Red Squirrel Facts: 🐿 The red squirrel is Scotland’s native squirrel species 🐿 With sharp curved claws for grip, a bushy tail for stability, and strong hind legs for strength, red squirrels are expert tree climbers – they can even climb down the tree head-first! 🐿 The nest is called a drey, and it is often built high up, in the fork of a tree 🐿 Baby squirrels are known as kittens or kits 🐿 They eat mainly plant material such as seeds, nuts, and fungi but they do also eat animal matter like

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