The Living Forest (27) : Red squirrel

It’s end september, summer has gone and autumn is waiting to expand. Nature will change thoroughly in the weeks to come.

I made a 3 days hike in the ‘Hertogenwald’ (2nd greatest forest of Belgium) and spotted this Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) while jumping from tree to tree. It’s a shy animal but damned fast, always very active and never sat still for more then half a second. It took me a lot of patience to shoot this little fellow.

Dutch name : Eekhoorn
German name : Eichhörnchen
Latin name : Sciurus vulgaris