Squirrel Control

[Steven P]

On 16/10/2018 at 14:35, Wendelspanswick said:

In Somerset but part of my problem is that I have National Trust woodland adjoining two of my boundries so I guess as fast as I cull them they will migrate in. ☹️

I think that last line is my problem.. they will migrate in. If your woods can support 50 squirrels you might kill 50 but they will migrate in again after the next breeding season until there are 50 new squirrels again and again.  To cure your problem, you need to reduce their numbers in your woods and the National Trust woods, and their neighbours and theirs to stop this migration or you need to reduce their numbers and then stop the woods being a viable place for them - predators, reduced food supply or nest sites and so on. Yup set traps, but how to make the woods less attractice to them?

 

Also to note, crows are vicoius and could account for loss of wildlife (though squrrels have been known to eat meat also)

[westphalian]

Good luck curing the problem. U can only “manage “ it.
Honest question. How can you make the habitat less viable without harming the ecology of the whole wood?