[clydesdaleclopper]

Coming home yesterday I saw a squirrel in one of our fields. It was a red squirrel BUT it's tail was a pale cream colour. I've never seen one like this before. Anyone know why it would look so strange - it certainly hasn't had the colour bleached out by all the sun 

[Factotum]

According to the link, they can have 'blonde' tails - perhaps that's what you saw.

See:http://www.redsquirrelsofthehighlands.co.uk/blog/2011/6/9/have-you-seen-this-before


And, the next link indicates that some get bleached ear tufts and tails and go blond in June.

See:http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/naturallyscottish/redsquirrel.pdf

Wonderful little creatures and amazing to watch.

Sue

[jaykay]

We have them here with tails ranging from black, through red, to blonde. Aren't they lovely