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Support Our Red Squirrels
This Red Squirrel Enclosure will cost about £5000 per year to maintain, covering expenses such as feeding the squirrels, veterinary fees and infrastructure maintenance and development. You could help by:
By becoming a Friend of the Red Squirrels
Making a donation
Telling people about the Red Squirrels at the Castle Howard Arboretum.
You can adopt a Red Squirrel/ donate by clicking below
Type of Friendship
Acorn £30 annual fee
Beech Nut £60 annual fee
Pine Nut £150 annual fee
Hazelnut £450 single fee to sponsor the compound for a month
The benefits vary but include an adoption certificate, red squirrel newsletters and for Pine Nut and Hazelnut Friends we will be holding exclusive events over the year.
Become an Acorn Friend of the Squirrels and help support us in the vital work to conserve this amazing native animal.
Benefits: an adoption certificate, red squirrel postcard and e-newsletters
Become a Beech Nut Friend and support us to look after these adorable creatures.
Benefits an adoption certificate, squirrel postcard, e-newsletters, squirrel gift.
Help support our work with this amazing native animals and become a Pine Nut Friend.
Benefits: adoption certificate, red squirrel postcard, e-newsletter, and two exclusive squirrel events during the year.
Sponsor the Squirrel enclosure for a month and support our work with the adorable native mammals.
Benefits: adoption certificate, red squirrel postcard, e-newsletters, squirrel gift, invitation to two exclusive squirrel events in the year and a plaque on the boardwalk with your name on it.
Thank you for your support.
Red Squirrels often bury nuts for later use – which means that some will germinate and become trees. Because they disperse seeds, they play a vital role in the reforestation process.
