Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris

Now considered to be extinct in Suffolk. Fur colour variable from bright ginger through to red and dark brown or black tinged with grey in winter; larger ear tufts in mid-winter which disappear by the summer; bushy tail which bleaches white by late summer in some individuals. Image: Natural England/Allan Drewitt (Flickr).

Find out more: The Mammal Society, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, iNaturalist