[West Ender]

We are over-run with grey squirrels here, they run along the fence-tops and pinch bird food from gardens. I sometimes put nuts out on the patio for them but they'll only take them early in the morning. At Dunham Massey, a National Trust house and grounds near Altrincham and only a couple of miles from me, they are so tame they will take food from your fingers. They sit next to the path leading to the house and wait to be fed.

I can't remember the last time I saw a red squirrel but when I was first married and lived out in the country, in Rutland, there were lots of them. Such a shame they have been replaced by the greys in so many places.