A couple of weeks ago I was in my garden when my 6 year old son alerted me to a grey squirrel, he was absolutely fascinated by it. Seeing the obvious enjoyment he was getting from the little fellow spurred me to try and fight a place where he could perhaps see a lot of them. As I live in Suffolk my wife decided that we should visit the local a href=“http://www.suffolkwildlife.co.uk/reserves.htm“>nature reserve We had a fabulous time, and my son did in fact see a great many more squirrels!
Update The distinction between native and non is not a very helpful one when deciding how to manage wildlife. The real question is whether the non-native species is invasive and detrimental. These are not easy questions for which to give a straight answer. The best I can offer is my usual fairly glib response: it is only a pest if it reaches pest proportions.
we recently took delivery of a bird table fitted with squirrel proof bird feeders (Aspect2)within 2 days the sqirrels hand learnt to open the hinged lids which I have now had to tie down with wire clips but they still keep trying and are now making do with one nut at a time but I bet they will find a way in.
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a href=“http://www.suffolkwildlife.co.uk/reserves.htm“>nature reserve We had a fabulous time, and my son did in fact see a great many more squirrels!
The distinction between native and non is not a very helpful one when deciding how to manage wildlife. The real question is whether the non-native species is invasive and detrimental. These are not easy questions for which to give a straight answer. The best I can offer is my usual fairly glib response: it is only a pest if it reaches pest proportions.