Red squirrel
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The red squirrel is an icon of the British wildlife scene, immortalised by Beatrix Potter as mischievous Nutkin — a bright-eyed, fluffy-tailed, breathtakingly agile bundle of energy. Sadly, across much of the British Isles, it is not this much-loved native you see bounding across your lawn or dashing from tree to tree, but its cousin — the introduced American grey squirrel.
Red squirrel
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