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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, omnivorous rodent.
In Great Britain, Italy and Ireland, 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[3][4] and habitat loss.[5] Due to this, without conservation the species could be extirpated from Britain by 2030
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28 new squirrels in my 2026 squirrels album: www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgang-kynast/albums/721777203315...
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Lens: SIGMA APO MACRO 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
Sorry for bombarding you with squirrel photos. I spent quite a lot of time with the squirrels at Monrepos last Sunday and took many photos. Due to the gloomy weather and a lot of work I haven't had any possibility to look for other photo ops this week.
The squirrel in this shot is a young female, very curious and not worried at all by my presence. In the last two or three years Monrepos has become quite popular among animal photographers and I guess the younger squirrels more all less grew up among people and cameras.
The Eastern Grey Squirrel was introduced to Britain and Ireland in the 1870’s as a curiosity and has resulted in the indigent Red Squirrel becoming displaced. The grey is a larger and fitter squirrel than the red and so has taken much of the red’s food. The grey is classified as an invasive species.
In an effort to reduce the population, an initiative in 2006 encouraged people to eat them although this doesn’t appear to have caught on. Americans consider it to be the best meat of the woods.
This cute and clever creature is here to stay but small red squirrel colonies continue to thrive in places in the UK and Ireland in areas where the grey squirrel population is carefully controlled or absent.
It was about 10 degrees above zero and I was driving very slowly on a gravel road with the windows down (so the lenses wouldn't fog and freeze) when I looked up and saw this guy just a few feet from me. No cropping needed- he filled the frame! Not sure who was more surprised- me or him!!
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Red Squirrels usually live for 3 - 4 years. Outside of the breeding season females are tolerant of each other. This one was seen in the Cairngorms, Scotland.