Only yesterday we were thrilled to see a red squirrel in our road and attacking the small birds' seed feeders. Then, today, we came through to breakfast to find a rabbit on the far side of the road along with a squirrel - the same one as yesterday or another one - but....
....this one, from the way it was squatting in the middle of the road balled up with its head tucked between its feet ignoring everything that was going on around it, was one very sad, sick squirrel.
On approach, it gathered itself enough to move from the centre of the road into the undergrowth where it was less likely to be troubled by people like me, and - more important - less likely to be seen and attacked by one of the voracious crows that are being driven mad, as are we, by the constant, cawing demands of their teenage young.
One of our neighbours who, like us, does everything she can to draw the local wildlife into her garden, warned us some time ago that the local red squirrels were susceptible to disease.
We badly needed cheering up, and a little light relief was provided by this rabbit resident of the back garden, who decided to show how totally the rabbit population has now taken control of OUR garden by sitting on top of a large boulder to survey its domain. This sense of ownership was further demonstrated by....
....the ongoing demolition of our pansies. To be honest, we don't mind: I'd rather have some happy rabbits than the pansies, on condition that they don't go down with a horrible disease.
It definitely feels like "nature red in tooth and claw" is being played out in your posts at the moment. I'm sorry to hear about the disease, but glad the rabbits are thriving.
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