Forest How - Eskdale

England 2025 - Day 19

Another great day today. It started as we waited for the local 'squirrel sniper' to try and eradicate a grey squirrrel who had infiltrated the territory of the local red squirrels. Greys are an introduced feral species and infect the reds with the deadly squirrel pox. The sniper did his job and the grey was no more. We were then taken down to check the 'drey' (nest) of the red squirrel 'Hilary' who has recently had babies and we were lucky enough to see her and her 4 babies in the trees. Very special.Read more