Travel Bug Dog Tag Igor Squirrel

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Owner:
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Released:
Friday, April 22, 2011
Origin:
South West England, United Kingdom
Recently Spotted:
In Wave to the train

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Current Goal

To travel from cache to cache doing everything I can to encourage the spread of red squirrels

About This Item

Igor knows where he is going

 

  • The red squirrel population is in serious decline.
  • The average size of a red squirrel is 19-23 cm, head to body with an average tail length of 15-20 cm.
  • It is thought that the long tail helps the squirrel to keep its balance and steer when it is jumping from tree to tree, it may also keep the animal warm whilst it sleeps
  • Red squirrels shed their coats twice a year switching between a thinner coat in summer and a darker, thicker winter coat
  • Mating occurs in February and March and in summer between June and July.
  • Average size litters are 3-4 but can be as large as 6
  • Gestation periods for squirrels is about 38-39 days
  • The lifespan of a red squirrel is on average 3 years although in captivity they have been known to live for 10 years
  • Red squirrels eat seeds of trees, fungi, bird’s eggs, berries and young shoots
  • 60-80% of the active period may be spent foraging and feeding

Be nice to red squirrels.  Like us they create caches, often in the nooks of trees.  Red squirrels cannot remember where they created caches.  When hungry they have to search for them (like us) and many caches are never found (like us).

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Tracking History (23526.5mi) View Map

Dropped Off 11/7/2020 petesophieandhelen placed it in Wave to the train Southern England, United Kingdom - .25 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/7/2020 petesophieandhelen retrieved it from Tree Creakers Place Southern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 11/7/2020 petesophieandhelen placed it in Tree Creakers Place Southern England, United Kingdom - 113.17 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 10/25/2020 petesophieandhelen grabbed it   Visit Log

Found in a cache near quarry carpark in Dartmoor
Dropped Off 10/8/2020 jollyquest placed it in Drake's Trail Walking Spur 2 South West England, United Kingdom - 5.41 miles  Visit Log

For the last 9 months Igor Squirrel has been having a break from geocaches and staying with his owners.
Today he returns to geocaches. Look after the little fella.
Farewell Igor.
Visited 10/7/2020 jollyquest took it to RTR12 - Roos Tor Ramble - Mining South West England, United Kingdom - 209.79 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/7/2020 jollyquest took it to "Cox Tor Contours "(OL28) - #28 South West England, United Kingdom - 4.22 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/4/2020 jollyquest took it to "Where is the Green Sheep?" South West England, United Kingdom - .28 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/4/2020 jollyquest took it to "Aces High" South West England, United Kingdom - .72 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/4/2020 jollyquest took it to "Down in the woods#4- Lost Elmer" South West England, United Kingdom - 3.84 miles  Visit Log
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