Quote Originally Posted by nuggs View Post
A friend of mine purchased a small wood of about 8 acres a couple of years ago and noticed a few squirrels.
He also noticed how quiet the woods were with hardly any birds and nests and this was June.
An English mixed tree woodland should be alive with life so he asked me if I could reduce the squirrel population and see if this would help!
Well after 18 months the difference is incredible .
His wood is surrounded on 3 sides by larger woods but in 2 years I have taken nearly 300 squirrels
The once silent wood is now alive with song and every nest box he has put up is being used.
We have some bird feeders up at a favoured site and have ticked off over 25 species of bird from that spot alone.
I still spot the occasional squirrel but they are now a rare species in my wood. JOB DONE.
Good to hear, I won't shoot them unless they start raiding birds nests, same with magpies