Diary - Saturday 6th February

[Gone]

The best of it is humans still introduce non native species willy nilly imagining it is a Good Thing.
Words fail me.

I'm a non native species here in Devon, commonly known as "incomer" or "grockle"

[Mowsehowse]

The best of it is humans still introduce non native species willy nilly imagining it is a Good Thing.
Words fail me.

I'm a non native species here in Devon, commonly known as "incomer" or "grockle"

Me too, but hopefully I don't cause equivalent damage that e.g. grey squirrels do. 

[Gone]

The best of it is humans still introduce non native species willy nilly imagining it is a Good Thing.
Words fail me.

I'm a non native species here in Devon, commonly known as "incomer" or "grockle"

Me too, but hopefully I don't cause equivalent damage that e.g. grey squirrels do. 

One place I lived that had woodland attached was plagued by them, they did so much damage, so I made a humane trap, every one I caught, I'd take and let go where I was working.
One day I was talking to the local farmer who was bemused by the amount of squirrels that year, well, I'd released about 20 around his land
Ooops!

[DianaCanada]

The best of it is humans still introduce non native species willy nilly imagining it is a Good Thing.
Words fail me.

I'm a non native species here in Devon, commonly known as "incomer" or "grockle"

Me too, but hopefully I don't cause equivalent damage that e.g. grey squirrels do. 

We have grey and black  squirrels here (Same species, come in two shades) but no red squirrels.  Must be our greys are different, they are not known to do damage.  They are everywhere.  What do the grey squirrels get up to in the UK?

[Skoosh]

Greys carry a pox which kills red squirrels but not the greys. Fortunately pine martins are moving south from Scotland via introductions. Reds can cope with pine martins as they have a long history. Greys are heavier than reds so slow & delicious!

Skoosh.

[Mowsehowse]

Thanks Skoosh.

[DianaCanada]

Daughter just told me black squirrels are a somewhat rare mutation of the grey, and they are very numerous in Ontario.  Also there are red squirrels in Quebec, very small with no ear tufts.  Lived there for 30 years but don’t remember...guess I didn’t pay much attention to squirrels when I was young!

[Mowsehowse]

Rare mutation may be so in Canada Diana, dont know, but there is a European black squirrel.  I glimpsed one in the Tiergarten Park in Berlin and was thrilled to have seen it. 

[Caw1]

We saw black squirrels when staying up in Weardale... along with reds... beautiful creatures...
Sadly the garden here just has the grey variety who make lots of holes in the lawn when burying walnuts from our neighbours tree...

Caroline