guided fishing (Pike, Perch, Burbot) and bird watching holidays (Great Grey Owl and Capercaillie) in Northern Sweden with the opportunity to witness the northern lights and spot moose
Swedish Red squirrel….red to silver to black fur…..they live alongside us all year. Now the snow is here they change colour.
Last week we had day and night temperatures of minus 8 and the 900 hectare lake at the bottom of our garden froze. Now you can cross the lake on a quad bike or ski.
Early November ice forming on the lake. Photo by sweden fishing and birding.Frozen lake and skiing one week later (mid November). You can see our nest box on the tree that the Red squirrel used. Photo by sweden fishing and birding.
This week we had day and night temperatures around zero that brought snow. The Red squirrel that bred in our lakeside nest box have relocated to the warmer barn; where they are closer to food.
Our Owl / Goldeneye Duck / Red Squirrel box which Red squirrel had young in this year. Photo by sweden fishing and birding. They had three young that quickly dispersed. With Red fox, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk and Owls they need to be alert. They shared keeping watch with the Great spotted woodpecker and Great tits that nested nearby. An alarm call from one set them all off!
Red squirrel Drey in our barn. This is where the squirrel have moved to now. Photo by sweden fishing and birding. They have other stick Dreys in nearby trees and seem to rotate where they stay from night to night.
Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in summer red fur in a tree in our forest. Photo by sweden fishing and birding.
Red squirrel in our garden showing fur colour transition from red to silver to black with growing ear tufts in late Autumn. Photo by sweden fishing and birding.
Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in winter fur on our feeding station. Photo by sweden fishing and birding. There was a stiff breeze when this photo was taken, so the fur lies smooth. In February when we get minus 33 degrees the fur puffs up hugely to hold in warmth.
So there we go. Another example of our wonderful wild neighbours here in Northern Sweden.
You can watch them from the caravan where you stay with us, in our barn, on our lawn, next to the lake and in our forest.
