Black Squirrel

lizzy · #1 (**permalink**) 27-10-2007, 05:37 AM

Hi everyone, I've been really busy working BUT in my free time, I've been camped out at one of my elderly clients homes trying to find her 'black squirrel'......however, it seems she hasn't quite lost her marbles as I saw it, on Friday 27th Oct, hopping gracefully about her pristine garden, digging up the food and eating, 6ft away from me, I must try and get a picture, it was really unusual, not at all dark grey but truly black, I was like "wow, oh my god, look, its real" If I get the picture I'll be posting it on here, along side my perching mandarin duck, which has been illusive of late.

Wild-Woman · #2 (**permalink**) 27-10-2007, 06:53 AM

Sounds like a melanistic form.If you can get a shot it would be great.

smartie · #3 (**permalink**) 27-10-2007, 07:09 AM

Interesting to know where in the country it was that you saw it. As we've said before in other threads, there are black squirrels in parts of North Herts and Cambridgeshire. I've two that live at the bottom of my garden.

Pete Collins · #4 (**permalink**) 27-10-2007, 01:10 PM

I've seen Black Squirrels here in Kensworth, South Beds., too - my parents have lived in the village for 50+ years, and the Black Squirrels have always been around as far as they can remember.

lizzy · #5 (**permalink**) 28-10-2007, 07:08 AM

I live in Cambridge, and this little chap, or chapette, is truly beautiful, I am seeing my client 3 times this week so I'll take my camera with me, watch this space.

smartie · #6 (**permalink**) 28-10-2007, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lizzy

I live in Cambridge, and this little chap, or chapette, is truly beautiful, I am seeing my client 3 times this week so I'll take my camera with me, watch this space.

Here is a picture of one of our local ones to be going on with.

Not truly "black" but very much darker than the average squirrel. The other one that lives in the garden is even darker but more elusive.

jakdaw · #7 (**permalink**) 29-10-2007, 01:04 PM

Wonderful pic smartie, thats a first for me, afew years ago,(well, about 25 to be exact

) we had a pure white wild rat on the farm where i worked, its the only rat i've never tried to shoot

vole-woman · #8 (**permalink**) 29-10-2007, 01:33 PM

Wow!

ron1863 · #9 (**permalink**) 31-10-2007, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lizzy

I live in Cambridge, and this little chap, or chapette, is truly beautiful, I am seeing my client 3 times this week so I'll take my camera with me, watch this space.

I'm confused - a squirrel for a client?