Formby Red Squirrels

Formby Red Squirrel, originally uploaded by KingKobra.

Ok, so its been ages since I updated the blog. I completely forgot about it.

Anyway, since my last entry, the 350D camera has been sold and replaced by a 40D. Nice upgrade for minimal cost after selling the 350D and a bit of kit that wasn't compatible.

Had a drive out to Liverpool today, or Formby to be more precise. There is a National Trust reserve, where they protect red squirrels, and seeing as I had never seen one in the wild, thought it might be worth the 180 mile round trip.

The weather had given ok for Liverpool, so headed out and arrived about midday. It was ckoudy, and freezing cold. So cold even the sand on the beach was almost frozen solid.

Spent about 2 hours wandering around the woodland, not seeing a single squirrel until the last five minutes, then this one appeared and hung around long enough to rattle off about 100 shots of it before it headed back into the trees.

It was great to actually see one, but sad that there weren't more about.