No matter how many times I walk through Hyde Park and see the grey squirrels their little antics never fail to charm, even knowing that these little American creatures are possibly the reason for the declining number of the now endangered British red squirrels.

Seeing these squirrels always makes me think of that episode of Gordon Ramsay’s The Fword where food critic Giles Coren suggested it is the duty of every English[person] to eat as many grey squirrels as they can. Quite an entertaining little story. There is a write up of his experience here … and no, squirrels do not taste like chicken.