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Red Squirrel - Wildwood, Kent, England - Sunday March 15th 2009.
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Well, for those of you keeping up..lol....I did indeed venture out yesterday, even though I really wasn't up for it....but with the sun out and the blue sky's...I threw caution to the wind and out I popped..:O))
So as you can see, I ended up at Wildwood in Kent...where I managed to capture my first EVER half decent Red Squirrel image, the last time I was there it was far to dark and cloudy and all my shots were blurred and rubbish..:O((
So it was indeed worth the trip out...and I also became a member....at £3 a month...by direct debit every month.....which is great if I go quite often...but if I don't...then hey...I'm keeping this lil guy in Nuts n Melons...lol....which is worth £3 of anybody's money...:O))

Anyhoo...it's still sunny and warm at the moment, tiss just a pity I've got to work...you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be rubbish again at the weekend though...and they even say it will be cold, windy and snowy next week....Hmmmm, no problem with me...well so long as it snows..lol..:O))
And on that note....have a great week everybody..:O))

Oh...and sorry for my lack of visits over the weekend, I was dog tired...hence not really wanting to go out yesterday....I will try and catch up with all your wonderful streams when I can..:O)))

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel (genus Sciurus). A tree-dwelling omnivorous rodent, the red squirrel is common throughout Eurasia.
In Great Britain and Ireland, numbers have decreased drastically in recent years, in part because of the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) from North America
Description ~ The red squirrel has a typical head-and-body length of 19 to 23 cm (7.5 to 9 in), a tail length of 15 to 20 cm (5.9 to 7.9 in) and a mass of 250 to 340 g (8.8 to 12 oz). It is not sexually dimorphic, as males and females are the same size. The red squirrel is somewhat smaller than the eastern grey squirrel which has a head-and-body length of 25 to 30 cm (9.5 to 12 in) and weighs between 400 and 800 g (14 oz to 1.8 lb). It is thought that the long tail helps the squirrel to balance and steer when jumping from tree to tree and running along branches and may keep the animal warm during sleep.
The coat of the red squirrel varies in colour with time of year and location. There are several different coat colour morphs ranging from black to red. Red coats are most common in Great Britain; in other parts of Europe and Asia different coat colours co-exist within populations, much like hair colour in some human populations. The underside of the squirrel is always white-cream in colour. The red squirrel sheds its coat twice a year, switching from a thinner summer coat to a thicker, darker winter coat with noticeably larger ear-tufts (a prominent distinguishing feature of this species) between August and November. A lighter, redder overall coat colour, along with the larger ear-tufts (in adults) and much smaller size, distinguish the Eurasian red squirrel from the American eastern grey squirrel.
The red squirrel, like most tree squirrels, has sharp, curved claws to enable it to climb and descend broad tree trunks, thin branches and even house walls. Its strong hind legs enable it to leap gaps between trees.The red squirrel also has the ability to swim.

Cultural and economic significance ~ In Norse mythology, Ratatosk is a red squirrel who runs up and down with messages in the world tree, Yggdrasill, and spreads gossip. In particular, he ferried insults between the eagle Veðrfölnir at the top of Yggdrasill and the dragon Níðhöggr beneath its roots.
The red squirrel used to be widely hunted for its pelt. In Finland squirrel pelts were used as currency in ancient times, before the introduction of coinage. The expression "squirrel pelt" is still widely understood there to be a reference to money.

Taken on: March 15, 2009

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