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Title: red squirrel
Post by: tonycollinet on 30 September, 2017, 09:54:53 pm

(http://www.collinsho.me/photos/squirrel.jpg)

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: T42 on 01 October, 2017, 07:58:58 am

Nice.

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 01 October, 2017, 10:55:11 am

Watch it, he's after your nuts!

Ears aren't as tufty as the reds I've seen in the Lake District. Do they vary, or is that a Red with a crew cut?

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: Pingu on 02 October, 2017, 11:58:05 pm

Grey methinks.

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: fuaran on 03 October, 2017, 12:16:50 am

They moult in the summer, and lose most of the ear tufts. The tufts become a lot more obvious over the winter.
They can also vary in colour quite a bit over the year, sometimes they look fairly grey.

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: Asterix, the former Gaul. on 03 October, 2017, 11:53:01 am

Believe it or not that is an American Red Squirrel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_red_squirrel)!

In this part of France there are many European Red Squirrels (https://www.google.fr/search?rlz=1C1CHZL_enGB739GB739&biw=1366&bih=662&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=european+red+squirrel&oq=european+red+squirrel&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i30k1j0i5i30k1j0i24k1.106779.110000.0.111090.9.9.0.0.0.0.109.849.6j3.9.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.9.842...0i13k1j0i7i30k1j0i7i5i30k1j0i8i7i30k1.0.OE1EhDx-U9s) and they are not like that.  Many here are almost black, too.

Have also seen reds in NE Scotland and the Lake District.

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: Jaded on 03 October, 2017, 12:18:36 pm

I saw a red squirrel yesterday.

It was dead on the road  :'(

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: David Martin on 03 October, 2017, 08:01:24 pm

I've got one in the freezer at work. (It was roadkill).

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: T42 on 04 October, 2017, 08:03:15 am

Quote from: asterix on 03 October, 2017, 11:53:01 am

Believe it or not that is an American Red Squirrel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_red_squirrel)!

Surely you noticed the tiny Colt Eagle .045 riding on its hip.

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: Mrs Pingu on 04 October, 2017, 07:35:05 pm

Red vs grey i.d. - it's in the tail http://www.rsne.org.uk/about-squirrels

Title: Re: red squirrel
Post by: Maverick on 13 October, 2017, 12:44:24 pm

On holiday on Arran last week red squirrels were frequent visitors in the cottage garden.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4474/37621589976_f902e1f93b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZjutZ3)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4449/37621590226_5058b8359a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Zjuu4m)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4456/36999773273_3f60d7932d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ynxvxp)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4451/37412522460_f38715b634_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Z11XuG)