A symbol of Britain - the Red Squirrel.

[ramanth]

What a pretty little guy!

[Barbara]

Oh what a cute guy Our squirrels are also red but I don't think they have a white belly.
And now you see black squirrels as well.

[Randi]

That's a cute little guy! I saw one just today at the churchyard, also a red one, but not with a white tummy. I should have brougt my camera.

Thanks for sharing!

[Catty1]

blue - CANADIAN friend!

Little red guy sure is cute...I hope the smallpox is gone by the next breeding season. Wee healthy babies all over the place, and maybe with built-in immunity.

[blue]

blue - CANADIAN friend!

I edited the post to North American friend, after all Canada and the USA are also friends.

[Miss Z]

Our once common native red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

I always used to wonder why on earth such a beautful species was called 'vulgaris', until I studied Latin and found out it pretty much translates as 'the common one'. Wish that were still true.

I have a healthy population of grey squirrels in my back garden (I live next to a little country park, and they thrive here) that love to nick whatever they can off the bird-table. They're very cute but not half as much as our native variety.

Barbara, apparently we're getting a few black squirrels as well that are out-competing the greys. A real case of what-goes-around-comes-around, it seems!

Thanks for all the comments.

[Sonia59]

Oh what a cute little guy!
We also have red squirrels in France, but I have no idea if they are exactly the same species.