Like the idea of a mini-safari, a short walk in a peaceful area? Red squirrels were once much more common but their population declined from the early 1900s due to habitat loss and competition and disease from the grey squirrel, introduced from North America. They can still be seen in three Red Squirrel refuge area in the Yokshire Dales - Widdale, Upper Wharfedale and Garsdale and Mallerstang.
The easiest place to spot them is in Snaizeholme, just outside Hawes, where there's a view point and feeder in a woodland clearing. To see them, it's best to book the Little White Bus in advance for the ten minute journey from the Dales Countryside Museum to the start of the Red Squirrel Trail. The walk to the red squirrel viewpoint takes about ten minutes and then there's a 2.5 mile circular walk (wear decent shoes, uneven and steep in places)
Image by Simon Philpotts