This is the link to last years thread https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196151/mainly-mammals-2018#pifragment-4271=26
A bit late starting this off, but here we go with a Coypu trying to hide in some reeds & then disappearing off. Photos from mid january.
All contributions welcome!
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
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Lot to learn
This thread must have slipped through the listing somewhere.
What fabulous photos all, It's now bookmarked.
Here's a cheeky grey squirrel getting on the bird feeder
And a majestic buck, getting some rest in before the rut starts....
Mike
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gaynorsl said:That squirrel is a regular on your feeder Mike by the look of the chewing it has done!! Fabulous shots of both squidge and stag.
That one and a few others, and most likely this years young has joined the adults....
They've even tried to squeeze through the bars on the other feeders, with one getting stuck, though it did free itself after a while.
PimperneBloke said:I can't garner any warmth towards grey squirrels I'm afraid, but that's an absolute stunner of a buck. Is the one in the background white, or is it the bright sunlight making it look pale?
While I respect them as part of nature, I too don't hold much feeling towards them either.
My reason being, they're not an indigenous species. However, with a sensible level of sympathy, it isn't their fault, it was man who introduced them to the UK.
Reference the white buck, you are quite correct, here he is in all his relaxed glory, cropped from another photo.