Christmas Day Outing with a Squirrel

So, on Christmas Day while the dinner was in the oven. I decided to go out and have a play with my camera. I had just received a tripod off my Dad for Christmas and also wanted to try this out.
I have only just received the camera (Canon EOS 600D) for my birthday (10th December) I am still fathoming out how to use it, previously for my A-Levels I had used a Nikon D3200.
We went down to our local park, while strolling around I became inspired by a little squirrel, as previously mentioned I had only just received the camera so shooting the squirrel became quite a challenge as it was a nippy little animal! However, I am quite pleased with how some of the photographs have come out. Here is are my favourites: