Dalicarlica I wasn't saying putting guards around the trees was a good idea, especially not all of them. I was mererly pointing out that regardless of your dissaproval of greys there is no real solution. Also can we have a bit less attitude? Noone has been agressive or nasty to you. I appreciate you are upset about your trees but please dont take it out on others.
Dovefromove you're absolutely right about others moving into the space we'd create by having a cull. Although I think thats got more to do with the fact humans have destroyed most of the habitation and therefore nature has to be a lot closer to us than it would like.
John, my advice.....just leave it, this person who dislikes grey squirrels, they have come on a gardening forum and made no other posts apart from those on this thread. They have no other intention than to cause upset in my opinion. I think the comment re mesh guards was made at me, but in total honesty ALL the tress near me that have recently been planted have mesh guards around them....like it or not Daliwhatever.
Also, tonight, I was driving and a grey squirrel had been run over, I still had to swerve and it was dead!!!! I absolutely cannot tolerate harming ANY animals!!!
I'm going I stop now because I have had a few glasses of wine and that is when I tend to get on my animal rights soap box and don't want to upset anyone!!
Unfortunately I have to agree that it is too late to stop grey squirrels. They are invaders i.e. not a native species and they have driven the native reds out of many areas. It is also an offence to release a grey squirrel if it has been trapped.
Culling might work in areas where the numbers are low, but apart from that, like it or not, we have to live with them.
Posts
Dalicarlica I wasn't saying putting guards around the trees was a good idea, especially not all of them. I was mererly pointing out that regardless of your dissaproval of greys there is no real solution. Also can we have a bit less attitude? Noone has been agressive or nasty to you. I appreciate you are upset about your trees but please dont take it out on others.
Dovefromove you're absolutely right about others moving into the space we'd create by having a cull. Although I think thats got more to do with the fact humans have destroyed most of the habitation and therefore nature has to be a lot closer to us than it would like.
John, my advice.....just leave it, this person who dislikes grey squirrels, they have come on a gardening forum and made no other posts apart from those on this thread. They have no other intention than to cause upset in my opinion. I think the comment re mesh guards was made at me, but in total honesty ALL the tress near me that have recently been planted have mesh guards around them....like it or not Daliwhatever.
Also, tonight, I was driving and a grey squirrel had been run over, I still had to swerve and it was dead!!!! I absolutely cannot tolerate harming ANY animals!!!
I'm going I stop now because I have had a few glasses of wine and that is when I tend to get on my animal rights soap box and don't want to upset anyone!!
Unfortunately I have to agree that it is too late to stop grey squirrels. They are invaders i.e. not a native species and they have driven the native reds out of many areas. It is also an offence to release a grey squirrel if it has been trapped.
Culling might work in areas where the numbers are low, but apart from that, like it or not, we have to live with them.