Grey squirrel feeding on Dartmoor, Devon


The Grey Squirrel, (Sciurus carolinensis), is a scatter hoarder, it hoards food in numerous small caches. It has been estimated that each Squirrel makes several thousand caches each season, they have a very accurate spatial memory for the locations of these caches. Grey Squirrels do not hibernate. They inhabit larg areas of mature, dense woodland.


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Location: Dartmoor National Park, Devon
Photo credit: © Jim Tampin / Alamy / Afripics
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