Grey Squirrel Damage
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Down in his wood Julian is angry with the squirrels, and shows the sort of damage they can do. woodlands.co.uk
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8 comments so far
wall2rockclimber
February 22, 2010
great video, i think we should introduce measures like with the crayfish, if you see a grey squirrel and you have a means of killing it then do so, but make sure you eat it, it tastes great and its abundant in our woodlands
HxXFromFirstToLastXx
February 23, 2010
in one sense it wont do harm to the tree iteself? its taken off the cambium and left a gaping hole for decay… it harms the tree
Nudelsalatbomber
February 24, 2010
luckyly, the grey has not arrived in berlin yet! and i really hope for him – the grey squirrel – will NEVER make his way into my city.
Speckler
March 27, 2010
Hi Julian, Please don't worry about your Squirrels. Have you heard of "Dead wood habitat"? It is probably the most significant form of habitat affecting biodiversity. Our woodlands are enriched by dead wood and by standing dead wood, It allows access to insects, fungi, moss and lichen which in turn benefits birds, mammals and reptiles.
I can think of two reasons for worrying about Grey Squirrels, the first would be if you owned a commercial wood and managed your trees for profit but "woodlands" sell small amenity woods and make it clear on their website that these woods are too small to provide a significant return.
The other reason would be if there was any possibility of a return of the Red Squirrel and that would depend on your location.
In my dark wood I admit that I employ migrant labour to create dead wood habitat. They work for peanuts. Like many men before me, I have noticed how beautiful they are. Not everyone can see that.
For a professor you don't seem to know much about the life in your wood. Give it time.
gowersponger
May 9, 2011
thanks for the vids mate a great help and just made my mind up that its not cruel to shoot them
badgerjan
June 28, 2011
Of course the months of May June and July are the squirrels winter, this is when they go hungry,so they eat the bark.
We don’t have the room for them in this country, we are to small, and there are many of them.
My husband is woodland manager here, where we live and work, and the squirrels are a menice, but shoot 5 and next day there are 5 more, it takes an age to get the numbers down. They are shot at a bait station, and being hungry at this time of year they just keep coming for the food, Then we find after about 500 shot it goes quiet, takes about 1 year to build up again, but it is the only way if you want to protect your young woodland.
79Testo
October 8, 2011
Squirrels are bastards.
79Testo
October 8, 2011
Do squirrels eat young apple trees?
I have some disappearing bark around the rootstock and trunk of some young apple trees. I trap the squirrels regularly so I don’t know what got to them.