Eastern Grey squirrel Documentary | All the facts | UK Wildlife

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

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[@dMi_mi]

This was extra educational. 😌💖 Love Squirrels.

[@robertmcbride1859]

One of my favourite garden visitors.

[@R-Hoffy]

SAME!!!

[@R-Hoffy]

Love making friends with and interacting with these guys!

[@aaronbreadman9937]

Great video man, informative and easy to follow without feeling patronising. Beautiful camera work too

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you 😊

[@SquirrelTheater]

They’re such beautiful and intelligent animals.

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Agreed

[@pinkcarnation231]

Thank you, Toby.

[@jenniferwright1636]

Excellent content. So interesting and comprehensive with such a range of information, plus the pictures as fabulous as always!

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@TheEndOfABloodline]

Thanks I've been laying on my back with a tooth abscess here homeless and got curious about the squirrels in the trees above me always chasing each other around. I heard those noises but thought it was a bird. Pretty cool info

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

I'm glad I could help 😊

[@KingaKucyk]

Get well soon ❤

[@didiwongo]

Wonderful video!

[@markfaz8689]

Nice video Toby, interesting and informative 👍 🐿

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you 😊

[@BarryPeng-gw2ku]

The Grey Squirrel is so smart.Thank you for your vedio

[@hafsapasta9444]

This is a very nice informative video. I love squirrels and although the sounds of nature were lovely, it’s harder to hear the information when it’s louder than your voice. Hope to see more videos. 😊

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed! I'm pleased to say my audio has much improved since the release of this video :)

[@JulieRobb-o2o]

I have a squirrel "Family"I found 1 then one more stopped by & so forth. They really become family! Recently, a fuly black squirrel was sitting by my front door .He is really shy, afraid...the others are not fond of him .I found a little info , They apparently are rare? As they come as a mutation off of grey's please post future info if U find any. Love the content! Greetings from The" Ferris family"!🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿🤓

[@prue1202]

thank you for that content

[@robertmcbride1859]

Very interesting and some lovely videos of one of my favourite animals.

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed

[@ShawnTheRazor]

Really nice documentary.

[@petefrys545]

Great video fully comprehensive

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you! Im glad you liked it :)

[@davidhebert4026]

Great video 👍

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you 😊

[@mikeheasman2594]

Grey squirrels eat song-bird chicks and eggs. Research carried out by the Game Conservancy and Wildlife Trust demonstrates that grey squirrels have an adverse impact on many native woodland birds, reducing fledging rates by an average of 15%.

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you for sharing!

[@LondonSquirrelAdventures]

Red squirrels do the same too. Also, cats kill millions of birds and chicks every year, far more than the opportunistic squirrel does.

[@paulsawtell3991]

Before the woodland trust released pine martens we had all sorts dining in our garden. Squirrels, pheasants, rabbits, song birds, blackbirds you name it. Every species flourished. Almost overnight we were left with hardly any of anything thanks to pine martens. They are the killers.

[@chattychatotchannel]

omg is that an indian ringneck at 4:34?? that's absolutely nuts omg I looked it up and you have feral indian ringnecks in the UK??? that's so wild!

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Nope, just regular grey Squirrel sorry 😂

[@doubles6508]

Yes it was. They are another invasive species that will become a pest very soon just like the grey squirrels are.

[@mikeheasman2594]

There are invasive ring necked parakeets in the uk, so native birds are being forced out of nesting holes in trees not only by parakeets but also by eastern grey squirrels.

[@youngmasterchu]

Lovely video and informative 😍😄

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Thank you so much!

[@pghsteelerfan4399]

Very good video., professional and informative.., I learned a few new things about these squirrels that I didn’t know before. Unfortunately a stray cat just killed the Grey Squirrel we’ve been feeding the last couple of months, along with a smaller Red Squirrel that hung out. I regrettably left a tarp covered yard-cart out overnight, which gave the cat a perfect hiding spot for the attack. Sad to say, it was all caught on my surveillance cam..

[@Roland-pw5xj]

They also eat leaves in early summer, and bones, gnawing with their front teeth, before chewing and swallowing the resulting pulp.

[@einsteinorwell]

Grey squirrels have two mating seasons. They mate between December and February and then again between May and June. Sometimes, however, the mating season may start a little early or a little late.

[@beebop9808]

Depends on population. They can and will breed year round. It's not at all uncommon to see babies being born in December with snow on the ground.

[@DoNotReanimate]

Anyway, like I was sayin', squirrel is the fruit of the UK. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, squirrel-kabobs, squirrel creole, squirrel gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple squirrel, lemon squirrel, coconut squirrel, pepper squirrel, squirrel soup, squirrel stew, squirrel salad, squirrel and potatoes, squirrel burger, squirrel sandwich. That- that's about it.

[@robertstuart7781]

We also have black squirrels. Showed up in my yard a few years ago. Any idea where they came from?

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Black squirrels in the UK are still grey squirrels with pigmentation abnormalities, similar to albino squirrels

[@MelBee128]

Video is a bit blurry. Didn't expect Planet Earth BBC quality, but it was tough to tell what was going on at times.

[@SchlichteToven]

Cute footage. You didn't show any black eastern grey squirrels, though!

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

That's cause I live in the uk

[@SchlichteToven]

@@TobyWoodPhoto Black eastern greys are just a colour variation of grey eastern greys. How can they not be in the UK if the grey ones are?

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

You do get black squirrels but this is just a colour mutation. Similarly you get albino variations but finding these different colours are rare and the grey were the only ones available to me during production. Thank you for asking tho as it is definitely a good concept to be included if I make another documentary

[@mikeheasman2594]

Black eastern grey squirrels or melanistic grey squirrels to give them their proper title where also captured and brought to England as it was thought they were a sub species. On being released in England they established a population in Hertfordshire which is now believed to number over 40,,000.

[@mikeheasman2594]

@@TobyWoodPhoto The chances of an albino (pink eyes) or leuistic (white normal eyes) being born is 1 in a 100,000. With an estimated population of eastern grey squirrels possibly approaching 10 million they are becoming less rare.

[@ingmigueleduardo7]

Wonderful creatures

[@bettycrocker6692]

"which they often LAY on their back" "A squirrel can tell a rpe nut by its smell, and IT will not stash . . ."

[@mikeheasman2594]

Prior to burying a nut the grey squirrel chews out the nut radicle which forms the tap root as germination of the nut destroys the kernel as a food souce. They will eat nuts that have grubs inside straight away for the extra protein.

[@khalida2444]

St James Park squirrels always run towards to you if you show them nuts!

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

I love this!

[@athame57]

It was introduced about 1875, although this may have been sooner. They hardly ever predate birds nests....fact. Also, mother and siblings often stay together for up to a year. They are scatter hoarders, not stash hoarders like the red squirrel. They can remember thousands of hidden items. They are great niche fillers, no way are they a pest.

[@prabhatanche9743]

ninja + acrobat + intelligent + kinda annoying + cute + kinda mean +fascinating = squirrel🐿

[@skelter]

Incredibly well said! 👍

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

+1

[@commanderdante3185]

Dogs and Squirrels imo are gods favorite creatures on earth.

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Haha love it!

[@einsteinorwell]

They were introduced into the United Kingdom in the 1870s.

[@SBMPLYMA]

600 grams? We talking drugs? I'm American! Just kidding.

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

Haha good one 😂

[@themantisgarden]

You would love our pet squirrel. Drives us nuts around the house but I wouldn't have her any other way 😆

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

That sounds awesome!

[@jamesbrownlie4400]

Although very informative this is not all the facts of the grey squirrel. You did mention that they predate on song birds nests taking eggs & chicks. They will also predate on the adult songbirds, they also carry a pox that is devastating to the indigenous red squirrel population. They also strip the bark from trees called ringing which leads to the tree dying and costing the forestry commission millions every year.

[@Banjothesquirrel]

Humans have bad habits too.

[@LondonSquirrelAdventures]

In the past reds were hunted to near extinction and were called "vermin", "tree rats" and "raiders of birds nests". We had to import many from Scandinavia as they practically died out in Scotland. In the early 1900s we went on another killing spree and the reds were once again hunted to near extinction. When greys were abducted from North America and brought to the UK by the aristocrats to decorate their fancy lawns in the 1800s, we slowly stopped blaming the reds for everything. It's hypocritical that the red was accused of the exact same crimes the greys are being accused of today. The damage greys do is massively exaggerated or falsified altogether.

[@MaxxThealmighty]

The forestry commission???? U think it’s their forest????

[@R-Hoffy]

@@jamesbrownlie4400 someone doesn’t like Gray Squirrels

[@emy923]

@@jamesbrownlie4400 there is no reasoning with these gray squirrel fans! Lack of education to say the least! Long live the mighty red

[@alanrobertson9790]

When does an animal become native? OK Not from 1890s (or 1876) so when?

[@LondonSquirrelAdventures]

Good question. Rabbits were brought here by the Romans and again by the Normans, yet we consider them as native. Cats too (virtually all species are non-native). This country always needs a villain and the greys are blamed for all society's ills.

[@TobyWoodPhoto]

That is very insightful, thank you for sharing!

[@quiettornado1970]

the way we cut down trees causing global warming, we need an overpopulation of squirrels.

[@taylorharbin3948]

As an avid squirrel hunter, these guys are not to be underestimated. They are quick, stealthy, and camouflage well.

[@louieee444]

@@taylorharbin3948 why do you kill innocent creatures?

[@mini14head]

Greys are good tender eating squirrel, the fox squirrel not so much..

[@jeremyblackwater439]

The greys are delicious