If you would like your favourite squirrel to appear in the Squirrel Gallery below, then please send in your squirrel photo with its name, your name (if you would like it to be published below), & town, with a brief story for publication.
Maple (2020-2024)
Maple was in the excellent care of Urban Squirrels for several years, until she sadly passed away in February 2024. Maple is now at peace with the other squirrel angels. RIP Maple x
Buster
A rescued orphan being cared for by a licensed rescue centre. His mum was clubbed to death & his siblings were crushed to death by a group of red squirrel lobbyists.
Fluffy
Fluffy lives in a church roof in London SE16 and she has been coming down daily for more than a year now, for nuts, fresh grapes & avocado.
Patty, Woody & Speedy
Siblings snuggling up together in their drey, high up in a tree in Dallas, Texas.
Anna
Anna visits her friend Melissa in her London garden on a daily basis for playtime and nuts.
Brambles
Brambles' life was saved from a near-deadly cat attack. Brambles has since become besties with his saviours, Joanne and Michael, and has even built his drey in their garden.
Squirrel Gallery (Videos) YouTube
The videos below are of grey squirrels in the United States or Canada. Due to the current discriminatory and legal position of grey squirrels in the UK, we have to mainly go to the USA or Canada for such videos. Wherever in the world the greys are, the UK Grey Squirrel behaves exactly like the squirrels in all of these videos, forming intense bonds with their caregivers.
Thumbelina
The amazing story of Thumbelina (her custodians move to Florida for her).
Peanut
Peanut the black squirrel (due to 1 gene deformity that can affect colour). Some greys are black, just like Peanut!
RIP Peanut x
The Funny Man
The Funny Man is an enchanting story of compassion.
Squirrel Mum
Squirrel Mum rescues her babies from a fallen drey.
Ashley & Gordon
An emotional story of Ashley & Gordon, showing a deep bond and love toward one another.
Live Cam USA
Empty Soft Release Cage, Squirrel (Molly) Building Drey
Live Cam USA
Lilly (mum) & Jellybean (baby daughter) in a drey with live cam covertly monitoring.
Richard, Maxine & Derrick
This video shows humanity at its finest.
Squirrel Gallery (Videos) Uploaded by members of the public
If you would like your favourite squirrel video to appear in the Squirrel Gallery below, then please upload it to YouTube (or other social media), with its name, your name (if you would like it to be published below), & town, with a brief story for publication.
Percy
John
Alice
Percy
Grey Squirrel Protection UK volunteers feed the local population of UK grey squirrels on a daily basis. We have created an Amazon Wishlist of delicious treats, ranging from nuts and berries for our local UK Grey Squirrels to enjoy and devour. If you are kindly willing to purchase these delicious treats for our UK grey squirrels, then this would be greatly appreciated! This can be done anonymously, or you could choose give your first name, which we could mention with a huge thank you when we film our daily UK grey squirrel feedings, posting them below, and on our YouTube channel.
Many organisations tell the public that if a grey squirrel is trapped it must be killed and cannot be released.
This is misleading.
If a grey squirrel is accidentally trapped — for example in a bird feeder, netting, or on private property — the law does not prohibit freeing it and allowing it to leave where it was found.
What the law restricts is the deliberate capture and release of grey squirrels into the wild — not the act of freeing an animal that has become unintentionally trapped.
The RSPCA confirms this distinction in its public guidance:
👉 https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/wildlife/squirrels/injured
