It’s lucky I keep my camera so close to my desk, really. I had a quick look out of the window, and there was this squirrel, just sitting there on the shed next door (it later hopped down to our fence), munching on what I think is probably an old KFC chicken drumstick.

This is why your camera should be around all the time, battery charged and blank SD/CF card inside. Keep a useful lens on – what useful is depends on your own prefence, of course, but this was shot at 248mm, so quite some zoom – and always be ready to pick it up, click the lens hood off and shoot.

Don’t ask me why a squirrel was gnawing on a chicken bone. So far as I know, they’re herbivorous – I can only imagine the Colonel’s secret recipe contains something particularly delicious for an urban squirrel!