Red Squirrel Safari
Length: 2-4 hours
Best time of year: All year round
Best time of day: Mid-morning
Possible species*: Red Squirrel! Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Wood Warbler (S), Willow Warbler (S), Great Spotted Woodpecker, tits and finches, Buzzard, Red Kite, Osprey (S).
* S=Spring/Summer
We will visit one or a couple of good sites to see Red Squirrels in the St Fillans and Comrie area.
The first site is only a hop and a skip from where we park the car, in a small mature woodland packed with small birds and passing raptors. We will sit still and silent until the squirrels make an appearance and watch all the other goings-on in the wood whilst we wait. Depending on time and length of safari requested, we will move on to another site where we will take a short walk into another woodland and find somewhere to sit up and wait. If we have still not seen a Red Squirrel, we will head to some feeders where we will be sure to see some!
Both sites will require walking over uneven ground and up slight slopes, but not for any great distance.
| 2 hours | 4 hours |
| Meet in a car park in either St Fillans or Comrie (local collection and drop-off can be arranged within a 10 mile radius) | Meet in a car park in either St Fillans or Comrie (local collection and drop-off can be arranged within a 10 mile radius) |
| Set up in woodland between St Fillans and Comrie for 2 hours | Set up in woodland between St Fillans and Comrie for 2 hours |
| Return to car park and depart | Break for drink/snack in Comrie (optional) |
| Head to second woodland in Comrie for 2 hrs | |
| Return to car park and depart |
We recommend dark, or natural coloured, clothing that is warm, waterproof and not too noisy
Binoculars (available to borrow)
Hat, gloves and scarf
Camera
Sunscreen
Insect repellent
Water
Sensible shoes/boots
Medication (as needed)
We will visit one or a couple of good sites to see Red Squirrels in the St Fillans and Comrie area.
The first site is only a hop and a skip from where we park the car, in a small mature woodland packed with small birds and passing raptors. We will sit still and silent until the squirrels make an appearance and watch all the other goings-on in the wood whilst we wait. Depending on time and length of safari requested, we will move on to another site where we will take a short walk into another woodland and find somewhere to sit up and wait. If we have still not seen a Red Squirrel, we will head to some feeders where we will be sure to see some!
Both sites will require walking over uneven ground and up slight slopes, but not for any great distance.
| 2 hours | 4 hours |
| Meet in a car park in either St Fillans or Comrie (local collection and drop-off can be arranged within a 10 mile radius) | Meet in a car park in either St Fillans or Comrie (local collection and drop-off can be arranged within a 10 mile radius) |
| Set up in woodland between St Fillans and Comrie for 2 hours | Set up in woodland between St Fillans and Comrie for 2 hours |
| Return to car park and depart | Break for drink/snack in Comrie (optional) |
| Head to second woodland in Comrie for 2 hrs | |
| Return to car park and depart |
We recommend dark, or natural coloured, clothing that is warm, waterproof and not too noisy
Binoculars (available to borrow)
Hat, gloves and scarf
Camera
Sunscreen
Insect repellent
Water
Sensible shoes/boots
Medication (as needed)
