This technical guidance note is aimed at landowners, managers and their advisors who are considering undertaking woodland management for red squirrels, or control of grey squirrels, under RDC-RP.

Woodland management to benefit red squirrels can be divided into two categories:

• Habitat management to improve the quantity, quality and consistency of their food supplies
• Protection of red squirrels through grey squirrel control

This note provides information on how such management might be supported and assessed.