The tale of squirrels like Nutkin

If this picture looks right out of Beatrix Potter's world (the brain behind Peter Rabbit), we'd say you have a good eye for a story. In 1903, Potter published 'The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin', about a cheeky squirrel who taunts an owl with silly riddles until he pushes things too far - narrowly escaping with his life, minus a tail. Potter based Nutkin on the red squirrel, the only native squirrel species to the UK. The red squirrel population saw a steep decline here after humans introduced the larger non-native Eastern grey squirrel in the late 1800s.
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