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Squirrel

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Squirrel with bushy tail on my garden fence yesterday. Looking in the wrong direction, the squirrel had probably retrieved a walnut that it had cached in my plant pots in autumn. The tree he is sitting “in” is my apple tree which was laden with fruit last autumn.

It’s an American grey squirrel that were introduced to Britain in the 1800’s I think? They have pushed the indigenous Red Squirrels out, which now live in the far north of the UK and in small enclaves in wilder areas. Even so I love having them as guests in my garden. X

Flying squirrel

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I just looked out of the window as a squirrel came flying past! I just saw the fluffy tail as it jumped from the fence onto one of the hanging basket brackets, then up onto the kitchen roof.

Why is it visiting us? WALNUTS! We have a walnut tree that we planted 25 years ago and it GREW. It must be 60 to 80 feet high. For years now we know when autumn is getting here when the squirrels arrive. Then they go on the a rampage and bury the walnuts. So sooner or later we have baby walnut saplings springing up all over the place. I don’t begrudge the squirrels, we have said we want a wildlife garden, and it is.