Page 31 - BBC Wildlife Volume 36 #02

BBC Wildlife Magazine is full of breathtaking photos

and fascinating features on the most interesting animals

and habitats in the UK and around the world.

With the latest news and conservation issues, practical

expert advice and ideas for really wild days out, you will

understand and enjoy nature more.

PHOTO
STORY
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SEEING
REDS
Cairngorms National Park in the Sccottish
Highlands is a stronghold for our native red
e
squirrels.Neil McIntyre has visited its
Caledonian forest throughout the seasons
e
to photograph the behaviour oof
these lively little crowd-pleaserrs.
A red squirrel sits in a lichen- and snow-
covered oak tree in December. Scotland
is home to about 120,000 red squirrels,
75 per cent of the total UK population.
Contrary to popular myth, these hardy
mammals do not hibernate. In the autumn
they store surplus food either just below
the ground or in the gaps of tree trunks
to feed on in the colder months.

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