Red Squirrels – Woodland Hide

Photograph Red Squirrels from England’s only purpose-built Squirrel photography hides located in the Yorkshire Dales (Hawes, North Yorkshire). The main woodland hide can accommodate up to four persons and offers a fantastic opportunity to see and photograph squirrels at close range in a natural setting.

The hide is located near Hawes in North Yorkshire, less than an hour from the A1 to the east and the M6 to the west. The session lasts for approximately five hours (meeting at Hawes at 8.30am and ending at approximately 2pm with return to Hawes for 2:30pm).

You should be prepared to share with up to two other persons (three people in total). I can also accommodate a group booking of four friends. There is really only room for 3 people to shoot at any given time however, but if you all know each other, I am sure it won’t cause any issues. I will be present to set you up in the hide and then will return frequently to ensure that there is sufficient feed for the Squirrels and birds throughout the session. I won’t just get you there and then abandon you as some might!

You will spend up to five hours in the hide and lenses from 200mm up to 400mm are ideal, with 500mm lenses perfect for the small birds that frequently visit and for close up squirrel images.

The hide has been purposely designed to enable comfortable photography with windows offering views of perches on three sides. At the front of the hide there are dual height windows which allow for shots of Squirrels on the trees and taller perches and ground shots/lower perches.

The Squirrels are extremely reliable and generally there are several present at any one time. However, these are wild animals and as such they cannot be 100% guaranteed (this can be due to adverse weather conditions for example). That said, the Squirrels have never failed to turn up for visitors at any time over the past six years and the site is most definitely one of the best locations to see Reds up-close and in good numbers anywhere in the UK.