Red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris are true omnivores, meaning that they eat both plant and animal matter. The seeds of various trees make up the majority of their diet, like pines, spruce and larch, hazel, oak and beech. The forest floor also provides varieties of flowers, shoots, bulbs and buds in the spring and fruit, berries and fungi in the autumn. They are opportunistic feeders and will take birds’ eggs and insects, but red squirrels will also chew on bones and deer antlers, which provide a source of calcium.
Neil McIntyre's work is widely published and used in many national magazines like the BBC Wildlife magazine and national newspapers. Organisations like the Scottish Natural Heritage, the Cairngorms National Park Authority and the John Muir Trust are also amongst my clients. In addition to these, his images have also featured in over 25 books.
Over the years Neil has been fortunate to have won several awards in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition including the Eric Hoskings Award in two consecutive years, he also been a category runner up and had a further four images highly commended. In the British Wildlife Photography Awards Neil won the portraits category with an image of a red deer stag, with a further 4 other images having been highly commended in that competition to date.
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