[hawkinspeter]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/12/the-secret-lives-of-grey-squirrels-the-telly-was-off-the-wall-plates-were-smashed-furniture-was-ripped

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[hawkinspeter]

wycombewheeler wrote:

Steve K wrote:

My wife is upset with me because, when we were on the Isle of Wight last week, I saw a red squirrel and she didn’t.

I’ve never seen on on the isle of wight either, but I did see one in the lake district last year.

Mrs HawkinsPeter and I both saw a gang of red squirrels in the lake district a few years ago. They were in a fenced of bit of garden by Allan Bank.

[mark1a]

I’ve seen a few on Brownsea

I’ve seen a few on Brownsea Island (Poole harbour), greys haven’t managed to get there yet. 

[Steve K]

lonpfrb wrote:

lonpfrb wrote:

Steve K wrote:

Coincidentally, I saw this map on twitter today.

A shocking change but ‘twitter’ is no data provenance so please advise the source?

Free speech cuts both ways; has no limit and has no weight.

@amazingmap on twitter, but otherwise source not given.

[wycombewheeler]

Steve K wrote:

My wife is upset with me because, when we were on the Isle of Wight last week, I saw a red squirrel and she didn’t.

I’ve never seen on on the isle of wight either, but I did see one in the lake district last year.

[lonpfrb]

Steve K wrote:

Steve K wrote:

Coincidentally, I saw this map on twitter today.

A shocking change but ‘twitter’ is no data provenance so please advise the source?

Free speech cuts both ways; has no limit and has no weight.

[Steve K]

Thanks.  I suspect the pic

Thanks.  I suspect the pic would be just rubbing it in.  My sighting was on the edge of Appley Park in Ryde, so I guess that was a West Side Squirrel.

Coincidentally, I saw this map on twitter today.

 

[chrisonabike]

The marketing trolls from

The marketing trolls from Brewdog got him.

[David9694]

Where is hawkinspeter with a

Where is hawkinspeter with a picture of a squirrel in a smoking jacket and a wide brimmed brandy glass? 

[hawkinspeter]

Steve K wrote:

My wife is upset with me because, when we were on the Isle of Wight last week, I saw a red squirrel and she didn’t.

Well here’s a pic you can show her if that helps

Apparently there’s a genetic difference between the west-side and east-side squirrels there. https://onthewight.com/isle-of-wights-red-squirrels-scientists-reveal-surprising-findings/

[chrisonabike]

The little grey bandits even

The little grey bandits even drank all the cooking brandy!

[David9694]

Been back here time and again

Been back here time and again and the red critters have been a no-show 

https://trewithengardens.co.uk/trewithen-gardens/wildlife/red-squirrels/

fool me once..l

[David9694]

the Guardian article was a

the Guardian article was a bit on the long side for me, but when I read ‘The telly was off the wall, plates were smashed,’ I’m thinking there’s no chance that they left teenagers home alone for Easter or something, a Facebook/ friends of friends party ensued and now the squirrels are getting the blame? 

[Steve K]

My wife is upset with me

My wife is upset with me because, when we were on the Isle of Wight last week, I saw a red squirrel and she didn’t.

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