Cyril the Squirrel

Meet Cyril the Squirrel, he was a regular visitor to the bird table.

 

A red one! Lovely to see Gogs and a great photo

 

gogs hes sweet, lovely to see the red, great picture well done

 

I haven't seen on of those for years - lovely picture.

 

gogs..he is so lovely i have loads of squirrels but they are all grey send him down here !!

 

Cheers you guys,actually there was two came ,only managed to get pic.of him tho.

 

Lovely Gogs! I haven't seen one since I was at Formby on the Lancs coast.

 

There are still reds in ARgyll, and I've been told there are some near here, but I haven't seen any yet. The Formby ones are famous - been on telly! Never knew about them when I lived in Liverpool, unfortunately, or we'd have taken the boys......

 

Gogs have you seen this site,regarding red squirels in your part of the world?

http://www.red-squirrels.org.uk/

 

Thanx Roders,good to know of this.

 

For a rare animal i have come across them quite a few times.
I nearly ran over one in a minibus in the Lake District - the kids I was with thought I demonstrated excellent reaction, in the Scottish Borders my dog chased one up a tree behind our caravan and I have seen them on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour but the only ones I have been able to photograph are the Formby ones. If you go to the quieter parts of the reserve and just keep quiet with a few peanuts they will come to you.

You could not design a prettier soft toy could you? Gogs i really envy you having those in your garden. To photograph a truly wild one you have done so well - i know how fast these things move.

 

Cheers Geoff,i hid for ages to get the little fellow.

 

Great picture Gogs! Although we only live about 200 meters from some woods and have lived here for 30 years, we only ever saw a squirrel in our garden once or twice in all this time - until recently! Hubby and our neighbours have seen one in the neighbours garden several times but I was always out of luck until several weeks ago, and then I saw two of them! I was in the house and watched them running along the fence to another neighbours garden and then dashing up and down the acacia, stopping for a pause now and then so I could see them very clearly and from a distance of about 10 meters. I was afraid to move to get the camera in case they saw me and be frightened away. Unfortunately, I have not seen them since, but fingers crossed they will be back.

 

Gogs, somehow I missed Cyril ... what a darling! Is he still visiting?

I don't think I've ever seen a squirrel here ...