Physical Description: Red Squirrel fur ranges from a warm, reddish-brown
in summer, to deep chocolate-brown with grey in winter. The colour may be variable
in any one locality, ranging from almost black to buff. Reds have a bushy tail
and ear tufts.
Scottish Distribution: Widespread on the mainland, except the northwest
Highlands and much of the central belt.
Habitat: Red squirrels live in large patches of conifer forest (over 50
hectares), and in Scotland they have adapted to Scots pine forest.
Diet: Spruce and pine seeds, acorns, berries, fungi, bark and sap tissue.
Like grey squirrels, they store surplus food either just below the ground or in
tree clefts.
Latin Name: Sciurus vulgaris
