The southern flying squirrel is about the size of a chipmunk, at 7 to 10 inches long. For more information go to Red Squirrels in My Garden or Gwiwerod-Coch-ynfy-Ngardd-GWE. Also, unlike most squirrels, they are nocturnal.

Supplementary feeding should not take the place of natural food sources and only small amounts of food should be put out every 3-4 days. Supplementary feeding in boxes should include a good quality squirrel mix of hazlenuts (in shells), wheat, linseed, pine nuts, peanuts (limited), sunflower seeds and fruit or vegetables such as apples and carrots. Can be commonly heard, making a great deal of noise at night between sunset and sunrise. They are known to make plenty of noise during the night. Flying squirrels are nocturnal, with their major activity at night. However, food can be scarcer during spring and summer, when their diet extends to include plant shoots, bulbs, flowers, wild fruits and berries, and even insects and occasionally bird eggs. Glides of 60 meters (almost 200 feet) or more have been recorded of the Flying Squirrels. Food is plentiful during the autumn and winter months when trees are rich with seeds and fungi are available. Red squirrels primarily eat seeds from plants and trees, but their diet can vary greatly throughout the year. They can exist in conifers better than grey squirrels but red squirrels will reach their highest population densities in mixed or broadleaf woodlands with a diversity of species and availability of food. They are increasingly restricted to large conifer woodlands and plantations due to competition from encroaching grey squirrels. The notion that red squirrels prefer conifers is somewhat confusing. In more fragmented landscapes such as agricultural and suburban areas, they exploit pockets of trees and woodlands connected by hedgerows and other wildlife corridors. Red squirrels live in trees, so are known as ‘arboreal,’ living in all types of woodland.

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