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Red Squirrel Encounter - How Rare?
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andyn
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Have never seen one in England. Saw one in Scotland last Summer up near Pitlochry and another over in Sweden.
not the best pic in the world, but this was the one over in Sweden (its the blur in the middle lol ):
not the best pic in the world, but this was the one over in Sweden (its the blur in the middle lol ):
Where my parents live, they are more or a nuisance (yep many lil red fellas around) as they tend to make their "nest" inside houses rooftop/walls.
We even bought a trap in order to catch and release them in the wild (a few kilometers away from my parent's house)
So yeah, I've seen more than my share of red squirrels, but also chipmonks, in my life. In the city where I live I've never seen a red one, only big gray ones. Which is the complete opposite of where my parents live where they saw their very first gray squirrel last week !!! The thing was BIG lemme tell you... must really make a lovely stew
We even bought a trap in order to catch and release them in the wild (a few kilometers away from my parent's house)
So yeah, I've seen more than my share of red squirrels, but also chipmonks, in my life. In the city where I live I've never seen a red one, only big gray ones. Which is the complete opposite of where my parents live where they saw their very first gray squirrel last week !!! The thing was BIG lemme tell you... must really make a lovely stew
used to see them as a lad at a dairy farm we lived on near milnathort. absolutely nixy fang doodle since then though.
In Thetford forest, out of my back window, about half an hour ago was the last time I saw one. I usually see at least one, once a week.
I, unfortunately, have never seen one
Seen - and eaten - plenty of greys though. They're good curried
Is it true there are no squirrels whatsoever in the Channel Islands?
Seen - and eaten - plenty of greys though. They're good curried
Is it true there are no squirrels whatsoever in the Channel Islands?
If there are any red squirrels in South London they must also be invisible - never seen
one anywhere else either that I can remember. I might have, as a child, but to be
honest I wouldn't have cared that much. Would like to see one now though.
one anywhere else either that I can remember. I might have, as a child, but to be
honest I wouldn't have cared that much. Would like to see one now though.
Only at Formy Point IIRC.
Video clip:
S0.rry about the very poor quality and shakiness of the clip.
Heres a poor photo for you too!
ATB....Stu
Video clip:
S0.rry about the very poor quality and shakiness of the clip.
Heres a poor photo for you too!
ATB....Stu
Kielder forest is their stronghold in England and i believe there are guided trips in the forest specifically to see red squirrels
There's tons of them where I live (basically a residential forest). Although they are outnumbered by the greys, they are far more aggressive and skitter after them if they are in a pissey mood. I also have one nesting in my woodpile, we call him little red not only because of his colour but because he's a fiery little blighter .
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mikehill
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Never
Its now on my list though
I actually have only ever seen one in the Lakes .. in the woods around Braithwaite if that's any help
I was born and raised in London, and when I was a kid back in the 60's - 70's you could see plenty of Red Squirrels in Londons parks. Ive seen loads of them.
I just got back from a week near keswick in the lake district, and didn't see one despite really looking for them. Someone else in our group spotted on, though, and the locals say they come onto the ground just like the grey variety, so they can't be that hard to spot.
i ve seen one by lowswater in the lakes
but i was not really looking for them
a tree had been cut back i was looking at it as you do
there was a clicking noise i looked up and one was looking down at me
it then run off down the branch
i think reds like it in the trees more than the ground
that why you don't see them as much
but i was not really looking for them
a tree had been cut back i was looking at it as you do
there was a clicking noise i looked up and one was looking down at me
it then run off down the branch
i think reds like it in the trees more than the ground
that why you don't see them as much
Seen plenty.
Under pressure from the greys now though.
It's thought by some of the squirrel groups that southerners are catching the greys in the garden and helpfully letting them out in lakeland woods. How else to explain the huge leaps in sightings from one area to another without a suitable woodland corridor.
Under pressure from the greys now though.
It's thought by some of the squirrel groups that southerners are catching the greys in the garden and helpfully letting them out in lakeland woods. How else to explain the huge leaps in sightings from one area to another without a suitable woodland corridor.
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