Favourite animals: Red squirrels

Under constant threat from the American grey, red squirrels are fighting back in parts of the UK

uZC7HFKos3CgXt4NKYytiY.jpg
red squirrel thumb.jpg
(Image credit: (c) Jgade | Dreamstime.com)
Country Life's avatar
By
published
in Features

It's always a pleasure to see a red squirrel in the wild in the UK. Populations have dwindled for years as the greys slowly advance, but there are bodies doing all they can to conserve and grow the pockets we do still have within the country like the Red Squirrel Survival Trust. For now, significant populations remain in Scotland and the Isle of Wight

* Follow Country Life magazine on Twitter

Country Life
Country Life

Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by HRH The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and all its diverse joys and pleasures — that was first published in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year. Our eclectic mixture of witty and informative content — from the most up-to-date property news and commentary and a coveted glimpse inside some of the UK's best houses and gardens, to gardening, the arts and interior design, written by experts in their field — still cannot be found in print or online, anywhere else.

Latest