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‘On a knife edge’: can England’s red squirrel population be saved?

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨okwithmydecay@leminal.space⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/06/england-decimated-red-squirrel-population

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  • electrotabby@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In Norway we only have the red ones. Shy small things that run to climb up a tree when you approach.

    I saw the grey ones first time when I visited Oxford. Students were sitting in the grass, and a hundred squirrels just ran around in-between them. Very different creatures indeed.

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    • ThoGot@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I sometimes forget that there are different squirrels apart from the red ones lol

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  • Saltarello@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Saw a red squirrel on Isle of Wight. Was lucky not to hit the blighter when it ran across the road in front of us. Hopefully the little fellas thrive with this initiative.

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