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ianrauk said:
High-rise squirrel !
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mr Mag00
rising member
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- Deepest Dorset
spray with chilli oil, the little grey bast4rds dont like it
Dayvo said:It's no secret, goo!
The photos were good - the camera never lies.
Looked very much like Amsterdam and with your owncoffee shoppub in the next building! B)
I was going to say the same; "What, you live in Holland?"
I thought it rained in Scotland like, every day.
Mr Pig
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ChrisKH said:
Nearly.
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goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
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- Leith, Edinburgh
ChrisKH said:I was going to say the same; "What, you live in Holland?"
I thought it rained in Scotland like, every day.
You have to believe the Proclaimers when they sing "Sunshine On Leith". At least once in a while, anyway....
Dayvo
just passin' through
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ChrisKH said:
goo_mason said:
Is that why they want to be 500 miles away?
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
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- Reading
I thought you had red squirrels up there.
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goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
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- Leith, Edinburgh
I don't think I've ever seen a red squirrel in my 40 years on the earth (apart from the Tufty Club films at primary school).
Mr Squirrel must have paid me a visit again yesterday - got home to find both peanut feeders lying on the balcony. One was trashed and the other still OK but sporting a huge dent in the metal mesh.
If I see him again, he's squirrel meat !!!!!
Mr Squirrel must have paid me a visit again yesterday - got home to find both peanut feeders lying on the balcony. One was trashed and the other still OK but sporting a huge dent in the metal mesh.
If I see him again, he's squirrel meat !!!!!
We have squirrels (grey) in the garden and, when the children were younger, we had bird feeders - which became squirrel feeders.
To combat this, I found some stuff called 'Squirrel Away", which is basically chilli powder. Put some on the nuts, shake around to ensure good coverage and put them in the feeder. [Not a good idea to rub your eyes at this point
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Squirrels, as we all know, learn very quickly. They soon learn not to go for 'that' feeder, as "it burns" - so you shouldn't need too much of the stuff.
To combat this, I found some stuff called 'Squirrel Away", which is basically chilli powder. Put some on the nuts, shake around to ensure good coverage and put them in the feeder. [Not a good idea to rub your eyes at this point
]Squirrels, as we all know, learn very quickly. They soon learn not to go for 'that' feeder, as "it burns" - so you shouldn't need too much of the stuff.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
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- Bristol
Hmm .. I may have to try that chilli method on my roof... where they have removed a tile to get in!!!
Anyway here is my favourite photo of a bird feeder raider:
Anyway here is my favourite photo of a bird feeder raider:
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goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
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- Leith, Edinburgh
scoosh said:We have squirrels (grey) in the garden and, when the children were younger, we had bird feeders - which became squirrel feeders.
To combat this, I found some stuff called 'Squirrel Away", which is basically chilli powder. Put some on the nuts, shake around to ensure good coverage and put them in the feeder. [Not a good idea to rub your eyes at this point]
Squirrels, as we all know, learn very quickly. They soon learn not to go for 'that' feeder, as "it burns" - so you shouldn't need too much of the stuff.
I did read that last night - birds aren't sensitive to chilli so don't taste / notice it - but squirrels are. Might be hilarious, but not as funny as the battery-powered bird feeders that spin at high speed when they sense the weight of a squirrel: here
Headgardener
Armchair Cyclist
CJ Birdfoods do a feeder specialy for squirrels. If I can organize the link I will Post later tonight.
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goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
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- Leith, Edinburgh
