GUESTS at Ambleside's Skelwith Fold caravan park are being recruited to help battle a grey army now marching towards its previously safe haven for red squirrels.
Families visiting the park are being asked to act as informants if they spot any grey squirrels, many of which carry the squirrel pox virus which is deadly to reds.
This month, it was reported that greys have got into Grasmere, previously thought to be a red squirrel sanctuary because of the surrounding mountains.
It means a risk of grey squirrel numbers sharply rising in Skelwith Fold's 130 acre grounds near Ambleside where a conservation programme has seen the return of the reds.
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