Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

We have one or two red squirrels around.
Will they put off the birds?
Is there any point in fixing a bird box in a tree which is accessible to
both squirrels and local cats?
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?

TIA

Phil

Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

In article ,
"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.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
Email:
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679

Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

In article , TheScullster
writes
We have one or two red squirrels around.

Lucky, lucky, you :))

Will they put off the birds?

I don't think so.
It is the grey squirrels that rob nests.

How high should a bird box be mounted?

High enough so that the local feline population can't get to it!!
6-12 feet up but away from any overhanging 'access' branch should do it.
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Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

"TheScullster" wrote in message
...
We have one or two red squirrels around.
Will they put off the birds?
Is there any point in fixing a bird box in a tree which is accessible to
both squirrels and local cats?
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?

TIA

Phil



We've had no conflicts between our reds and nesting birds.

Dave

Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

"TheScullster" wrote in message ...
We have one or two red squirrels around.
Will they put off the birds?
Is there any point in fixing a bird box in a tree which is accessible to
both squirrels and local cats?

We have feral cats, Magpies, Jays, Jackdaws, grey squirrels, sparrow hawks plus a healthy population of garden and
woodland birds. What we also have- which is lacking in many places is plenty of good nesting cover. What we don't have
is much in the way of farmland birds(or other wildlife including plants) - I've watched that dwindling at an increasing
rate over the 27 years we've been here. Human activity - not predation is responsible for almost all of the above.

Rod

Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

What's a feral cat? Is this a typo?

Phil

Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

In article ,
"TheScullster" writes:
|
| What's a feral cat? Is this a typo?

No, it's a pest :-)

A feral animal is a domestic animal that has gone back to the wild.
In the UK, there are far too many feral cats.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
Email:
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679

Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

In article ,
Gorgeous George writes:
| On 14 Mar 2003 08:50:50 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
| In article ,
| "TheScullster" writes:
| |
| | What's a feral cat? Is this a typo?
|
| No, it's a pest :-)
|
| A feral animal is a domestic animal that has gone back to the wild.
| In the UK, there are far too many feral cats.
|
| There are far too many humans too, you have a point?

There are far too many trolls, too. Please go back under your
bridge.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
Email:
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679

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"TheScullster" wrote in message
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What's a feral cat? Is this a typo?

Phil

The heading 'Will Birds Nest with Squirels around ?' Threads then go
off the track ?
The answer is 'Yes' For a couple of years in the vicinity of my garden
there are at least two squirrels. Every year Sparrow's build nests
in the hawthorn borders, if the Magpies do not raid the nests the eggs
are hatched and we have an abundance of young birds.
However last year a Magpie built a nest high up in a tree and a
Squirrel ejected the bird and took up residence as sleeping quarters.
It would seem that Squirrels do not like eggs !
Peter.

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"Gorgeous George" wrote in message
...
: On 14 Mar 2003 12:15:18 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
:
: There are far too many trolls, too. Please go back under your
: bridge.
:
: Just as I thought, the prat has no point as usual, content to troll
: away.
: If I suggested you kiss my arse would you be offended?
:
: I sincerely hope you have the proper authority to be posting using
: Cambridges good name? I shall be making further enquiries, I'm sure
: they would not approve of trolls.
:
: Tosser.

Your signature would appear to be appropriate.

Will Birds Nest with Squirrels around?
 

Thanks for that, Peter.
We do seem to have a few magpies in the area, so I'll watch out for
squatters.

Phil