# Save Our Reds

> Protecting the UK's native red squirrels


## Posts

- [New parliamentary petition calls for red squirrels to receive same legal protection as beavers and bats](https://saveourreds.uk/newsroom/red-squirrel-legal-protection-parliamentary-petition): A new UK parliamentary petition calls for stronger legal protection for endangered red squirrels and their breeding sites in England.
- [Red squirrels have weaker legal protection than beavers, campaigners warn](https://saveourreds.uk/newsroom/red-squirrels-legal-protection-beavers): Red squirrels have weaker legal protection for their breeding sites than beavers, campaigners warn, as Save Our Reds calls for a change in the law.
- [New interactive map reveals collapse of England’s red squirrel population](https://saveourreds.uk/newsroom/interactive-map-red-squirrel-decline): A new interactive map created by the Save Our Reds campaign reveals the long- term collapse of Britain’s native red squirrel population, showing clearly how their range has shrunk over the past 150 years.
- [New briefing warns Britain still has no plan to prevent red squirrel extinction](https://saveourreds.uk/newsroom/briefing-warns-no-red-squirrel-plan): measured, what enforcement powers will exist in areas facing active habitat loss, and how woodland protection decisions will be audited nationally.
- [Over 100,000 back call to give Britain’s native red squirrels the same legal protection as beavers](https://saveourreds.uk/newsroom/over-100000-back-red-squirrel-protection): “If a species reintroduced after centuries of absence can receive this level of protection, a native species that has lived here for thousands of years should not be left with less. Red squirrels are now hanging on in just a handful of strongholds across England. Recent concerns surrounding forestry operations within the Kielder landscape have further highlighted the need for stronger safeguards for remaining red…

## Pages

- [Little Red: The Game](https://saveourreds.uk/game): Launching 4 December 2026 for World Wildlife Conservation Day.
- [Parliamentary Pledge](https://saveourreds.uk/pledge): Britain already has much of the policy needed to save red squirrels. What it lacks is enforcement, accountability and joined-up habitat protection.
- [Act Now](https://saveourreds.uk/contact): Want campaign updates?
- [Resources](https://saveourreds.uk/resources): We’ve brought our key red squirrel resources together in one place: facts, evidence, policy, interactive tools and campaign materials for anyone who wants to understand, share or support the case for Britain’s red squirrels.
- [Little Red](https://saveourreds.uk/little-red): Little Red: Warrior Squirrel (North Pennines Press) is the first in a series inspired by Britain’s native red squirrels and the very real challenges they face in our changing woodlands.
- [Banknote Collection](https://saveourreds.uk/the-peoples-red-squirrel-banknote-collection): When the Bank of England revealed the shortlist for its new wildlife-themed banknotes, one small face was missing: the red squirrel.
- [Media](https://saveourreds.uk/newsroom): In under a year, Save Our Reds has been covered on national television and radio, across the national press, and in Britain's leading countryside and conservation magazines.
- [Action Plan](https://saveourreds.uk/our-policy): In April 2026, Natural England published its landmark Red Squirrel Recovery Strategy (NECR669), confirming what campaigners have long warned: under current conditions, red squirrels face extinction across mainland England within 25 years.
- [Interactive Map](https://saveourreds.uk/interactive-map): Watch 150 years of decline unfold across Britain in real time.
- [About Us](https://saveourreds.uk/about): Save Our Reds is working to keep red squirrels in Britain, not just in stories.
- [Save Our Reds](https://saveourreds.uk/): Red squirrels are disappearing from Britain. Once widespread, our native squirrel is now endangered and confined to a fraction of its former range.


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