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Open Country: Red Squirrels in Formby

Red Squirrels in Formby

07/12/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Red Squirrels in Formby

Helen Mark is in Formby, a place that is regarded as a haven for the native red squirrel.

Helen Mark is in Formby, a place regarded as a haven for red squirrels. What is it about the landscape and the practices conservationists have adopted that allows reds to thrive?

Helen Mark is in Formby in Merseyside, a part of the country that is regarded as a haven for the native red squirrel. She discovers what it is about the landscape and the practices conservationists have adopted, which some find controversial, that's allowing the native reds to thrive in this part of the country. 

Continuing along the Sefton coastline Helen meets a local resident turned poet; she discovers what makes Formby's sand dunes so special and finds out about the claim that Formby had the first known life boat in existence.

Producer: Perminder Khatkar.

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