Shopping trolley squirrel goes nuts in Dundee
A photographer captured this hilarious photograph showing a hungry wild red squirrel pushing a tiny shopping trolley filled with monkey nuts. Craig Doogan spent three weeks patiently waiting for the right shot after dropping his children off at school each morning.
The 38-year-old said: “I dropped the kids off at school and went along to the woods for three weeks and left nuts on a log.
“I used different food each day so they weren’t getting the same thing, including hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, grapes and bits of apple and carrot.
“I captured a few pictures of the squirrels knocking the trolley over but it took a while to get the one with the squirrel pushing the trolley.
“I was really chuffed that I managed to get it.”
Father-of-two Craig, from Dundee, captured the picture at Templeton Woods, just outside the city.
The landscape photographer came up with the nutty idea when he saw the tiny trolley in a shop and knew he had to attempt the funny picture.
Craig said: “I do quite a lot of photography, mainly landscapes, but decided to plan the squirrel shot when I came across the miniature trolley in a shop.
“I immediately knew that I wanted to do it.”