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    These were taken in the Killhope lead mine forest. The mine has long since ceased to be operational,however weardale council had the foresight to run it as a working Museum.Its about 1500 feet above sea level in the North Pennines.
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    Wow superb pics of the red squirrel digidark, I've never seen a pic of one on a feeder before. Do they eat as much as they grey...............no nothing can eat as much as the grey surely

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    Up until my visit to Killhope I had never seen a Red Squirrel. The staff at the museum feed them every other day. Sadly the area isnt big enough to be classed as a reserve but again the staff appear to be doing a fine job of protecting them.I have a short video taken at the same time. Chocky persuade me to put it on you tube, I havent figured out how to put it on this sight yet.

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    Good on the staff at the museum. Rolf or Chocky will point you in the right direction for putting the video on the site it would be lovely to see. I haven't a clue how to do it. I have taken a video of the birds in my garden and I haven't got as far as being able to play them back on my computer yet.

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    Chocky helped me with the uploading of my pics Babs, I am sure she will do the same with the video (pretty please Chocky)

    I am pleased you like the pics....I suffered for a week after taking them....the squirrels ate the nuts,the midges ate me.
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    Great photos digidark, can't remember having ever seen a Red Squirrel, but will make a point of visiting one of the reserves in the near future.

    To add a Youtube video to a post, type [ youtube ]videonumber[ /youtube ] without the spaces and just put the number of the video between the brackets. There is also a Youtube icon in the advanced posting nanel which will automatically add the code.
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    Beautiful captures Digidark well done
    I will indeed help you with the video uoload. It's a cracking little film

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    Thank you all for your comments on the pics and for your assistance with the video upload

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    They really are beautiful creatures Rolf. On a info plaque on the Killhope site it says that in 1940 65% of the country had Red Squirrels now its around 10%, mainly in the North and of course in Scotland. Tis very sad really

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    Lovely photos - aren't they beautiful? I have always wanted to see one in real life. Thanks for putting them here as we aren't going to get many of them

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    They are beautiful.have a short clip in the wildlife video section taken at same time.Was pleased with the result and was well worth all the midge bites I got

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    Blinkin' midges. According to a gardening website I visit, there is an Avon skin cream that keep them away... and the army uses it!!! A number of posters say that it has worked for them:
    "Skin So Soft dry oil body spray in the green container" i.e. the woodland smelling one. You can get Avon online now, so not having an Avon lady isn't a problem.

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