Red Squirrels in Formby
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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Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of Britain