[Marinam2]

Looky what I found in my garden yesterday............


Yes folks its BLACK!!

Marina

 

[feorag]

Wow! Lucky you! Feed him, feed him, encourage him!

Good job he's not in Northumberland cos he'd be dead now!

 

[l1zardchick]

omg wow never seen one that colour

 

[feorag]

omg wow never seen one that colour

Have a look on my red squirrel thread http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/other-reptiles-exotics-pets/63867-more-my-red-squirrels.html
There's some mention of the blacks and a link to an article.

 

[Marinam2]

We do our weekly shop on a friday so i picked up a whole load of nuts in the bag or him/her. We used to have a grey that just chewed the bottom off the bags and ate all the nuts from the floor so hopefully this one will be a bit smarter.
The blacks are slightly bigger as well.
Marina

 

[Esarosa]

oh wow that's gorgeous!

 

[joe0709]

wow never seen one that colour before

 

[Tina]

Oh, he's lovely, lucky you.

I get loads of grey squirrels in my garden from the woods behind the house and I love watching them. Thanks for the link about the black ones Eileen, that's really interesting.

 

[Niccired]

awwwwwwwwww its lovely-never seen a black one before!!! You must be a lucky person!!!- put the lottery on for tonight!!! :lol2:

 

[Finch]

Av seen a black one befor they are nice but are getting taken over by the red squirrel. so inless something is done about it they might not be around for much longer.

 

[CWD]

iv never seen a black 1

 

[slither]

Av seen a black one befor they are nice but are getting taken over by the red squirrel. so inless something is done about it they might not be around for much longer.

I don't see how thats possible. The blacks are melanistic greys and it's widely known that eastern greys are responsible for the demise of the native reds.

 

[Finch]

I don't see how thats possible. The blacks are melanistic greys and it's widely known that greys are responsable for the demise of the native reds.

lol i thought it was the red that was taking over lol shows how much i know about them.

 

[feorag]

I don't see how thats possible. The blacks are melanistic greys and it's widely known that greys are responsable for the demise of the native reds.

Sorry Finch, he's right they're chasing our reds all the way up to Scotland. That's why I said if it was in Northumberland it would be dead.

DEFRA have funded a 3 year project to protect the reds by creating a 5Km 'buffer zone' to keep the greys out - so far this year they've killed 4,050 greys!

 

[Finch]

If thats the case then we should kill most of them and use them for meat av got know problem eating a squirrel.

 

[Andy b 1]

cute squirrel

 

[Trice]

Ooooo Quite nice

 

[FreddiesMum]

Wow that is really cute :smile:

 

[j squaesar]

wow :shock: nver seen or heard of a black squirl befor

 

[holo255]

cool didn't know you could get black squirrels!