A tiny red squirrel found clinging to her dead mother at a roadside is recovering in the Scottish SPCA’s care.
The two-week-old kit, affectionately named Ewok by staff, was discovered at the side of a road in Drumoak, Aberdeenshire.
The squirrel is now being looked after at the charity’s National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Clackmannanshire.
Centre manager Colin Seddon said: “Ewok is our first red squirrel orphan of the year and was found under very sad circumstances after her mum was hit by a car.
“It’s incredible that she survived given she would have been attached to her mother at the time.
“Ewok is quite delicate but seems to be responding well to treatment.
“Sheelagh McAllister from our centre has been providing her with round the clock care, which includes taking her home in the evenings to syringe feed her through the night.
“Once Ewok is on solid food we’ll move her to one of our outdoor enclosures where she’ll have lots of space to run, jump and develop her fitness before her release back into the wild.”
