Christmas visitor

A red squirrel, his coat dark and fluffy appeared to enjoy a Christmas Day breakfast of peanuts, his tail curled neatly over his back as he fed. There is something very endearing about the way squirrels hold nuts in their forepaws to nibble them. Chaffinches, Coal tits, Great tits and Blue tits all flocked to the feeder, perching in a nearby birch tree and dashing down to the feeder. There were several squabbles. A Robin took advantage of fragments of food which fell to the ground and an occasionally a crested tit darted in to feed.

At mid day a pleasant walk by the Spey and in late afternoon we caught the sunset over the frozen Loch.

A good day