SQUIRREL ACTION

The red squirrels have been visiting the Firs Chase garden several times a day in recent weeks. Their daily visits to the feeder have depleted nut stocks, so a new 10kg bag of special red squirrel nut mix arrived the other day from Ark Wildlife. This male has a paler coat than the other red squirrels seen recently which include a regular female and the scruffy male pictured below.

One of the regular red visitors is a scruffy male which has been looking for walnuts buried in the lawn. This nut was carried off to a nearby garden.

Sometimes leaves were being nibbled on the lawn by the red squirrel.

This male must be moulting out of its winter coat, making it look a bit tatty.

After spending some time on the lawn, the red squirrel jumped onto some flower pots and checked for buried nuts.

It then dropped down for a drink in the water barrel before scampering away. The red squirrels have been checking the whole garden out at times, probably looking for birds nests as well as any nuts tucked away. It even had a quick check under the solar panels on the roof. 

One of the red squirrels was surprisingly confiding as I walked several times below the tree whilst it carried on feeding. It even allowed this picture to be taken with the phone whilst I was just a few metres below it - they are normally much more wary.