Squirrels go nuts over Fermoy Golf course

A golf club in north Cork has been thinking outside the box to try and help the red squirrel thrive — and has a video to show how popular the initiative has been with the under-threat animals.

Fermoy Golf Club manager Denis Twomey said the club decided to try to help the estimated 12 or 13 animals that live on the club’s lands.

“We contacted the local Men’s Shed organisation, where Pat Mahon took up the challenge. He researched the type of feeder that would be appropriate for feeding squirrels and then set about designing and making them.”