"John" wrote in message
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One of the squirrels visiting my garden has a deep red head, and I do
mean red not reddish brown deep red, pure white front and a light
slate gray back. Its head looks smaller than the others but it is,
overall, a good bit bigger than the rest and intimidates them to get
at the food. It also does what a couple of my crows do it dips their
dry hard toast into the goldfish pond before eating it. It also tips
up the rubbish bin and goes through the rubbish making a hell of a
mess. This one is a new comer. It appeared over the last 3-4 days. I
normally poison off most of the squirrels before I plant out the bulbs
for my spring show. This one is so different from the rest that I
thought I should get advice on it first. Can you help with any info on
this.

I live in the north of Scotland.

If you live in an area which currently has populations of both red and grey
squirrels, and if you wouldn't want to inadvertently kill any red squirrels
when killing off the greys to protect your bulbs, you might be advised to
trap the squirrels, rather than poisoning them, since you could then release
any red squirrel which you might accidentally catch.