While scrambling grey squirrels are a common sight in parks and forests across the UK, red squirrel sightings ... identify individual squirrels by their whiskers, which Ms McClenaghan explained ...

They arrived in the UK around 200 years ago. “Red squirrels are hanging on in Scotland ... by focusing on their whiskers, which are unique to each animal. "Whiskers are like a human fingerprints ...

Worryingly low levels of genetic diversity make Scotland’s red squirrels especially vulnerable to disease, a study has shown. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh said this could explain why the ...

The endangered species was identified by Julie Bailey from the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA), a partnership of forestry and conservation organisations. Ms Bailey said she initially found four red ...

Wildlife experts have issued a warning to anyone with squirrels in their garden this February. While some may view these fluffy grey (or occasionally red ... Birdfood.co.uk says: "Squirrels ...

A rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the Yorkshire Dales. The endangered species was identified by Julie Bailey from the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA), a ...

Anyone with squirrels in their garden this February has been issued a warning by wildlife experts. Though some gardeners may see the furry grey (or sometimes red) rodents as being pests which dig ...

Red squirrels, once widespread in the UK, have seen their numbers severely decline since the introduction of the invasive grey squirrel. Now, they are only found in a handful of woodland and are ...

File pic of a red squirrel taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme 30th September 2024 UK Squirrel Accord’s project officer, Julie Bailey, who made the discovery, put up two cameras in ...

The bare trees can make it easier to catch a glimpse of a red squirrel out foraging for food or raiding a winter cache of nuts.

Hughie Morrison is going in search of more handicap glory with Secret Squirrel in the valuable William Hill Hurdle at Newbury. The six-year-old took home the £57,000 on offer for winning the ...

Red squirrels in the UK eat a variety of food, depending on where they live. In northern Scotland, red squirrels almost exclusively eat pine cone seeds which they extract by gnawing away the cone ...