Squirrel ‘wonder mum’ gives birth to 50th kitten

Seven year old Tortoiseshell, mum of 50. Picture: PA

A SUPER-MUM squirrel has given birth to two new kittens - bringing her offspring to 50.

Seven-year-old Tortoiseshell is one of the most successful breeding red squirrels in the UK and has helped bolster the under-threat species.

Wardens predict that the kittens were born at the end of May but now at 12-weeks-old they are fully weaned and independent from their mother and busy exploring their surroundings at the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust in Norfolk.