2021. Catch up on the UK-wide situation from leading professionals working to protect and enhance red squirrel populations in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales. Hear from Dr Mel Tonkin of Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels, Katy Bell of Ulster Wildlife, Stephen Trotter of Cumbria Wildlife Trust and Dr Craig Shuttleworth of Red Squirrels Trust Wales.


Woodland invasives: grey squirrels webinar - May 2021

Watch a recording of our webinar for Invasive Species Week 2021. Conservation professionals Kay Haw, UK Squirrel Accord, Heinz Traut, Red Squirrels Northern England, and Bridget Johnson, Knowsley Safari, offer an overview of woodland invasives with a focus on the issues grey squirrels pose to broadleaf tree health and endangered red squirrels in the UK, and the importance of managing negative impacts.


UKSA fertility control research update - March 2021

An online event to mark the mid-point of our grey squirrel fertility control research project. Hear updates on progress from the expert Animal and Plant Health Agency team - Dr Giovanna Massei, Rebecca Pinkham, Sarah Beatham and Simon Crofts - conducting this research being funded by the UK Squirrel Accord and supporters. Watch a video of the presentations and Q&A session.


National Tree Week webinar - December 2020

Launch of our grey squirrel tree damage short film. Alongside talks from Fera Science Ltd’s Dr Charles Lane, on tree pests and pathogens and the potential for grey squirrel bark stripping to exacerbate these tree health issues, and the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s Dr Giovanna Massei, discussing human-wildlife conflicts and grey squirrel fertility control research. Watch a video of the webinar.


Grey squirrel damage webinar - September 2020

Leading woodland professionals - Graham Taylor, Daniel Small and David Bliss - discuss the impacts and challenges created by grey squirrel bark stripping, and work to protect trees from this damage in a webinar to mark National Plant Health Week 2020. It includes an introductory message from Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). Watch a video of the webinar.


Red Squirrel Conservation Update webinar - September 2020

Leading experts from around the UK - Stephen Trotter, Craig Shuttleworth, Katy Bell, Michael Stinson and Mel Tonkin - provide updates on red squirrel conservation work from the four countries and answer key questions from attendees in a webinar to celebrate Red Squirrel Awareness Week 2020. It includes an introductory message from Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). Watch a video of the webinar.


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