![]() ![]() The best recourse is to only use hanging feeders, positioning them away from overhanging branches, fences or walls. Rats move quickly and are excellent climbers, so preventing them from taking food is very difficult. The easiest way to prevent deer from taking bird seed is to place the feeder out of their reach, as they’re unlikely to rear up to access the food. Keeping out other pestsĪlthough squirrels are the wiliest, most persistent bird-food thieves, large birds, rats, mice and even deer will take food if they can reach it. If you want to keep the squirrels in your garden fed but don't want to be overrun with weeds, here's our best no-grow bird seed. It’s illegal to release trapped squirrels. It’s legal to control grey squirrels at home, but it’s best done by a pest-control company. ![]() They are sometimes controlled in commercial forestry and to keep them out of areas where red squirrels still thrive. Grey squirrels have a population of more than 2.5 million. Red squirrels are a protected species and it’s estimated that there are only 140,000 left in Britain, with just 15,000 left in England. Their antics can be amusing as they’re very agile and determined, but they can get through vast quantities of seed and scare off garden birds, sometimes damaging the feeders too. Raiding bird tables for food has become common behaviour. They are at home in parks, woods, and gardens with trees and shrubs. The natural diet of a grey squirrel consists of nuts, seeds and fruits, although they also eat bird eggs. The grey squirrel was introduced into the UK from North America in the 19th century and it displaced the smaller native red squirrel, which is now only found in a few isolated areas. ![]()
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