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The best picture you will see today?

(54 Posts)
Whitewavemark2 Sat 15-May-21 08:27:41

The person who took it said she pulled back her curtains and there in her window box - ta-da!

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Nov-21 20:36:59

What a beauty

Zoejory Sat 20-Nov-21 17:23:39

How gorgeous!

NotTooOld Sat 20-Nov-21 17:14:36

Squirrels! Am I the only one who thought they were fox cubs? blush

JaneJudge Sat 20-Nov-21 12:24:30

tanith

I saw that and she eats the meat too ?

I'd obviously blocked out that bit!

mumofmadboys Sat 20-Nov-21 10:46:11

Red squirrels in Cumbria

tanith Sat 20-Nov-21 10:40:42

I saw that and she eats the meat too ?

JaneJudge Sat 20-Nov-21 10:23:57

smile

did anyone see the woman on gogglebox last night who is killing grey squirrels and looks like she is going to make a huge squirrel costume to wear to do it?

We see a lot of black squirrel just lately

MiniMoon Sat 20-Nov-21 10:20:19

We have red squirrels in Northumberland too.

Witzend Sat 20-Nov-21 10:19:56

silverlining48

Haven’t checked dr google but think Scotland is the only place in the UK with red squirrels. We saw some in Switzerland years ago, apart from that it’s grey all the way. What a sweet photo.

I’ve seen them in a forest close to where a sister lives in the Yorkshire Dales, and she used to have one visiting her garden.

Only grey ones here alas (outer SW London) - little buggers endlessly trying to get into the bird feeders.

Gorgeous pic, WW!

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Nov-21 10:16:22

Hetty58

Those stick insects have come from NZ and like it here!

Oh that is interesting. Can’t say I’ve ever seen any in the wild though. If they are anything like the ones the GC used to keep they breed like mad!

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Nov-21 10:15:05

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tanith Sat 20-Nov-21 10:12:14

A lady took this pic in my local park we reckoned he was blowing his nose.

Hetty58 Sat 20-Nov-21 09:11:01

Those stick insects have come from NZ and like it here!

Hetty58 Sat 20-Nov-21 09:08:40

Wonderful!

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Nov-21 09:00:55

It is the symmetry that captured me.

Suki70 Sat 20-Nov-21 08:56:11

Wonderful photo, thanks for posting it WWM2

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Nov-21 06:57:46

Here is another glorious nature!

dustyangel Tue 24-Aug-21 08:25:30

I had no idea either Whitewave!!! That’s an amazing photograph.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 24-Aug-21 08:05:54

I had no idea that we have stick insects in the U.K.

But we do?

Shandy57 Sun 11-Jul-21 09:52:09

How lovely, wherever they are I hope they all survive. We do have reds in Northumberland, but sadly I've not seen one here in Warkworth for about ten years, I have only seen greys. Woodhorn colliery near Ashington used to have a feeder near the car park attendant's box, and stopped when the greys came.

Auntieflo Sun 11-Jul-21 09:33:48

Your picture is gorgeous WWM2.

My friend visited last week and showed me a photo of a hanging basket in her beautiful garden.
It had been occupied by a family of wrens. The basket was ruined, but the baby wrens were very happy.

PinkCakes Sun 11-Jul-21 01:29:21

That's gorgeous

Aldom Sat 10-Jul-21 22:11:13

Stunning photo. Countryfile Calendar material. I've seen Red squirrels in Poole, Dorset.

Gwyneth Sat 10-Jul-21 20:25:39

What an amazing photo and what a delight to wake up to ?

LauraNorder Sat 10-Jul-21 20:20:18

How lovely. So cute.
We have red squirrels on Anglesey