In message om, Dave
Liquorice writes
Have you reported that? Especially if you don't normally see them. We
are lucky that we live in one of the few areas of mainland England
that still has a population of Red Squirrels.

http://www.redsquirrel.org.uk/

I'll have a look at the links, thanks. I would say they aren't uncommon
around here. Most people in the neighbouring villages see them
regularly, and we've seen them running across the road not far from here
- there aren't many large wooded areas in the immediate vicinity. First
time I've spotted one in our garden though. I read that some like
apples, and some don't, so we must have attracted one with a taste for
cox's orange! I dread the arrival of the greys, which seems inevitable

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Anita Evans
North Cumbria
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