albino – WrAnTz

Back Again

Yes, back again, both me and the albino squirrel.

I’ll post more about my absence in the future but, for now this post is about the squirrel.

I don’t know if it’s the same one but we have had several visits this year.

And, I don’t know if this individual is particularly stupid but if he just turned 180° he would have easy access to the sunflower kernels that he is currently fighting to get at thru the stainless steel mesh.

The seeds are put out mainly for the birds but I don’t begrudge the squirrels having a feed too. Their acrobatics are always a joy to watch and as I write this post there are two greys alternately raiding the feeders and chasing each other around my garden.

Enjoy!

View From The Conservatory

View From The Conservatory

Grey squirrel with an albino in the background. The albino has been hanging around for a few weeks now.

View From The Conservatory

I See Wild Animals

Do you ever see wild animals?

Do I ever see wild animals ? Yes, I do !

Living in a semi rural location means that on occasions, we are visited by various types of wildlife.

Focussing on our garden, we are regularly visited by foxes, hedgehogs, and squirrels.

Just today, maybe an hour ago, we were visited by this albino squirrel.

You would think that albino squirrels are rare, but we have had several visit us over the 30-plus years that we have lived here.

Other visitors to our garden, over and above the usual garden birds, we have had the occasional sparrow hawk and even a couple of pheasants.

Outside of our garden, I have seen badgers, foxes, and regularly see deer.

And last, but not least, here is a slow worm that came out from under our new deck last year.

View From The Conservatory

I was both astounded and disappointed to discover that my last “View” was posted just over a year ago. I know that we have been busy and there have been other more recent posts.

Admittedly, the conservatory has been rebuilt and we did take off to Australia for three months followed by a month in France and a fortnight in Antigua. There have been several lesser UK based jaunts. However, we have also spent time at home and I have had my camera to hand. So, feeling suitably ashamed, here is a compilation of pictures taken over the last few weeks. We are now into the UK summer season and the garden plants are growing like crazy.

First up then is a regular subject, squirrels. Once again we are being visited by the albino variety.

As you can see they do have the requisite pink eyes.

Here in the UK squirrels are sometimes referred to as tree rats. The example above is the most rat-like squirrel I have ever seen.

Of course we do have an abundance of the grey variety. Just a few days ago there were four greys in the garden. Of course my camera was out of reach and since these guys were raiding the bird feeders, any movement on my part just scared them away.

Grey Squirrel – Taking the rays

Grey Squirrel – So much ginger it’s almost red

Grey Squirrel – So hungry after eating the bird food, it’s eating a stick

Grey Squirrel

Grey Squirrel – Softening a bread crust in the bird bath

I thought that the pure grey squirrels would have attacked the albino, but apparently not. Judging by the shenanigans going on, high up in the trees, I believe the albino may have found a partner. Maybe we’ll see some piebald babes around this year.

As I mentioned earlier, there are many flowers on show already. So, just a few snaps ….

This Iris was discovered in a shady overgrown area of the garden. It was not planted by us and, as we are the only owners of this property since it was built, we have no idea how the Iris arrived. Pretty though.

We have a few rose bushes, which we did plant….