The Channel Island also lacks other small species like moles, badgers, foxes, snakes and toads.

The States of Guernsey asks residents not to feed the animal as it could delay efforts to catch it.

A non-native grey squirrel on the loose in Guernsey "appears to be healthy", rescuers say.

An animal charity believes it entered the island via a vehicle and "seems very healthy".

Two possible cases squirrelpox have been reported in Bridge of Allan

The squirrels have moved in at a sitka spruce plantation in a western area of the Yorkshire Dales.

Six or seven dead squirrels have been found around Burton Leonard, North Yorkshire Police confirm.

Squirrel groups in Cramlington and Bedlington say it is the first outbreak for several years.