Black Squirrel

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SnappyMac
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Black Squirrel

Post by SnappyMac » Sun Jun 29, 2025 2:23 pm

Black Squirrel

Photo taken: In the garden.

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Species Information https://www.fairfieldparishcouncil.gov. ... squirrels/

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Linda257
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Re: Black Squirrel

Post by Linda257 » Sun Jun 29, 2025 5:35 pm

Oh wow!!!
Pardon the Scottish accent

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Re: Black Squirrel

Post by Jacksparrow » Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:24 pm

SnappyMac wrote:
Sun Jun 29, 2025 2:23 pm
Black Squirrel

Photo taken: In the garden.

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Black Squirrel by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information https://www.fairfieldparishcouncil.gov. ... squirrels/
I believe the black squirrels are a grey mutation and are fairly common in one small area. Is that area where you live or is that one new to you?

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Re: Black Squirrel

Post by SnappyMac » Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:53 pm

From the article I linked: Genetic tests revealed the British black is a direct descendant of the American black. It took just one cheeky squirrel to escape a zoo and mate with a grey. Now there are tens of thousands in the UK.

I am outside the main area that is south of us, but on the northern line route which may be the corridor. I have photographed one at the RSPB Sandy reserve, just north of us.

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