A CAT takes a swipe at a squirrel scoffing bird seed — only for it to clamber down and give chase.
The ginger tom attempted to take a swipe at the grey squirrel that was perched just out of his reach on a tray full of bird seed.
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But the moggy was in for a fright when the rodent defied gravity to hang upside down and lunge at him with its sharp claws.
No content with just scaring the cat, the squirrel then shimmied down the metal pole of the bird feeder and chased after it.
The tom cat had to resort to climbing a tree to escape the angry squirrel.
The episode was captured on camera by homeowner Andy Jones.
He said the cat is a regular visitor to his garden in Bournemouth, Dorset, and he has given it the nickname Mackerel.
Andy, 52, said he had seen the cat hunt after pigeons and squirrels before.
He said: “I put up a new bird feeder about a week before and wanted to capture some bird footage.
“I had just put some food down when this squirrel came along. I noticed Mackerel out of the corner of my eye. She saw the squirrel and started stalking it.
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“She sat under the bird feeder, thinking ‘how am I going to get this squirrel’. The squirrel just looked at the cat and carried on eating.
“Then Mackerel pounced and swiped at the squirrel. She made the bird feeder wobble, the squirrel fell down and then the chase was on.
“It was amazing to watch, the squirrel was so defiant.”
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