How rare are red squirrels? Mum just moved and there are 2 right outside in the tree..are they more common?

than I thought!??How rare are red squirrels? Mum just moved and there are 2 right outside in the tree..are they more common?
they are probably more common than you think but there are not so many of them as there are grey squirrels. You are very lucky to see them as they are much nicer than the grey ones I thinkHow rare are red squirrels? Mum just moved and there are 2 right outside in the tree..are they more common?
I am from Mississippi originally and I now live in Tennessee. Here the red squirrels are fairly common. You don't see as many red/fox squirrels as you do the gray squirrels, but they are plentiful none the less. A friend of mine lived in San Francisco for a while and they have black squirrels there. That was weird.
The red squirrels are common, they are really pests, your mom will want to get rid of them. The squirrels love to destroy and nest. My parents have them at their lake home and those red things tear apart anything they can in the shed, they have eaten through many items of theirs in the garage. The answer is a .22
Unless you're on Brownsea Island, Poole, they are not red!
if you are in Scotland, then no they are not rare... if you are in UK, then they are gradually coming back after the American grey ones scared them away......
if they are red ones well done give them food and hope 4 more
I've seen a red squirrel once while I was in Michigan with my folks, but when I lived in L.A. I saw a few fox squirrels as well as rock/ground squirrels. In new york they have several gray squirrels.








All 4 are pretty common, it just depends on where you live. Like right now I live in Nevada, no squirrels but I have seen some ground chipmunks, rabbits and quils.





They're pretty cute.
No - they are pretty rare - depends on where you live though.
Lucky you! A lot of people in Britain never get to see red squirrels. There are quite a few in Scotland, and there is also a buffer population on the island of Anglesea in Wales.





Hertfordshire has black ones!





I also live near here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/鈥?/a>
It completely depends on where you live. In many European countries, it is no longer found, due to the introduction of the grey squirrel.





In North America, e-nature.com says: ';Endangered Status - The Mount Graham Red Squirrel, a subspecies of the Red Squirrel, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Arizona, where it lives only in high-elevation spruce and fir forests in the Pinaleno (Graham) Mountains. This squirrel has declined over a century's time because of the encroachment of human activities into its environment, mainly in the form of logging and recreational development. It is also possible that the introduction of Abert's Squirrels into the region has had an affect, as the two squirrel types would have to compete for the same resources.';





It also lists its range as being throughout much of Alaska and Canada; in U.S., south through Rocky Mountain states; in East, south to Iowa, n Illinois, n Indiana, n Ohio, n Virginia, and through Alleghenies.





I remember when I lived in an apartment in Golden Valley, MN, there were Red Squirrels in the big pine tree next to my deck. I loved watching them, as they were so fiesty! They would bully the grey squirrels and chase the birds. They would hang on the tree trunk and scold anything and anyone that came too close.
Heard a few years back hey are more common in Surrey





We even had an albino pure white one in Eastbourne, til some dog owner let their dog eat it.... Everyone in the whole of Sussex kicked off about that!





I got video footage of him too! Real cute!
UK red Squirrels are completely different things to the US Red Squirrels!


In the UK the red ones are the locals %26amp; the grey squirrels - being more numerous %26amp; aggressive - have made them scarce.


There are small communities of them around the UK but your mum is really lucky (if you ARE in the UK!). They are far less destructive than their grey cousins %26amp; much shyer %26amp; prettier!
back in Scotland where I was born %26amp; grew up red squirrels were %26amp; still are plentiful, but sadly their numbers are in decline. In England the grey squirrel is more abundant, since it was introduced from America it actually spreads disease to the red squirrel which is fatal to it, the grey which is larger than the red will chase the red away %26amp; take over the territory.


there are conservation projects going on throughout England to try %26amp; save the red %26amp; introduce them into new areas.
very rare
There are only red squirrels on the Isle of Wight,they are protected from grey ones.We saw one at a hide on a nature reserve,so cute!Very tame too,he hung upside down on bird feeders!Enjoy.
Red Squrils can be found on the Isle of Wight which is in England or in some pine forests of Scotland, also I belive in some parts of Kent. Hope this helps.
there are no more red squireels in britain. If you really have 2, you could sell them for a fortune