Wildlife photographer
Christine Cassidy recently captured this beautiful
native Irish red squirrel in Inishowen burying a nut for its
winter food supply.
"When a squirrel
carries a nut in its mouth to store it underground,
glands in its cheeks leave a particular scent on the
nut, which is used to mark it as its own. This smell
then helps the squirrel to locate that nut at a
later date," explained Christine.
