A GREEDY squirrel is rescued from a nutty position after raiding a bird feeder.

       The critter in Surrey was among 281,390 reports of trapped animals received by the RSPCA this year.

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       A greedy squirrel is rescued from a nutty position after raiding a bird feeder 5

       An ewe had to be rescued from a footie net in Lancashire

       Other stuck animals included a ewe in a footie net in Lancashire, a badger in a Surrey compost bin, a bird in a washing machine in Tyne and Wear and a hedgehog in a fence in Oxford.

       Throughout 2021, the RSPCA has received 281,390 reports of trapped animals.

       Rescuer Louis Horton said: “The green plastic compost bin would normally have a lid secured on top but this inquisitive and hungry badger had spotted an opportunity for what he thought would be an easy meal and clambered in through the open top.

       “The compost bin was around 2ft tall and narrower at the top so although the poor little guy could poke his head out of the top, he couldn’t squeeze himself up and out. I used some power tools to carefully cut the top of the plastic away and lift him out.”

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       There was also a badger who had to be rescued from a compost bin in Surrey 5

       A bird was rescued from a washing machine in Tyne and Wear 5

       A hedgehog had to be rescued after getting stuck in a fence in Oxford

       Heartbreaking RSPCA video shows dying seal on Norfolk beach