Baz1 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 3 hours ago, cressida said: What is their lifespan? Not long if one gets under wheel of a car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipstaff Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I've given up feeding the birds. 5 new bird feeders in one year. So the birds and the 'bushy tailed rats can go without now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Not seen many squirrels this year, and the few I have seen look very thin and scrawny. With winter coming they should be looking a lot fatter by now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauxwell Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 When I lived in Sheffield at Grenoside there was grey squirrels all over the place especially in the gardens, but since I’ve moved to Newcastle I have never seen one. I’ve had two quick sightings of red squirrels in the Newcastle area in places I never expected to see them. There use to be a phone number when I first moved to Newcastle asking you to report any sightings of the greys and if in your garden they wanted to put traps down to catch them, if caught they would be humanely destroyed, it was to protect the red squirrels in Northumberland. After watching a programme I haven’t got much sympathy for the Greys, they are extremely destructive at stripping bark from trees, and it’s not for food, the experts say they have no idea why but they need to be stopped because of damage to woodland ecosystems. The scientists are working on contraceptives for the greys to hopefully eradicate them in the UK and it’s showing good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavery549@yahoo Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 On 04/09/2024 at 07:01, gaz 786 said: I've got squirrel trouble bought a squirrel proof bird feeder works great but they keep invading my feeder don't want to shot them any deterants available ? Oh Gaz , please don't shoot the squirrel , I am sure there are other ways of stopping it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavery549@yahoo Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 There are squirrel proof bird feeders out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavery549@yahoo Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 20 hours ago, Anna B said: Not seen many squirrels this year, and the few I have seen look very thin and scrawny. With winter coming they should be looking a lot fatter by now. Anna ,I noticed that too ,saw one the other day , & it looked very thin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooks Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Tree rats. Nice to look at but that's it there destructive and not only do they raid bird tables they eat birds eggs and young if they can . Reds are a different story wish there was more of them the greys are pushing them out of there habitats one good thing greys are edible never tried one but l think there are recipes back in Mrs Beeton times😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Mooks said: Tree rats. Nice to look at but that's it there destructive and not only do they raid bird tables they eat birds eggs and young if they can . Reds are a different story wish there was more of them the greys are pushing them out of there habitats one good thing greys are edible never tried one but l think there are recipes back in Mrs Beeton times😆 I must dig out my 19century Mrs Beeton book now. Prefer red squirrels. Edited September 7 by cressida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauxwell Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 17 minutes ago, Mooks said: Tree rats. Nice to look at but that's it there destructive and not only do they raid bird tables they eat birds eggs and young if they can . Reds are a different story wish there was more of them the greys are pushing them out of there habitats one good thing greys are edible never tried one but l think there are recipes back in Mrs Beeton times😆 You could buy grey squirrel meat at a shop not to far from me in Corbridge Northumberland, I don’t fancy it tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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