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The grey squirrel is a native of the deciduous forests of North America. In the late 1800s and early 1900s it was considered to be a decorative addition to the native fauna and many were released at various sites throughout Britain. A handful of grey squirrels were released in Ireland at Castle Forbes, County Longford in 1911 and have since colonised much of Ireland in less than 100 years.
i hadn't been out with the camera for over a week,so was getting withdrawral symptoms.also haven't been feeling very well,so a bit of fresh air was needed to pirk me up...went to clyne gardens with jackie to try out my new 50mmF/1.8 doing some portrait shots,but seen a few squirrels,so swapped to the ever faithful 70-200 G
Sciurus niger
In our area the stable winter diet of the country fox squirrel is the fruit of the Osage Orange tree. This one is so country he doesn't even know what a bird feeder is or that one exists very close to him. So the birds eat their sunflower seeds and he eats his fruit. He is the picture of contentment on this cold winter.
At the Alverstone Mead Nature Reserve, this squirrel stayed to eat, rather than running off with a nut. In just over 4 minutes, I took 20+ pictures, and a video clip. This is a small selection.