What have you seen

As we were coming down the Chapel House forest road, above Newby Bridge, this afternoon a Red Squirrel trotted across infront of me. This is the first time that we've seen one this far south in the Lakes.

Returning to the van this evening saw a Black Squirrel, only the second I’ve seem.  Now I know roughly where it is I’ll try for a photo in the couple of days

It's quite a weird experience as you think you just seen a dark Red Squirrel. Good spot though OP.

Were you in The Black Forest by any chance?

Great spot...put's my sighting of a Red one into insignificance, I guess.

I have never seen a grey squirrel in Germany, plenty of Reds.  Never seen one in the Black Forest 😉 The other place we’ve seen them is the Harz Mountains where they are quite common

Got a good pic of a red running along a wall at High Cup Nick 

Farewell to the Swallows, they are gathering in huge numbers overhead and on the wires. Don't know whether they are are ours or yours but they're feeding themselves up for the long journey south. Lovely to hear and see them, it's quite a noisy get together! 

Hi Brue more swallows around here again and after coming back from shopping and meeting up with friends and once home found on the back of my car just under number plate a Jersey Tiger like you saw the other day so had to be quick with the camera as I do not use phone camera much.

That's so interesting RedKite, to see two of the Jersey Tigers on here. We have seen a lot more butterflies this year so I'm pleased to see your photo too.

I hope the Swallows have a safe passage, they are wonderful little creatures. 

Lots of swallows here in Bavaria but it looks like they are feeding their young

I was talking to the Site Manager at Cardoness a week or so ago and he said that the House Martins nesting under the eves of his house were feeding their second brood when the storm the previous night had completed wiped out the nests and all were lost. Such a pity, but I guess that's nature in the raw.