Footage of red squirrels in the Lake District, UK on Thursday.

Writing online about the video, the filmer said: "Red squirrels are fighting back in Grasmere after almost being wiped out by the larger more aggressive greys. "

"A safe haven was established and feeding stations were set up at Wordsworths former home at Allan Bank. The footage shows a beautiful, somewhat shy red squirrel playing and feeding in and around the grounds of this historic house. Using the old railings almost like an outdoor training circuit.

The most serious and urgent threat to our red squirrel population is interaction with the invasive, non-native grey squirrel, which has spread across the UK and caused the devastation of the UK red squirrel population.

Grey squirrels carry disease in the form of the squirrel pox virus (SQPV), which is nearly always fatal when passed to reds. They compete for food and habitat with red squirrels, eventually displacing them."

Footage of red squirrels in the Lake District, UK on Thursday.

Writing online about the video, the filmer said: "Red squirrels are fighting back in Grasmere after almost being wiped out by the larger more aggressive greys. "

"A safe haven was established and feeding stations were set up at Wordsworths former home at Allan Bank. The footage shows a beautiful, somewhat shy red squirrel playing and feeding in and around the grounds of this historic house. Using the old railings almost like an outdoor training circuit.

The most serious and urgent threat to our red squirrel population is interaction with the invasive, non-native grey squirrel, which has spread across the UK and caused the devastation of the UK red squirrel population.

Grey squirrels carry disease in the form of the squirrel pox virus (SQPV), which is nearly always fatal when passed to reds. They compete for food and habitat with red squirrels, eventually displacing them."

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