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| | | Nature offers a window on global natural history, providing a unique insight into the natural world, the environment, and the magnificent creatures that inhabit it.
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|  | | | Red squirrels are now rare in England and Wales. |
Squirrels Wars
Grey squirrels are advancing across the United Kingdom to the detriment of native red squirrels. By competing for food and spreading parapox - a disease that is fatal to reds - grey squirrels are gradually replacing the native red squirrels. Greys now outnumber reds 66 to 1 and some scientists predict that reds could be extinct in the UK within 20 years.
Paul Evans visits the frontline of the grey invasion in Cumbria where Red Alert North West are defending the reds' last few strongholds. They are hoping to provide the best habitat for red squirrel survival, as they are better suited to conifer plantations than natural oak woodland. Paul also visits Anglesey where conservationists have taken a more aggressive approach - they have culled nearly all the greys on the island and are now re-introducing reds. But not all 2.5 million grey squirrels in the UK can be culled so Paul asks how greys and reds can co-exist in the Bristish countryside.
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