Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
(sciurus carolinensis)
We hope you are enjoying our nature trail!
The post you’ve found has a raised picture of a grey squirrel. If you place some paper over this and then scribble all over it with a crayon or pencil, you will be able to take home a copy of this picture to keep.
See if you can answer some questions about grey squirrel – or you can jump straight to the answers (here).
- Can you name the two types of squirrel that live in the UK?
- Does the grey squirrel hibernate in winter?
- Do you know the name for a squirrel’s home?
- How do squirrels store their food?
- Have you ever seen a squirrel moving his tail side to side or up and down? What does it mean?
- Do grey squirrel’s kill red squirrels?
If you want to find out more about grey squirrels, take a look at the following websites: