Sexual maturation of the young occurs the winter following their birth. Red squirrels may live 10 years, although 3-5 years is the average life span for adults. Fitzwater, W.D., Jr. 1941. The red ...

The red squirrel is well looked after here, and it is one of the few places in southern England where you can find them. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable ...

In fact, all around this area, including Borthwood, is a great place to see the reds. Other top sites are the Newport to Cowes cycle track and Shanklin Chine and village.

"Active Grey control continues and we do still have multiple ... should not try to force species to live in environments that ...