One of the reserve’s most controversial residents: much loved sweetheart of our local wildlife or destructive and costly invasive alien species?
Grey squirrel photographed last week in the reserve by Ian Bushell.
A gallery of the reserve’s photogenic grey squirrels. Destructive invasive aliens, we know, but so cute.
Grey squirrel
Cheryl Cronnie, a regular contributor, has spotted and photographed one of our many grey squirrels in an oak tree.
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Hoping for a pine marten, a top predator, to move into the reserve might seem a strange idea but predation is an important factor in ecological dynamics. The lack of predators is one of the reasons the UK’s biosphere is so unbalanced and in such danger.
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The Guardian reports that a European pine marten (Martes martes) has been spotted in London for the first time in more than a century.
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A grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) photographed in the reserve by Cheryl Cronnie.
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Did you know…
by Suzanne Humphries
Did you know that grey squirrels eat hawthorn berries? No, neither did I.
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Southwick Country Park Nature Reserve 