Squirrel often scurry about under my bird feeder, looking for fallen seeds. This one is making sure I'm benevolent before beginning his search.

Broke out the DSLR because I wanted to take photos of one of the owls that is living in the trees behind our fence. Dogs chase them away! Grrrr. So a little later a squirrel came to nibble on the bird food.

Squirrel watching for its chance to raid the nut feeder at RSPB Burton Wetlands

This one was sticking it's tongue out at another squirrel that was approaching!

Such an endearing species, I really wish they were more prominent in England.

Throughout the whole of 2014 I saw a grand total of 1 in England - but thankfully there are good numbers still thriving in parts of Scotland.

This was taken in Dumfries & Galloway; you can click on his ear-tufts for an improved view :-)

Red Squirrel - Scirius Vulgaris

Scottish Highlands

Taken on the Isle of Wight

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Red Squirrel - Formby point, Lancashire.

Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve

Staring me down.

Taken in the wild, in Cumbria.

Numbers have declined over the years most common in Scotland in the Uk.

A squirrel in the forrest chewing on a nut. He took off as some as he heard the click from the camera.

The Eastern Grey Squirrel was introduced to Britain and Ireland in the 1870’s as a curiosity and has resulted in the indigent Red Squirrel becoming displaced. The grey is a larger and fitter squirrel than the red and so has taken much of the red’s food. The grey is classified as an invasive species.

In an effort to reduce the population, an initiative in 2006 encouraged people to eat them although this doesn’t appear to have caught on. Americans consider it to be the best meat of the woods.

This cute and clever creature is here to stay but small red squirrel colonies continue to thrive in places in the UK and Ireland in areas where the grey squirrel population is carefully controlled or absent.

Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

Taken at Stowe Pool, Lichfield

Shelley Lake Raleigh NC

Eichhörnchen

another of my fav little squirrels

Thank you all for visits, faves and comments!

Another cheeky squirrel raiding the bird table

Squirrel - Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.

First shot he starts eating the nut.

Second shot he has eaten the nut.

Third shot he High Tails it!

Flickr seems to be slower than a Tortoise on Tranq's again, will catch up with you all tomorrow!

Have a wonderful evening and a great week!

(details viewed best on black! :-)

It was about 10 degrees above zero and I was driving very slowly on a gravel road with the windows down (so the lenses wouldn't fog and freeze) when I looked up and saw this guy just a few feet from me. No cropping needed- he filled the frame! Not sure who was more surprised- me or him!!

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Squirrels often raid birdhouses in the Morrell Nature Sanctuary in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

..and then I found an acorn THIS big!

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