A Rather Grey Red Squirrel

One of our regular visitors, just checking out the scene before launching into the bird food.
Apparently the "red" sqirrel often has this grey coat in winter, and in Europe and Asia has a wider range of colours than in Britain.
Although the sunlight is bouncing off the squirrel's back there is still a steady fall of large snowflakes coming down. It's another beautiful day!
More information on the Eurasian, or Red squirrel.