We have fox squirrels, much rarer than the grays. They are a reddish color and much larger.
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So – not a single squirrel seen in the whole fortnight, which covered most parts of the Province plus,
He might have to strangle them all.Is Heseltine spreading this?
He might have to strangle them all.
Are these red squirrels fussy little buggers, or what?
The Duke of Cornwall is understood to have given the idea his backing at a meeting with members of the UK Squirrel Accord – an initiative he devised three years ago to control grey squirrels.
It comes as it has been revealed that grey squirrels in Cornwall are being over fed and becoming increasingly obese.
Tough meat, like rabbit, best stewed for a long time.(I've eaten grey squirrel -- stewed, it's very nice -- tastes a lot like rabbit.)
In woodland outside Aberdeen, the number of red squirrels have been rising and there is absolutely no trace of the non-native greys.
Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) and Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels (SSRS) made the discovery after years of conservation work in Countesswells and Foggieton woods
Matt Nuttall, SSRS Conservation Officer, said: ‘We are extremely pleased by the results of our monitoring work.’
Mr Nuttall now hopes ‘these crucial forests becomes strongholds for red squirrels in the coming years’.
I had the SAS survival handbook, it details a method to catch squirrels .. cut down/kick down etc a small enough tree, steal some barbed wire, wrap the barbed wire in spirals up the shaft, set the trap in areas with squirrels then retrieve the squirrels.So, still better eating -- and easier to hunt? I'm all for reducing grey squirrel populations by all means possible; including more use of them as food. (I've eaten grey squirrel -- stewed, it's very nice -- tastes a lot like rabbit.)
I was looking through photos of a local group on flickr and someone has taken a pic of a Red Squirrel in County Durham. At Derwent Reservoir, I think.
About 170 red squirrels are now living at a country estate, six years after they were almost wiped out by their grey cousins.
The National Trust appointed a ranger at Wallington in Northumberland to oversee the red population rise.
The red squirrels had been almost killed off by a pox carried by grey squirrels.
It's been a year since last time; so I feel that I can get away with boring loggers-on again, about my experiences ...with red-squirrels...
'Extremely rare' white squirrel spotted near Dunkeld
An "extremely rare" white squirrel has been spotted in Perth and Kinross.
- 7 May 2020
The native red squirrel is thought to have a genetic condition called Leucism, which causes its white colouring and is different to albinism because it does not affect the eyes.
Despite being relatively common in grey squirrels, Leucism is less so in red squirrels.
Chris Eddington photographed the animal in his garden through his kitchen window, near Dunkeld.
The sighting and photographs were reported to Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels.
The project's conservation officer Ann-Marie MacMaster said the photos were some of the best images the project had seen of a Leucistic red squirrel.
A creature I once heard a Glaswegian kid describe as "a wee ginger monkey."![]()
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