Squirrels

Grey and black squirrels

Look at their acrobatic moves, looking for food to keep their tummies filled. Enjoy these speedy tree climbers.

Update 12.05.23

Don't blink or you'll miss it

Yummy food

A rather skinny looking squirrel, in need of some food

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Update 05.05.23

Waggle that tail

Chasing game

Going bonkers

Yummy nuts

Not being picky

Off it goes

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Update 28.04.23

A drink to keep you going

Foraging for breakfast

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Update 21.04.23

Don't know what was in the water

Oh no the water is gone

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Update 03.03.23

Squirrel having a nibble

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Update 10.02.23

Squirrel with sliding backlegs

The blackbird and the squirrel

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Update 27.01.23

Which water bowl tastes better?

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Update 13.01.23

Frozen waterbowls, I'm off

The water is back and the squirrel

Crazy squirrel

Just passing through

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Update 16.12.22

I'm sure I put it here somewhere

Quick drink and off

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Update 09.12.22

Looking for your breakfast

That's your lunch sorted

And for dessert there's water

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Update 02.12.22

Letting out your inner meerkat, whilst looking for nuts.

Take your pick

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Update 25.11.22

Can't find your secret nut hiding place?

That water is delicious

Always be on your guard whilst drinking

Which bowl has tastier water?

The big one for sure

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Update 18.11.22

No other squirrel will find this carefully hidden nut

Oopsie, apparently someone has been looking down from up the tree and will find treasure

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Update 11.11.22

Perfect tree climber

Look at how it's clinging on the the tree with its hind legs

Catch me if you can

That is lovely water

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Update 04.11.22

Squirrel in between the Golden leaf carpet

Where did I bury that tasty nut?

Well we know where this squirrel buried its tasty nut

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Update 21.10.22

Happy little squirrel

Squirrel in the dark

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Update 14.10.22

Thirsty squirrel

Searching for treasure

Back for more

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Update 23.09.22

Now were did I leave that nut?

What has gotten in to this squirrel????

Ninja squirrel returns

Time for a drink and a snack

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Update 22.07.22

Unsure squirrel

Black squirrel looking for food

Who's boss?

What a poser

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Update 15.07.22

Baby squirrel alert

First time that we see a baby squirrel here, they are just a bit smaller and less chuncky

Black squirrel striking a pose

Are there any nuts left?

Finding treasure

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Update 01.07.22

Yum, yum

And that is what a squirrel's tail look like up close

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Update 24.06.22

I'm sooo thirsty

When you have to express your in inner meerkat

Oh no I've lost it

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Update 17.06.22

Squirrel acrobats (click here to view)

Black squirrel searching for nuts and having drink (click here to view)

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Update 27.05.22

Who's behind the fluffy tail?

You need to keep hydrated, and show your friends the best place to to that

You need to keep hydrated, and show your friends the best place to to that (click here)

Black squirrel is filling its tummy again

Oops found out eating again

He just can't get enough

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Update 20.05.22

Hello there long time no see

Are there any nuts here?

I found them

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Update 01.04.22

Black squirrel on the look out

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Update 25.03.22

Munch, munch, munch

Black squirrel foraging

Due to the sunlight you can actually see that its tail is not that big underneath all that fluff

Still enough food to find

Squirrel's tail with a life of its own

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Update 18.03.22

The black squirrel and the woodpigeon

Food search

No drink, then food will do

I need a drink

The black squirrel's larder is still well stocked, look at it go

Grey squirrel and black squirrel going about their business side by side

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Update 11.03.22

Where oh where is it?

When you have to you have to go

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Update 04.03.22

Yummy, yummy I love my food

Now where did I hide that nut?

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Update 25.02.22

Yummy, yummy I love my food

Hard to find food with all these leaves

These nuts are lovely

First a drink then the food

A surprise snack in the waterbowl

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Update 11.02.22

Does the water taste better in bowl left or right?

One very thirsty squirrel

Seeing double

Definitely the right one

Look at them go in the background, little tree acrobats

Catch me if you can!

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Update 04.02.22

The black squirrel is back again

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Update 28.01.22

The only squirrel sighting this week

The waterbowls have nearly disappeared under all the leaves.

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Update 21.01.22

Time for a drink

Is there still any water left?

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Black squirrel foraging, click here

What happened to my tummy, where is the black fur?

So much food, if only I could find it.

Squirrel drinking and feeding

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Update 17.12.21

Is my treasure still there?

Can you see what surprising food the squirrel is eating

If you look close you can see that it is eating a fresh young mushroom head. Who would have guessed?

Squirrel does it again

Isn't it cute?

No not this time

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Update 10.12.21

Munch, Munch

Is there any food here?

Found it

I just can't stop eating

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One happy squirrel

Update 03.12.21

What a poser

Magpies and squirrel

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Update 26.11.21

They seem to be coming from everywhere

Black squirrel enjoying the good life

This black squirrel certainly has bulked up a bit, probably feasting on all the nuts here. If the animal eats well it has a better chance of surviving the winter.

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Update 19.11.21

Squirrel enjoying it's time at the waterbowl (click on here to load)

Where did I bury my nuts? (clicker here to load)

Clever squirrel, look at the top right of the screen to see the squirrel hanging on the gate, which is quite slippery.

Enjoy your drink

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Update 12.11.21

Black squirrel

Lightning McSquirrel

Just relax with a nut

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Update 05.11.21

Caching

Is a tactic that a lot of animals use in Autumn or just before Winter. It is the process where small mammals, rodents and some birds bury their food (mainly nuts) in holes that they dig underground.

The reason animals such as squirrels or rodents cache is in order to have enough food to survive the Winter. That is why they do it in Autumn. The caching animal will usually bury its food in several different places, because some are dug up by other animals like foxes.

Foxes can cache as well (they will bury the caught prey to eat later), but usually dig up other caches instead. Caching animals are: mink, squirrels, certain types of mice and hamsters, nuthatch and jays.

Fun fact

Hedgehogs don’t actually cache, they dig up other animal’s caches in the winter!

Cache (said cash)

Caches (said cashes)

Caching (said cashing)

Some serious caching going on here

First you need to check if the nut is worth caching, so you have a little nibble, if so then you bury it. Look at its little paws covering the soil. Then you need to check that no one has seen where it's buried.

Well, well, well, what have we got here?

Black squirrel

Black squirrels were imported from North America and then escaped from private zoos. The first was spotted near Letchworth in 1912; today black squirrels are most commonly seen across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. It has been thought there are around 25,000 in Britain.

Someone's not happy with this black squirrel

'Get out of here' thinks the grey squirrel

Let us take a closer look at you

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Update 14.10.21

Now that's what you could call a gobstopper

Squirrels are really busy this time of year with collecting nuts, like this hazelnut, that they will bury until the winter arrives, when they dig it up and eat it. That is if the nut is still there, because some other squirrels keep an eye out to see if they can steel some.