In article , "garden virgin" - writes:
| Xref: gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk uk.rec.gardening:351538
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| First there was one, now there's four & they are making a right mess in the
| garden & chasing away blackbirds from the garden who are doing a great job
| in keeping insects & slugs under control. One of the blasted squirrel
| attacked a wood pigeon, i saw a plume of feathers flying & the pigeon had a
| nasty head wound. Are squirrels normally this aggressive? and is there any
| way of controlling the squirrels(grey) short of shooting them! As far as i
| know... these are not crack cocaine addicted squirrles like the ones
| reported in the news but they are still a real menace!
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| Any advice on how to keep them out of the garden would be greatly
| appreciated, i'm tempted to catch/trap them & put collars with bells on
| them, that way i'd know when they're around.

Nah. Make them into a casserole. The answers to your questions are,
yes, they are usually that aggressive and, no, there is no way of
controlling them short of shooting them. It is possible that beech
martens would do the job, but importing them into the UK is illegal.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.