Reece Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 This morning I went to some woodland near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales to try and see the red squirrels there, as I had never seen one in real life before. I had to walk for a few kilometres to get to the woodland. Once I got to there, I glimpsed my first one that was on a wall on the woodland edge. It ran off into the trees and once I got into the wood there was no sign of it. I kept going and got to a dry stone wall, and there was one on the other side. I chucked some peanuts and sunflower seeds as far as I could over the wall and waited, peering over the top. In minutes there was a handful of red squirrels running around in front of me on the other side of the wall. After a while they ran through the gap in the wall less than a metre from where I was sat and started running around on the other side as well. They came pretty close, as I was sat still (except for slowly panning my phone camera) in dull trousers and a camouflage coat. One climbed onto the wall I was peering over. A few were running around a few metres away from me. One even climbed over the boot of my welly at one point. They kept running through the gap in the wall next to where I was sat. I was surprised by how close some of them got. It was brilliant and I definitely intend to go back at some point. I took lots of videos of them using my phone (otherwise I'd just have loads of blurry photos). I'm having problems uploading to youtube at the moment, but here are some screenshots of the best bits. I may get some of the best videos later if I can sort youtube out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 They are an amazing colour. Brilliant photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Great stuff :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 great pics of a lovely little animal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malmick Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Brilliant, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guerini Guy Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Excellent - cheered me up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les*1066 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 That's made my day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Lovely to see ....Ive still got some on 2 of my permissions.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Great to see the pics, Missed your posts on here mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENGRASS Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Great work and worth the hike. GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Great photos,it's a pity we don't still see them round the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) I managed to upload one of the videos to youtube. All the videos were taken in full HD but unfortunately when I upload them it uploads a lower quality one for some reason. Good enough for now though. EDIT: HD seems to have sorted itself out after just leaving it for a while. Press play and click the settings icon along the bottom (looks like a cog) and select a higher quality. Might try to get some more uploaded tomorrow. Edited April 5, 2015 by Reece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Here's another one of the videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 That was lovely to watch them. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ca$h Money Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Not seen any reds for a while. nice to see, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Gorgeous little creatures . I used to see them regularly in a piece of woodland that I used to shoot . I spent many hours shooting the greys to try and protect them . I think I almost got on top of the job ,and then the ownership of the wood changed and I lost the shooting rights . Haven't been in the wood for a long time and don't know how the Reds fared . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superspark Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Nice pictures there fella, nice to see those lovely Reds. I spend a lot of my time shooting the bloody greys, their everywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dob Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 He seems very tame, saw my first kingfisher the other day it's great to find wildlife that's usually very ilusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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