British wildlife recordings
Grey Squirrel
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Type
sound
Duration
00:02:21
Shelf mark
W1CDR0001426 BD4
Subjects
Mammals
Recording date
1965/11
Recording locations
OS Grid Reference(392500,87500)
Recordist
Shove, Lawrence
Description
Recording of a grey squirrel calling in woodland. These persistent and highly intelligent mammals have become public enemy number one in the eyes of many garden bird lovers, destroying feeders across Britain in an attempt to reach the peanuts inside. A now common sight in parks and gardens, grey squirrels prefer mixed or deciduous woodland with a ready supply of acorns, nuts, fruit, roots and succulent tree shoots. Chattering, rasping and barking are all examples from the grey squirrel’s vocabulary who become particularly noisy when alarmed or angry. An introduced species from the US, they are responsible for the decline of our own native red squirrels.
Metadata record:
Grey Squirrel
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