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 This
is the only squirrel which is native to Britain. It is active during
the daytime, though in summer it may rest around mid day. Squirrel nests,
are called dreys, and are constructed of twigs in a tree fork, or hollow
usually in a conifer.
They are lined with soft hair, moss and dried grass. Several squirrels
may share the same drey, or use the same drey on different days.
Their main foods are tree seeds, such as hazel nuts and seeds from
conifer cones. They also eat tree flowers and shoots, mushrooms and fungi
from under tree bark.
Red squirrels often suffer periods of food shortage especially during
July.
Red squirrels are at home in conifer forests and woodlands with lots of
leaves. The distribution of red squirrels has declined drastically in the
last 60 years and they are now extinct in southern England except for a few
on the Isle of Wight and Poole Harbour.
Elsewhere they are confined to rather isolated populations in Wales and
to only four places in central England.
- East Anglia, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Merseyside. Red squirrels are still widespread in the North of England and
Scotland
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