The Squirrel Predator Prey Project

A project in Belfast, UK by David Tosh
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A study investigating whether pine marten have a role in conserving the red squirrel in Britain and Ireland.
Backers: 82
Average Pledge Per Backer: £33

Funded: £2,676 of £2,198
Dates: Feb 11th -> Mar 13th (30 days)
Project By: David Tosh
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Latest News

WAHEY WE MADE IT!!!! THANK YOU!!!

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you so, so much to everyone that donated to our project.  We cant quite believe that we made our target as we initially set out to see if this sort of funding could work for this kind of project.  You guys have showed us that it can.  We... (Read More)

New reward!

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Photographer Maurice Flynn has kindly allowed us to use one of his photos as a reqrd for our kickstarter campaign.  We can now offer a limited edition 8x10 print of the "flying" pine marten below.  Maurice Flynn "leap" You can see more of Maurice's... (Read More)

Want to find out more about who we are and what we are doing?

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, In case you are interested about the group that Lily and I are working for you can find out more about Quercus and the other work we do via our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/QuercusQUB and website:... (Read More)

This one got spooked!

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Sometimes watching numerous videos of squirrels can be fun. Especially when they are as comical as this. Poor squirrel! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

Getting scent from a pine marten

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Carol, we get pine marten scent by collecting their scats (poo) and soaking them in water for a wee while. In the end we get a very pungent solution (our pine marten juice) that we then spray over the feeders. It's quite distinctive!!!!  (Read More)

A normal day for Lily

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Im sure you are all wondering what the project will involve and hopefully this little video will give you an insight. Lily will be watching videos, like this, and she will record the number of visits made by squirrels to the feeder and the length of... (Read More)

Thank you!

February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone that has supported us so far! We appreciate it very much. We are now over a third of the way to reaching our target but we still need your help to raise the final £1300 over the next two weeks!  Please spread and share the... (Read More)

Its not only squirrels we get at the feeders......

February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Lily will be looking at hours and hours of footage of squirrels but occasionally she gets videos like this! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

Badge and sticker design

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, thanks for all the support to date, we cant quite believe our start so thank you! Im sure those of you have seen the video will have guessed what the design for the sticker and badge will be but just in case you dont, its below. hope you... (Read More)

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