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Photographer’s Note

A red squirrel tucking into hazlenuts. This shot was taken at Whinfell Forest near Penrith. This is a conservation area for red squirrels, hence the provision of food. The numbers are closely monitored as the species is at risk due to the inroduction of the grey squirrel.
The shot is not great quality as it was taken with the digital zoom without a tripod.

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angelsimon (2466) 2007-05-21 20:31

Hi Jean.
A very amazing shot. I like the annimal eating, giving a lot of dinamism to the picture. Regards from Spain.
Angel.

nels (2455) 2007-05-22 10:25

hi jean,, nice shot of a rare animal seen plenty of grey squirrels but never a red one in the wild tfs

adrian

patdeph (17462) 2007-05-22 11:54

hi Jean
you were very lucky to see this little squirel so near you!It is so busy eating that it didn't pay attention to you.Nice and lovely picture.Have a nice evening.
Pascale

Rev (1782) 2007-05-22 12:41

Hi Jean
A delightful shot of this squirrel.
The colour and light is excellent.
Well done on your zoom.
Regards
Peter

jaywalker (12186) 2007-05-22 17:46

Hello Jean, Well what can I say, 'love it' a red squirrel & what a great pose, this is a wonderful capture & superb timing as it eats it's nut, TFS, kind regards Wilson.

feather (49848) 2007-05-24 11:26

This is not a common sight to see these red squirrels; no wonder you were delighted. As you say using the digital zoom isn't good for quality but you have captured him fairly clearly. I hope you don't mind I tried a WS
Kath

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