Red squirrels

I used to see them in Bournemouth when I was a child, in the park just behind the beach.

The last time I saw any was in Finland.
Good to know they are on the increase.

We have them in Anglesey.

We see them around where we stay near Keswick every September. During the week, we count how many we see, there are feeders out to encourage them. Last year was good but sometimes there are very few, & woe betide if a grey one is viewed, that is a reporting matter.
The reds are very sweet.

Just checked and the red squirrel reserve at Formby is still there. Free parking for NT members I think and a nice beach nearby. You would also be near enough to go and see the Anthony Gormley statues at Crosby.

Iam is the red squirrel sanctuary still.open at Formby? I know they lost some to disease a few years ago. They have red squirrels at Center Parcs near Penrith. We were very entertained watching them from our lodge.

Have you all voted for Bob, the red squirrel on the rspb website?

I heard last week that they were culling the last of the ruddy ducks.
Used to go to a pub called the Ruddy Duck near the wildfowl trust place at Peakirk. Apparently they mate too easily with the local duck population.

They cull them in the Lake District as well. It's the alien species problem again. Japanese Knot weed. Himalayan Balsam, Canada Geese. and many more.

We seem only to have clever, cunning little grey squirrels in the north west. It's great to visit the Lakes though, where the red squirrels are still to be seen.

I usually only read it online,tiggy. I also read the Hull Daily Mail, as that's where I'm from originally, and the York Press, as that's where we lived for ten years.
I learnt to read sitting on my dad's knee, reading the Hull Daily Mail, before I started school. I like the local papers as you learn a lot about the area, such as where badgers are, as well as red squirrels.
A few years ago Northumberland culled thousands of grey squirrels to save their reds. Living in North Durham, we can just go over the border to find a lot more reds than in Durham.
You must get a lot in North Yorkshire, though.
Have you looked on the Woodland Trust site to find out where?

I only saw red sqirrels in Fife where I was brought up. Very different when I moved to London, only greys, I have not seen a red squirrel for many years.

Thanks durhamjen. Reading the Echo takes me back a bit !

We have Black ones in Letchworth

I'm from the Isle of Wight and never saw a grey one until I moved to the mainland. The red ones are soooo cute.

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11376622.Increased_sightings_of_elusive_red_squirrels_in_Teesdale/

How brilliant broomsticks ! Where abouts in Barney were they seen? Are there any otters on the river now? As a kid in the 50's I remember watching otter hounds hunting them which I think wiped them out.

Thank you . I'm going to Beamish again next week .might take a detour

Stansgran, there are red squirrels in Hell Hole wood, near Beamish and at the Derwent Reservoir. They've also been seen lately near Barnard Castle.

I see them occasionally in W Scotland but have seen lots in Nairn. Babies and adults running around. Beautiful!

Come to Arran - we have no greys, so the reds reign supreme! (No foxes either)

ours are all grey!

We have some in the garden, in SW Scotland. They went into the garage and took the fleece from paint rollers for their nests! Absolutely love them. X

How lovely! The only time I saw them was when I was about 17 when I was in West Berlin.

May I have some? I would love a colony in Durham. We have grey ones and did love to see them depart.

When the children were in their early teens we took them to Scotland north of Inverness.

Whilst out walking in some ancient Caledonian woods, we sat having an picnic and one came down onto to the forest floor fiddling around and eventually simply curled up and went to sleep on the ground! Rather delightful though.