The other evening I was sitting in the sitooterie reading whilst I waited for guests to arrive. My other half had received his new camera that morning and was putting it through its paces. You know the kind of thing - silly photos of me and zooming in and out of plants with his new 10x lens.
Red squirrels are frequent visitors to our garden. They usually appear between 7 and 8am for breakfast and hang upside down for ages on the bird feeders extracting as much as possible. It was no surprise to see one that evening at 7pm having its last meal of the day from their usual place.
Suddenly though, it rushed across the lawn, jumped up onto a stone by the water feature, then nipped into a nearer stone and had a lengthy drink from the bottom well! This photo is its arrival at the water feature and the photo of it having a drink has gone forward to a national competition (I'll post that one at a later date).
To think all this happened within half a minute of time was incredible! Nature is always full of surprises.
A link which may be of interest to you: Highland red squirrels
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