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    slowworm reacted to Broch's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    That's the theory, and a popular media newsbyte, but until we had greys in the late 1800's, reds were the only squirrels available to...
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    slowworm reacted to Aristotle's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    I saw fewer greys earlier in the year. More have appeared recently. Mostly fairly small ones, presumably younger ones looking for territory.
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    slowworm reacted to Broch's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    Although pine martens have been identified as a potential help with grey squirrels, be careful what you wish for. In one study (Bangor...
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    slowworm replied to the thread Squirrel damage.
    Very unlikely, we're too far away from the official release spots and an unlikely place for them to arrive by themselves in the back of...
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    slowworm reacted to Snake's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    I had a lot of squirrel damage/trouble a couple of years ago, thats when I started my own personal war against them, that first year I...
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    slowworm reacted to Toddy's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    We have fewer squirrels than in past years, a lot fewer, but we have a now settle magpie family, and they raid the dreys. We have a lot...
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    slowworm reacted to HorseGuy's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    My girlfriend has a bird table at her field which the squirrels like to eat from as well. The magpies daren't go near them because they...
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    slowworm reacted to JonathanD's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    Maybe you’ve had some pine martens move in.
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    slowworm replied to the thread Squirrel damage.
    We have plenty of magpies and I've never noticed squirrels be afraid of them. I've seen both raid nests in my time. With regard to...
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    slowworm reacted to Toddy's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    Do you have magpies ?
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    slowworm reacted to Broch's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    It is a constant annual battle which, although necessary, I do not enjoy.
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    slowworm reacted to JonathanD's post in the thread Squirrel damage with Like Like.
    Yes. All the woodlands by me are infested and the limbs on trees are dying everywhere. And the young trees are not thriving as they’re...
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    slowworm posted the thread Squirrel damage in Flora & Fauna.
    Does anyone frequent woodland regularly that suffers each year with squirrel damage? Our young woodland has suffered bark stripping each...
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    slowworm replied to the thread What fungi did you spot today?.
    Found this the other week. It's the second year running the oak has had a beefsteak fungi, this one was very small, more a filet mignon...
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    slowworm reacted to William_Montgomery's post in the thread What fungi did you spot today? with Like Like.
    Seemingly it's been quite a good year for chicken of the woods. Just found another clump, a little low down though.
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