The main reason I'd wanted to visit Brownsea Island was because it was a stronghold of the red squirrel - our native squirrel - in southern England. I'd never actually seen a red squirrel in the flesh. Grey squirrels yes - thousands of them; a ubiquitous and vigorous import that had ousted the poor red squirrel from most habitats. I didn't regard grey squirrels as villains, just naturally
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