Through friends barzilai medical center ashkelon Yes, red squirrels on mainland Britain have slightly increased in numbers recently, possibly reaching 140,000 (the Telegraph has reported) But there is still a battle raging to save them, with much of the work being undertaken by volunteers while Defra, Natural England, the RSPB and even, in places, the National Trust, take a back seat. In Wales, on Anglesey, where red squirrels have already been successfully reintroduced through the hard work of Dr Craig Shuttleworth and his helpers, there is a threat to large areas of red squirrel habitat in the Newborough Forest from the Countryside Council for Wales – incredible! If Tresco is a success this time (and the early signs are good, Mike Nelhams reports) there are other islands that could become refuges. Mull, the Isle of Man and, it seems to me, East Anglia could quite easily be made attractive for red squirrels. Next spring, if the Tresco squirrels breed, perhaps some of their young could be taken back to Cornwall where members of the Cornwall Red Squirrel Project want to see the animals living free.