From what I was told by some British friends on my visits over that way, the american grey squirrel is one of the big reasons that the native red squirrel has become so scarce in the UK. The only place in lower England they haven't infiltrated is Brownsea Island (Birthplace of the Boy Scouts) in Poole Harbor. You still see the occasional one up in Scotland though they're scarce even that far north. Do you still have any reds in your area Dave?
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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