2014
SZ5785 : "I'm not coming down!"
taken 10 years ago, near to Alverstone, Isle of Wight, England
"I'm not coming down!"
Seen at the Alverstone Mead Nature Reserve, on the Isle of Wight. This lactating female was photographed on 11th April, by one of the Warden's team, feeding her two squirrel kittens; a very rare capture.
I did not see her kittens, but found her sunning herself on a log. I called, waved a hazelnut, and she came bounding towards me. This resulted in 25 minutes of squirrel/human interaction, during which time she took several hazelnuts from my hand. This was cut short when two dogs came running along the path. The squirrel climbed up the nearest tree!
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