Derek Mooney

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Mooney Goes Wild · Should We Cull Invasive Alien Grey Squirrels To Save Our Native Reds? · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

And she was looking at red squirrels in urban environments.

So she did seven different urban environments across the island of Ireland and,

And what the barriers were to red squirrels using the urban environments.

And generally, it's like lack of connectivity and habitat that prevents them from being present in some city parks.

So once there is connectivity for them to be there, they will be there and they'll

They'll do quite well.

And interestingly, obviously, in the modelling that she did when you take away grey squirrels, you know, the city just kind of lights up with where red squirrels would be.

And some really important habitat corridors into Dublin for red squirrels will be the Liffey Valley in towards the Phoenix Park.

Yeah, and the Dublin Mountains.

Oh, wow.

No, no, no.

You might in the future.

Yeah.

So it's like dispersal time at the moment in May, June for the first kind of dispersal of the year for grey squirrels.

So it's probably why you're seeing them on the road, dead on the roads.

Yeah.

Yeah, but it is a sign if dispersal is happening that there's squirrels to be dispersing and that the population is doing well.

So seeing red squirrels, although nobody would want to see a red squirrel dead on the road, it can be a sign that the population is increasing and that they're starting to do well.

It's technically possible.

Yeah, it's technically possible, but it would be resource demanding.

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