Beautiful Red Squirrel shot in one of the few areas in England where they still survive in the wild, Kielder Forest. These are really lovely animals, much smaller and more attractive (and more reclusive!) than the Grey. Unfortunately it was very dark in the forest and I wanted to shoot using natural light so had to use very high ISO hence the grain in the shot, but it was a real treat to watch them nevertheless.

Red Squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris
Body length 20-28cm

Our only native squirrel species. Easily told by orange-red fur and presence of ear tufts; tail usually paler than body, sometimes almost white. Has disappeared from much of former range. Now commonest in N England and Scottish Highlands. Isolated colonies elsewhere, for example, on Brownsea Island, Dorset.