You won't read about such things in any other magazine but a few days ago a certain editor of your acquaintance unexpectedly confronted a squirrel crouching on a limb so close the journalist could smell the acorns on his (the
tree rat's) breath.
In my opinion the grey squirrel is not a '
tree rat', as Mr Levy puts it, and has been in this country for many years.
Plus, no mention of the iconic red squirrel, resident since the Ice Age, which Brussels downgrades to the status of a flying
tree rat.
NEW OBSERVATIONS OF LIVING Echimys saturnus (DARK
TREE RAT, ECHIMYIDAE) FROM EASTERN ECUADOR
Squirrel season was on, and I hadn't had a mess of fried
tree rat for quite a spell, so I grabbed a handful of 3-inch 6s and headed for the woods west of the house.
In addition to many birds, she has spied two hedgehogs in the borders and Roland, the resident
tree rat, is a regular in the towering Washingtonia.
It has been open season on grey squirrels for such a long time now that the word vermin (or
tree rat) has become inextricably linked with the word squirrel.
They include everything from the very small delicate mouse to large (frightfully large, actually)
tree rat, various common field mice and even the infamous the carnivorous water rat.
Now with prices out of control, the lost arts of vegetable cultivations and bush tucker are making a comeback, and here out in the wilds of the northwest Midlands any
tree rat, rook, wood pigeon or magpie that ventures onto my manor could quire easily end up as Sunday lunch for a family of ex-Eastenders.
It is, in fact, a
tree rat. Like most rats, it is highly intelligent and will do clever things for foolish people to make videos of.
Be warned, though, when our tester tried another make of squirrel food, the gourmet
tree rat wouldn't touch it .
'Ow many of 'em ever 'ad a
tree rat perched on their 'ead for a poo?