22/05/2026
Happy to see this years kitts, but also sad to see the sow red squirrels urging their kitts to move on and start their own independent lives on their own patch.
Only 1 in 6 red squirrels live to be 12 months of age (if they can't avoid squirrelpox then zero will survive) and healthy breeding females are majorly important to the survival of the species.
The sow will mate for a second time if she is healthy enough to cope with another litter this year, and moving her young on, although sad to see, is all part of the process.
We will hopefully have the kitts visit again in the future at some point if they visit their mothers patch.
