A red squirrel has been spotted in the central belt of Scotland in a rare sighting.

The squirrel was seen darting along a fence in Lanette Perry’s garden in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.

Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels (SSRS), a project run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, said it was one of the most southerly red squirrel sightings in Scotland’s central belt in decades.

It said the emergence of the species in the area could be due to conservation efforts.