Not something you see every day !!

[Dislip2001]

[jagracer]

Not seeing it today either, wtf are we looking at?

[Cliftonite]

I don't even know what I am supposed to be seeing today!

[Pony]

squirrel stealing bird seed?

[Martin_M]

Why would you post a low quality picture and expect everyone to be able to make sense of it?

[Joey Ramone]

Lord Lucan?

[Dieter7S4]

It's Sooty, blacked up for covert ops!!!

[Dislip2001]

Well I am sorry but I can see what it is ! If you tap the photo to open the thumbsnap you can see its a black squirrel ! And as I say not something you see everyday , I'm sorry that it is low quality but it was taken with my I phone at a distance and then enlarged , thought it was an interesting photo but ho hum ! Maybe you've got st devices !!!

[Jasandjules]

Ah now you've said that I think I can make it out. That is cute.

[PoleDriver]

OP, do you live near Letchworth common?

[JJ55]

Dieter7S4 said:

It's Sooty, blacked up for covert ops!!!

[JJ55]

Dieter7S4 said:

It's Sooty, blacked up for covert ops!!!

[Dislip2001]

The photo was taken in harpenden where I'm working , my customer tells me there are 3 of them that frequent her garden !!

[Simpo Two]

Dislip2001 said:

Well I am sorry but I can see what it is ! If you tap the photo to open the thumbsnap you can see its a black squirrel ! And as I say not something you see everyday , I'm sorry that it is low quality but it was taken with my I phone at a distance and then enlarged , thought it was an interesting photo but ho hum ! Maybe you've got st devices !!!

If you want people to look at your photo, make it easy for them. Right click, view image info, copy/paste with pic tags:



Still no idea what it is though, could be the back end of a small beaver.

[bexVN]

Of course you know what it is, you took the photo

I couldn't make it out at all but can just about now you have pointed it out, never heard of black squirrels before, guess there is a genetic 'twist' in a nearby family. And yes it is interesting but a hint would have been nice!

[Dislip2001]

I hadn't heard of a black squirrel either, so I googled it and apparently they were brought over from North America by the duke of Bedford and he either released them or they escaped and they have spread from that ! But I'm willing to be corrected !😃 if wrong !

[PoleDriver]

The reason I asked is that there are a large number (or were) living on Letchworth common... Maybe the reason why there's a pub there called the Black Squirrel.
When my parents were living in Stotfold there was a pair who would visit them every day demanding food!

[Mr GrimNasty]

Dislip2001 said:

I hadn't heard of a black squirrel either, so I googled it and apparently they were brought over from North America by the duke of Bedford and he either released them or they escaped and they have spread from that ! But I'm willing to be corrected !?? if wrong !

They can occur in any population of squirrels, just like white ones or true albinos, they don't need to be imported, they just spontaneously occur every now and then.

[kowalski655]

Surely in these PC days,they are "squirrels of colour"?

[Cudd Wudd]

Here's one from Letchworth (ipad quality, so not great). Also home to the UK's first roundabout.

Two fascinating insights to my home town.