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"TheScullster" writes:
| We have one or two red squirrels around.
| Will they put off the birds?

No.

| Is there any point in fixing a bird box in a tree which is accessible to
| both squirrels and local cats?

No.

| Come to think of it I haven't seen cats actually in the tree so maybe
| they're not an issue.
| How high should a bird box be mounted?

Out of the range of cats.

As I understand it, grey squirrels do take eggs but are not a major
problem in that respect, and red squirrels rarely take eggs.


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Nick Maclaren,
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