{"id":791636,"date":"2026-10-04T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791636\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:34:09","slug":"cottage-featured-in-hollywood-film-to-help-save-welsh-red-squirrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791636\/","title":{"rendered":"Cottage featured in Hollywood film to help save Welsh red squirrels"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former gamekeeper\u2019s cottage which featured in a Hollywood movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis will be used to help maintain Wales\u2019 red squirrel population.<\/p>\n

The semi-derelict stone building at Pentraeth, Ynys M\u00f4n, which is surrounded by ancient woodland, was used to film scenes in the 2025 motion picture \u2018Anemone.\u2019<\/p>\n

Its prominent cast also included actors Sean Bean and Samantha Morton.<\/p>\n

Directed by Daniel\u2019s son, Ronan Day-Lewis, the film explored the emotional ties between brothers, fathers, and sons.<\/p>\n

A number of locations on the island and in other parts of north Wales were used and filming also took place at the island\u2019s Aria Studios.<\/p>\n

Isle of Anglesey County Council confirmed that a full planning application to convert the property at Clyddyn has been approved. The application was been made by Dr Craig Shuttleworth.<\/p>\n

The existing site covers 0.52 acres and was purchased by the Red Squirrels Trust Wales in 2008\/09. The area was historically used for red squirrel and wildlife purposes.<\/p>\n

The application was to covert the former cottage into a storage facility and erection of a storage building together with the conversion of the existing pig sty into a bat roost and retention of hard standing and pathway.<\/p>\n

It is understood the old stone cottage was a gamekeeper\u2019s cottage and last saw occupation in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Planning details say the site will be used for the storage of equipment and documents associated with the strategic delivery of red squirrel and pine marten conservation projects across north-west Wales.<\/p>\n

It would \u201cprovide secure, biological record storage, equipment storage and occasional working space for the maintenance of conservation equipment for red squirrel and pine marten conservation projects across north west Wales\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Pig Sty At Clyddyn, At Pentraeth. Image: ACC Planning Documents<\/p>\n

The planning documents describe how the red squirrel conservation project started on Ynys M\u00f4n 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

At that time \u201cthe island\u2019s 40 or so red squirrels were just surviving, and were then on the brink of extinction,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistorically this last remnant population was in this local forest area. Today the woodlands are the key stronghold of the native red squirrel in Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n

The site is owned and operated by Dr Shuttleworth who, the planning documents say, has worked on red squirrel conservation since 1993.<\/p>\n

The site is considered \u201ca significant resource\u201d in the furtherance of not only red squirrel conservation but also \u201cecological objectives\u201d.<\/p>\n

The details note that red squirrels are a \u201cpriority species\u201d in Wales and face \u201congoing threats from habitat fragmentation, competition with invasive grey squirrels and disease, particularly the squirrel pox vius\u201d.<\/p>\n

It added: \u201cThe site is in a central location to control incursions by grey squirrels; which generally occur in the Llansadwrn to Beaumaris areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe site\u2019s central location would also assist in future vaccination of the red squirrel population which is vulnerable to pathogenic disease caused by this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former gamekeeper\u2019s cottage which featured in a Hollywood movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis will be used to help…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-791636","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\/791636","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=791636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}