Mama Boingy resting on the roof, September 2018
Boingy returns to resting on the roof, (she didn't have kits this summer) September 2019
Mama Boingy returns on one of the hottest days of the year for a rest
she appears to be expecting lil ones, 7th August 2020 (more pics below)
Happy Boingy
Boingy finds monkey nut inside the magic hedgehog pot
Boingy boings from one tree to the other...
Boingy's shiney new pot arrives, August 2018
Boingy has a muddy nose and whiskers
Boingy chased magpies ends up on the chestnut trunk
Boingy finds a whole hazelnut in shell, new food pot, August 2018
Boingy (unlike Random) spent a lot of time showing me how to eat a Monkey nut, August 2018
First you break into one end then the other
View from above, August 2018
Bought the water dish as Boingy was drinking out of the acer pot that got waterlogged,
August 2018
Boingy in the birch tree, August 2018
Boingy with a muddy nose, August 2018
Boingy drinks from new dish, 29th Aug 2018
Boingy took a monkeynut to eat in the field maple, September 2018
Uncertain Boingy discovers an old Gopro and flicks her tail
Boingy having a drink of water, September 2018
Boingy loves walnuts, September 2018
Boingy getting used to the Gopro but still wary, September 2018
Boingy got used to the Gopro being so close, September 2018
Boingy developed stripey arms from using the squirrel food pot, September 2018
I had to hide the monkey nut inside the hedgehog pot to stop the magpies stealing them
Boingy's tongue
Boingy eats an almond lengthways first (must give these and Brazil nuts sparingly)
Boingy did not like the gorilla (bendy tripod) being so close at first
Boingy's fabulous tail
Boingy is nervous about the sunflower seeds at first, September 2018
Boingy is anxious of the leaves
Boingy trying the sunflower seeds
Boingy did not care for the corn
Boingy has dirt in her whiskers which was amusingly bobbling about
Boingy almost chokes on a pecan nut
Boingy was always thirsty unlike Random
The moment that Boingy senses Random has visited (4 hours previously) and is spooked away, not seen her since 28th September 2018
Boingy was using the old pot during the winter, February 2018,
We weren't even sure how often she visited, certainly not in the snow.
Boingy in the rain, March 2018
More to follow including Random's page...
News flash - Captain Boingy seems to have returned after being away for 6 months!
Unfortunately it appears she has pushed out her son Tufty in the process.
Mid April 2019
Boingy stops briefly on the roof before jumping down the chestnut tree
Mid leap, 24th April 2019
It's behind you Boingy ;)
25th April 2019
Boingy leaps from the roof to the chestnut
Boingy was startled and dropped her nut then jumped into the fir tree
When it rains and becomes colder the squizs arrive searching for treats
Cautious then extreme close up
26th April
The magic Hedgie pot
After a couple of days of disruption (home repairs)
Boingy came back for one nut, 2nd May
However another squirrel was around earlier in the day (Random red paws ???)
**** Sadly Boingy has been pushed out again ****
by the mystery squirrel now called Stripey (Fab stripey tail)
6th May 2019
Yet another squirrel visits, this time a male called Nic
he has a small nick in his right ear
and has all red paws
12th May 2019
Cassi alert (named after Cassieopia as she has a W shape on her cheeks)
13th June 2019
Could this young male squiz be Captain Boingy's son, he sure smiles and acts like her
8th August 2019
Seems it is Captain Boingy and I mistook her gender as she has become muscular! (30th August)
Dangle peanut squirrel is fairly new to the garden, August 2019
Captain Boingy is back and up to her fun antics - this time with a new magic snail pot
30th August 2019
It's like squiz is in a trance whilst spinning the walnut, August 2019
There have been several squirrels around but mostly brief visits for water.
One poor male hasn't got the hang of the nutpot and seems to have been in a battle.
His once beautiful tail is half the length it should be. It appears to be broken or twisted,
so is very skittish and scared of everything. I call him Short tail.
Short Tail's tongue after a drink, 1st Sept
Short Tail has been visiting a bit more today
and finally found and ate a monkey nut left inside the magic snail pot.
Short Tail explores the magic hedgie pot
Snail pot, 3rd Sept
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Both Boingy and Stripey Short Tail have come up to the patio doors to look in recently.
Boingy watching out for a Sparrowhawk from the roof (it's been perching in her Pine tree)
Boingy didn't realise the Sparrowhawk was sitting on a nearby pot the next morning
she did a double take and dashed off, 4th Sept
Boingy rotates and caches a Brazil nut. She enjoys finding and hiding these more than eating.
If you've seen the Tufty page you'll know the silver foil ball inside the nutpot
is to pad out the space inside so the squirrels can reach the nuts.
Boingy unlike Tufty has not squirreled the foil ball away.
Short Tail's broken tail is visible here
He's trying to reach some food Boingy dropped
Boingy has been enjoying squiggling about inside the snail pot looking for food
Boingy has been so busy caching whole nuts but stops to take and eat our only acorn
26th September 2019
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I still believe Stripey Tail became Short Tail which is a sad loss of such a beautiful tail.
However Shorty has finally got used to the sound of the nutpot lid clanging shut
He used it properly for the first time today
Shorty has made huge progress and overcame his fear of sticking his head inside the lid
He's still nervous of being in confined spaces (after his tail inccident)
2nd October 2019
Boingy has been hanging out with a different male squirrel with a stunning tail
He also hasn't mastered the nutpot. Which is why he is inside the bird safety cage eating seeds
They all have amazing fur patterns at the moment
3rd Oct
Boingy clings to the oak - autumn colours
Shorty enjoying the fruits of Autumn. He picked the hazelnut first
10th October 2019
Boingy
Shorty takes hazelnut
Shorty returns for the walnut
Shorty chases the wood pigeon who ate his food
Shorty's damaged tail
Boingy with monkey nut
Boingy with Shorty inside the cage eating seeds
Shorty happily eating a walnut piece
Both are hungry at the moment, and they have competition from another new male squiz
Boingy giving her best Paddington Bear stare, 10th Oct
Close up of Captain Boingy eating walnut and peanut, 15th Oct
Shorty picks a whole pecan nut after the wood pigeons and magpies steal lots
Boingy takes a bunch of cobnuts, 15th Oct
woah cobnut cluster
Boingy strips the outer leaves from the cobnuts, 15th Oct
Shorty takes a pecan piece
Boingy picks up a pecan, turns it then discards, 16th Oct
Boingy was chasing the new male squirrel around alot today, 16th Oct
The new male "Floppy Tail" took the whole pecan
you can see his tail is bent at an angle and flops
The new male finds a MN inside the snail pot and hides it in the hedgie pot
then Boingy finds the MN inside the hedgie pot and squirrels it away elsewhere!
The new male squiz
Boingy is so busy caching at the moment
She is becoming more used to us, and will come begging at the door for treats
She squeaks while chasing the new male away and prefers Shorty's company
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looks like the new male has broken his tail after his chase with Boingy,
It appears to be limp half way down ....
He did rather crash into one of our big pots while escaping ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Boingy begging for nuts, 18th Oct
Boingy with cobnut, 22nd Oct
Boingy finally takes the walnut, 22nd Oct
Boingy after she was upset (alarm calling) in the Cherry tree, 22nd Oct
Possibly due to a bird of prey (unknown) which I spotted a short time later after hearing it
Floppy Tail was the only squirrel today (22nd Oct) that sensed a cobnut up high
he climbed the bench next to the unit but did not jump up like Random did last year
A Great tit took the cobnut a while later
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In other news Floppy Tail the new male can now use the nutpot OK, 23rd Oct
Boingy happily cracks into a fresh cobnut
She rather confused me as she has grown her winter white ear tufts (I thought Tufty had returned)
Shorty (or the new male ?) up the Chestnut, 23rd Oct
After hearing lots of chasing on the roof I spotted another new squirrel, 25th Oct
He leapt across to the Chestnut to explore the Flutterbutter
Floppy Tail
Boingy's search for nuts took her to the bench
Interesting colourings on Floppy Tail, 27th Oct
OK so this is how smart Captain Boingy is
she has worked out I am seeing her through the garden "Hedgehog" camera
by either looking at it from the nutpot or coming over to the bench underneath it and looking up at it
and if I happen to see her I'll drop her a hazelnut out the window which she caches
[I only treat her this way not the boys]
28th Oct
Boingy has been showing another Newbie squirrel around today, it's too cute,
they are getting through the food quickly, 29th Oct
Shorty chases Boingy
Boingy found the nut inside the hedgie pot while Shorty tries the snail
Boingy peels a cobnut, 29th Oct 2019
Woke to see Boingy has also suffered overnight with damage to the end of her tail, 30th Oct
This longtailed male squiz is just rubbing it in
with his frantic and overly long super tail waving
He chased Boingy after this display
Flopity climbs the bench, looks at the camera while searching for nuts
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It's been a busy squirrel week with newbies coming and going,
some learning how to use the nutpot, and many chases
A lovely calm afternoon after the storms - a new male eating keys in the Field Maples
3rd Nov
Longtail's whiskers against autumn leaves
Longtail eating a walnut piece
Young squiz, looks like Tufty, 5th Nov
Floppy Tail with walnut in shell, 7th Nov
Stripey Tail Extreme close up,
He's been chasing Boingy and Floppy Tail
12th Nov
Floppy Tail
Floppy tail looks at me as I am about to drop a nut for him
You can see the break point in his tail - hence Floppy
Floppy finds the dropped nut
Curious squirrel
Boingy and Stripey chase each other for the nutpot
Squiz in the hedgie pot
I cracked open a walnut for Boingy, 15th Nov
Desperate for more nuts Boingy leaps up onto the windowsill, 15th Nov
Boingy licks her paws, she is sporting her thick winter fur now, 19th Nov
Boingy was very intense today. She came to see me from the chestnut tree for more nuts.
Earlier she was brave yet cautious. She took a nut while I was restocking the bird food a few feet away.
Boingy's winter ear tufts
Boingy came up to see me before Floppy chased her, 20th Nov
Chewie (the newest squiz) bundles Stripey, 22nd Nov
One of the many ways squiz jumps to get into the garden via the roof, 29th Nov
Boingy jumps from the bottom of the roof to the chestnut, 29th Nov 2019
Later Flopity jumps as he's being chased by Chewie
Chewie on the roof top
Chewie follows Flopity a few seconds later
Chewie lands nervously in the chestnut and hangs about
Boingy, Flopity and Chewie were following each other around having fun
then chased into the patio trees
Boingy checks out a hazelnut already eaten by Chewie, 3rd Dec
Flopity with monkey nut, 4th Dec
Chewie is smiley, 4th Dec 2019
Boingy alert, 4th Dec
Boingy finds the dish is refilled with more goodies, 4th Dec
Curious Flopity close up
Chewie with walnut
Boingy
Boingy enjoys nuts, 4th Dec 2019
Boingy with Walnut, 9th Dec
Flopity closes in on Boingy, 9th December 2019
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One of the young squirrels has their nose touched briefly, 22nd Dec
Boingy often chases them away but they return
A young new male squirrel and friend have been taking leaves to the top of our Alder tree today.
It's the perfect spot for a day drey near the food sources.
23rd December 2019
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It's a new decade and the young squirrels can now use the nutpot
which means Boingy chases them less often,
young male here cracks into a hazelnut, 3rd Jan
7th January 2020
Early Feb: seems Boingy has some grey fur missing - ripped out? on her back
There has been another new young female join the clan
Boingy's white patch, 26th Feb
Boingy
Four hungry squizzos makes for a lot of chasing and zaniness, 21st March
Cheeky squizzo knocks two feeders to the ground, 25th March
Young squiz in the springtime, 1st April
5th April - Captain Boingy was seen eating our only magnolia flower
(it was pruned hard last autumn and all but one bud was removed?)
The two young male squirrels communicate to each other alert on the drive
11th April - Managed to drop some nuts for Boingy from upstairs
she jumped on the roof to see me after so long
Boingy curious to see if I had more pecans, 17th April
Boingy jumps onto the roof, 17th
Captain Boingy eats pecan by the bluebells, 17th April
Boingy was treated to her own pot of nuts today
and came to the roof to see me
she jumps down when I drop a nut, 18th April
boingy n acers
Boingy waves her tail in the Cherry tree while she has a hazelnut in her mouth
Tried to put off squiz from eating seeds from the feeder by adding a length of string
Squiz couldn't reach as usual but just clings and spins, 20th
Boingy's whiskers in the evening sunshine
Boingy goes under the gate via the hedgehog highway
Her white ear tufts have molted
Boingy looks at cam from the bench
Boingy runs under the gate
Boingy up the chestnut
Male squiz
Male squiz
Boingy eats seed on bench arm
Male squiz eats in the rain
Boingy
Boingy eats a large stripey sunflower seed
Boingy eats under the acer
Smiley Boingy eats a pecan nut
One of the young brothers eats inside the cage, it's so windy the main acer blew over, 11th May
Boingy was hanging out on the roof, 18th May
Boingy leaps from the roof
....to the chestnut
Boingy about to leap to the roof, 3rd May
Squirrels normally take the whole walnuts to eat elsewhere
this one ate it here by the nutpot, 31st May
Different pointy long tail squirrel visits, 3rd June
Poor Boingy has suffered more tail loss and damage on both sides half way down, 4th June
I was so busy watching Boingy eat some nuts dropped for her that I didn't realise
pointy long tail squiz was having a nap in the pine by pij, 8th June
Lots of chasing and following around today with pointy-tail and another longtail squiz, 9th
Montage of Boingy eating nuts from the garden waste basket/palette, 15th
Young male squiz digging and rolling about
in the newly planted chestnut pot to scent mark it,
or maybe too cool off as it is humid and stormy today, 17th June
~~ Shed was tidied this week and a little pile of empty nut shells were found inside ~~
we suspect a young squirrel had taken them inside to eat out of the cold and winter weather
but no evidence of how they got inside - no gaps or holes!
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Boingy came by this hot evening to eat a hazelnut on the roof, 25th June
Sunlight through Boingy's tail
Hello, I couldn't find the nut you dropped...
Boingy brought one of the nuts I dropped for her to eat on the roof
the damage to her tail is clear here, 4th July
Tazzy, 4th July
lots of tail waving, then spooked
Boingy took a hazelnut I dropped for her to the roof and ate it
she maybe expecting little ones this year, 16th July 2020
Boingy is visiting more for water this year
Boingy returns on one of the hottest days this year to relax on the roof
7th Aug 2020
Just chilling in the heat
She nearly fell asleep
Boingy preens her tail which seems to be healing
she definitely appears to be expecting little ones
especially as she has been drinking more than she did last year, 7th Aug
Another hot evening, Boingy returned for some more chilling out and preening on the roof
after a little snack of lichen (?) on the tiles.
She did this two years ago when she was a mama
10th August
After sparse visits from Boingy taking little food
she was back to searching for nuts and jumping from the roof
31st Aug 20
Boingy may have had her kits by now ?
Boingy looks round for me to acknowledge her and then drop nuts from the windows
she visited lots today now it is cooler, 1st September 20
Boingy, her tail is looking thicker
Boingy eats a hazelnut I dropped
Boingy's tail is molting as she preens (some fur is in her mouth)
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None of the squirrels have touched the food in the nutpot for several weeks now
so it has been cleared out, cleaned and restocked with new nuts.
Success, Boingy and a young male (pictured) have used the nutpot
something didn't smell right before but all is good again
3rd Sept
Boingy eats a piece of walnut I dropped for her, 4th Sept
Boingy eats in the field maple, 4th Sept
Boingy watches from the unit, 6th
I drop a walnut half for Boingy, she eats it on the bench arm, 8th Sept
Boingy ate a hazelnut then wiped her chin on the fence, 8th Sept
Boingy jumps to the roof, 9th
Boingy eating a monkeynut, 10th
Boingy was having a rest on the roof
I didn't disturb her with our nut dropping game
she yawns
and stretched so cutely
then a huge yawn, 11th Sept
Boingy peels an acorn eats a bit then drops it, 12th Sept
Boingy unusual, eats in the acer, 12th
Boingy spent a long time away from her kits during this hot afternoon today, 15th
Mama Boingy jumped to the chestnut for dropped nuts
She also hid lots of fresh monkeynuts
Boingy trying to cool down, 15th
young squirrel thirsty, 21st sept
squiz with monkeynut
Boingy yawns, 21st Sept
young male squirrel, 22nd
Boingy searching for food, 23rd
Boingy drinks, 25th
Squiz digs up newly planted conker that Boingy had knocked off
the chestnut tree when she jumped to the roof
Squiz turns the huge shiney conker in his paws
before hidding it next door, 1st October
Boingy eats by empty conker shells, 1st Oct
Boingy came up the chestnut to see if I had any nuts, 3rd Oct
Boingy was bothered by the male squizzos and hung around near me on the roof, 7th Oct
Boingy pawses for a second before jumping to the roof, bothered by the males again (?), 9th
***** Squizzo met hoglet coming out of the hedgehog house at midday and was curious *****
no panic, hoglet stretched his legs and went back inside a couple of minutes later
18th Oct
Poor male squirrel got the fright of his life when a
cat pounced on him by the nutpot, 21st Oct
Boingy caches lots of nuts for winter, 22nd Oct
Boingy has been nervous of this squirrel, he has a big gash in his ear, 25th
Boingy is growing her ear tufts for winter, 26th Oct 20
A different squirrel pokes their head inside the hedgehog house, 28th Oct
Boingy finds nut under some leaves
Boingy could not jump to the roof as a wood pigeon was sat in the way
there were also other squizzels around (Tufty may be back?)
and she was cautious in the wind gusts, 2nd Nov
Boingy with paws up in the cute begging style "nut puhleez"
Boingy licks her paws after eating a pecan nut, 2nd Nov
Different squirrel in the pine, 7th Nov
Boingy was enjoying a roll around in the compost after a lot of nut caching
you can see the soil in her whiskers, yet her tummy is white as fresh snow, 9th Nov
There have been two youngish squirrels chasing around and learning how to use the nutpot
A male squirrel with a big nick in the left ear, 11th Nov
A different squiz with a small nick in her left ear, pine, 13th Nov
Boingy eating loose peanuts, 15th Nov
Captain Boingy 29th Nov 2020
Young squiz follows Boingy up the oak to check out the new metal squirrel,
27th December 2020
Festive season squizzos, 27th December
Snowy squizzo, 28th December 2020
Boingy eats in the cold sleet
Boingy cracks into a hazelnut to nibble
10th January 2021
Boingy checks out the new cobnut trees, 23rd Jan
A light dusting of snow is melting while Boingy dives for a whole walnut
24th January 2021
Male squiz takes a hazelnut then sneezes or hiccups, sounded amusing, 25th Jan
Boingy cleans her paws
Boingy cleans her cheek on the trellis, 25th Jan
Boingy hides a monkey nut in the snowy cobnut pot, 25th Jan
cheeky young male takes a look inside the hedgehog house, 1st Feb 2021
It was sad seeing Boingy trying to drink the frozen water in the birdbath
so a fresh dish of water was put back out for her, (felt like minus 5 degrees C) 10th Feb 2021
Young male Nick, 27th Feb
has been chasing Boingy with another male lately in the spring sunshine,
Boingy likes the boys to follow her but doesn't like it when they get toooo close
she cried out today during such a chase in the cherry tree, 28th Feb
Boingy enjoyed rolling in the compost, hiding nuts, 1st march 2021
Young male eating in the Alder, 1st march 2021
Boingy finished caching all these nuts by herself from a new nutpot, 6th March
Boingy with walnut, 11th March
Boingy still visits, June 2021
there are other new squirrels visiting and some old regulars too
but none respond/interact with us like Captain Boingy
Boingy no doubt grateful for the leafy cover from the sun and predators
She has been more cautious, skittish this year
although she has enjoyed her follow my lead games with male squizzos
