Cottage Diary - Aspenwood self catering luxury Holiday Cottage overlooking Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland.

Seen numerous native red squirrels dashing across the road as we drive into Inverness and seen a few even closer to home. Several have run across our driveway with their bushy tails flying behind them and then up into Farigaig forest beyond. One came very near to the house and sat on the old wheelbarrow by the side of the garage and posed for this photo. The next minute he dived up into the hazel trees and came down with a bunch of hazel nuts in his mouth which he took back to the nearby drey. He returned and did this nifty performance several times to stock up his larder. Plenty of hazel trees in the vicinity so will have to keep a look out for these little acrobats.

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