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

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

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

Leprosy infected Red Squirrel foraging in grass on the island of Brownsea, near Poole in Dorset, Southern England. It is the same variant of the disease which causes leprosy in humans - symptoms include, skin leisions, hair loss and swelling of their ears, muzzle and feet. Brownsea is one of the few remaining habitats that the Red Squirrel thrives.

a squirrel stands upright casually at a bowl and looks into the camera

Red Squirrel. British Wildlife Centre, Lingfield. They undertake rescue and breeding programmes for release into the wild.

Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) eating a nut in woodland during winter in the highlands of Scotland, United Kingdom.

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

A close-up of a red squirrel. Taken in Scotland, UK

This red squirrel checking it's newly found hazelnut and spins it to check the ripeness

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

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,

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

A red squirrel enjoying a nut in a Scottish woodland

One red squirrel sitting eating a nut on a tree stump in woodland in Scotland on a summer morning

A Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK

squirrel nibbles a nut in the botanical garden

Red Squirrel sitting on a tree stump with bushy tail

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

Portrait of an eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) with a walnut.

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

Red squirrel in idyllic woodland background, England

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

A Red Squirrel eating a nut. Taken in UK

Summer. Portrait of a fluffy red squirrel with a nut in its paws on the green grass surrounded by daisies. Squirrels in the Tsaritsyno City Park. Feeding animals.

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