{"id":639546,"date":"2026-06-15T08:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639546\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:50:09","slug":"coquetdale-squirrel-group-to-install-50-cctv-cameras-to-save-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639546\/","title":{"rendered":"Coquetdale squirrel group to install 50 CCTV cameras to save reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A conservation group has been awarded funding to buy CCTV cameras which will allow volunteers working remotely to help protect England&#8217;s few remaining red squirrels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Upper Coquetdale Red Squirrel Group (UCRSG) is using an \u00a318,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to buy 50 motion-activated devices which will be installed across some of the most remote parts of Northumberland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The &#8220;virtual ranger&#8221; project will also involve the recruitment of community volunteers who will monitor the live footage remotely and map red squirrel populations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">UCRSG chair Ian Glendinning said: &#8220;It allows older residents who might find physical fieldwork too challenging to become wildlife defenders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The inspiration for the project came directly from Coquetdale residents,&#8221; he said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;During community presentations many older people with limited mobility expressed a passionate desire to help.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A conservation group has been awarded funding to buy CCTV cameras which will allow volunteers working remotely to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-639546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}