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Rather amusing to find one of Britain's favourite mammals looking so pleased

Red Squirrel in a forest environment foraging and eating nuts. They undertake rescue and breeding programmes for release into the wild.

Close up of a Red squirrel sitting in a tree

Side view of a red squirrel sitting on a tree stump eating a nut in woodland in Scotland

Close-up of a cute playful red squirrel standing on a tree stump

Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) eating a walnut in winter.

A red squirrel climbing a tree and looking right in Aviemore, Scotland, United Kingdom

A Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Scotland, UK

Red Squirrel in the island Mucura,Colombia

a Scottish red squirrel showing off its agility on the trunk of a tree!

Red squirrel sitting on the ground eating a nut in woodland in Scotland on a summer morning

Close up of a Red squirrel (Sciurus Vulgaris) eating nut on a tree log, UK.

Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting in deep snow.

squirrel standing between ferns and leafs Portrait of a curious squirrel near the tree

A red squirrel flying through a Scottish woodland and landing on a pile of logs

Red squirrel sitting eating a hazelnut in woodland in rural Scotland on an autumn morning

Isolated Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on a mossy log.

Eurasian red squirrel climbing on a tree.

Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) feeding in a forest in the Highlands of Scotland.

$The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent. \nIn Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbers have decreased drastically in recent years. This decline is associated with the introduction by humans of the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America. However, the population in Scotland is stabilising due to conservation efforts, awareness and the increasing population of the pine marten, a European predator that selectively controls grey squirrels.\nDistribution:\nRed squirrels occupy boreal, coniferous woods in northern Europe and Siberia, preferring Scots pine, Norway spruce and Siberian pine. In western and southern Europe they are found in broad-leaved woods where the mixture of tree and shrub species provides a better year round source of food. In most of the British Isles and in Italy, broad-leaved woodlands are now less suitable due to the better competitive feeding strategy of introduced grey squirrels (source Wikipedia). \n\nIn the Netherlands this Species is quite common in Forests and Parks.$

Populations are currently estimated at approximately 140,000 red squirrels and 2.5 million grey squirrels. Red squirrels are native to the UK and have lived in the UK for around 10,000 years, Grey squirrels were introduced to the UK from North America by the Victorians in the 1800s,

Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) searching for food in the autumn in the forest in the South of the Netherlands.

Wild Red squirrel sitting on its hind legs eating nuts in a green woodland forest setting

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia.

Two Red Squirrels sitting on a tree in a woodland setting

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