Wight Squirrel Project

The Mid Wales Red Squirrel Project (MWRSP) is a landscape-scale project based in the Tywi Forest in central Wales, in the area around the Llyn Brianne reservoir.

The project has been running since 2002 and is a large partnership project of which WTSWW is an active member. The partnership comprises Carmarthenshire, Powys and Ceredigion County Councils, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Natural Resources Wales, Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, National Trust, private forest managers and interested individuals.

Our aim is to protect and expand the unique population of red squirrels in the Tywi Forest, one of only three key populations left in Wales, and the only one remaining in the south of the country. The MWRS Partnership has worked to establish sound baseline information about the red squirrel population in mid Wales, leading to the development of a robust understanding of the work required to conserve the red squirrel in mid Wales.