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Tel: 03450 450 063

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Environmental FAQs

• How do I report an abandoned vehicle?
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GREY SQUIRRELS

How to spot them

Squirrels are active during the day and regularly visit gardens looking for food. Signs of their presence include stripped pine cones, nuts that have been chewed, bark stripped from trees and their droppings which may be round or elongated. Often squirrels will take their food to a particular place to eat it and the remains will be scattered on the ground below.

Damage

Squirrels can cause significant damage both indoors and out. In gardens they take fruit & bulbs, raid the nests of small birds, bird tables and nut feeders and dig holes in the lawn to bury their food. They can get into roof spaces of houses by climbing the walls or jumping from nearby trees. Once inside they can chew woodwork and ceilings, tear up loft insulation for nest building and strip insulation from electrical wiring which could lead to fires.

Life Cycle

Grey squirrels build nests in the forks of trees or in tree hollows - called dreys. They breed twice a year, the first litter being born in February or March, the second in August or September. There are normally three or four in each litter.

Treatment

South Cambridgeshire District Council will only provide a service for the eradication of squirrels if they have invaded the loft space of a premises (see Fees).

Call our Contact Centre on 03450 450 063 in order to book a Pest Control appointment or to simply to request advice.

Red Squirrels

The red squirrel is an endangered species in the United Kingdom. The Wildlife and Countryside Act makes it an offence to trap, kill or keep a red squirrel, except under licence. For more information please see: www.wildlifetrusts.org (This link will open in a new window)