With trees in the news, Robert Gemmell, who lives in Scotland and is an enthusiastic fell walker, thought that Neath Guardian readers would like to see a red squirrel that he came across the other day.

In Great Britain, Italy and Ireland, numbers have decreased drastically in recent years, a decline associated with the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America, although habitat loss is a major factor.