Squirreling

This actually refers to an incident in the copse. Though the squirrel below is a mother waiting for a safe time to get peanuts from my garden.

So, I was in the copse and went to sit with the Juvenile Oak. I was listening to birds and I saw a squirrel who ran up a tree.

As I sat, i thought I could hear a creature rustling around just behind my right shoulder. I stayed very still.

Eventually I realised that my ears had deceived me and it was the squirrel who was inspecting what was either a squirrel dray or a crows' nest in a nearby tree.

The squirrel came down and passed across the wood's floor in front of me.

It was jumping in a leaden way - not bounding as they usually do.

I saw it was carrying something in its mouth.

It was something the size of a baby squirrel or a baby crow. It looked pinky brown.

Maybe this squirrel did want to steal a baby?