squirrels

Squirrelly rodent on the McGill campus. Montréal, Québec, Canada

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/20047190

Yes! In places. Aberdeen is nearly grey free! The strategy seems to be push that line southwards. Tayside and Dundee has to be next, but the map on the page clearly indicates a chance of defending in the borders too. Great Sunday read for us all

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/42075682

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Saw this today.

Silly little muddy paws of cuteness

Source: ohai.social/@JimsPhotos/112973237502782330

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/43941024

When Sam Beaumont sees a flash of red up a tree on his Lake District farm, he feels a swell of pride. He’s one of the few people in England who gets to see red squirrels in his back garden.

“I feel very lucky to have them on the farm. It’s an important thing to try and keep a healthy population of them. They are absolutely beautiful,” he said.

Most of us are much more familiar with their sturdy, grey American cousins. But once there were 3.4 million red squirrels in the UK, and with their glossy auburn fur, delicate frames and big tufty ears, they are the endangered animal whose loss Britons perhaps feel most deeply.

One more

Sorry about picture quality, I didn’t want to scare it by getting closer.