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Grey squirrel on Argyll island alarms conservationists

Conservationists have been alarmed by the appearance of a grey squirrel near Oban.

The animal has been seen on the Isle of Seil, one of Argyll’s Slate Islands about 100 miles (161km) from the nearest other grey squirrels.

Greys are native to North America and classed as an invasive species in the UK because of the threat they pose to native red squirrels.

The Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels project said it was not known how the grey reached the area of Argyll.

Seil is connected to the mainland by a short crossing dubbed the Bridge of the Atlantic but grey squirrels have not been spotted previously.


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