Black Squirrels

[Sir Tifiable]

Just seen one. I had no idea such a creature existed, but a quick Wiki search tells me they are quite common, albeit in the south of England, having descended from zoo escapees there.

[slowfen]

They occur in a number of other places, can be due to melanism as wel as various sports

[border-rider]

They occur in a number of other places, can be due to melanism as wel as various sports

Yes - we saw a black "red" squirrel in France somewhere.  I think the ones here are mostly melanistic greys

You get white/albino sports as well.

[Sir Tifiable]

White squirrels too? Very rare?

[Mrs Pingu]

We saw a black shqrl in Franconia last summer. It ran across the road in front of me and disappeared into what looked like mourners arriving for a wake. Shpooky.
Having seen a red a couple of hours earlier I assume it was a dark variant of the red.

[Robbo5]

White squirrels too? Very rare?

Red squirrels bleach to very pale brown if they are in the sun a lot.

[Jaded]

Baldock has black squirrels.

[Wowbagger]

So does Girton College.

[Jaded]

So does Girton College.

But are they Comprehensive or Private? Hmmm? 

[Sir Tifiable]

Baldock has black squirrels.

Yes, the Wikipedia page said there are as many blacks as greys around Letchworth. Genetic tags suggest they are American black squirrels which escaped from a local zoo.