From tree canopy to roof
A grey squirrel is equally at home crossing tree canopies or running along a fence top as it is moving across the ground, true near Belsize Park too, where victorian villas and mansion blocks between Camden Town and Hampstead. A property near a mature tree usually has at least one branch reaching over the roofline, giving a squirrel a ready-made route in, provided there's a gap at the eaves to exploit, as anyone near Hampstead will recognise, where georgian and Victorian houses around the Heath.
Hampstead Heath and Highgate
Houses backing directly onto Hampstead Heath, or set among the mature gardens of Highgate, give squirrels a particularly short route from woodland to roofline. A check at the eaves each autumn is worth doing here before a quiet loft becomes a noisy one over winter.
Primrose Hill's Georgian terraces
The elegant terraces around Primrose Hill, close to the park itself, sit among enough mature planting to give squirrels regular access even in a dense residential street.
Confirming it's a squirrel
Timing gives it away. Timing gives it away: squirrels are only active during daylight hours, so early-morning and late-afternoon thumping fits a squirrel, while any noise overnight means rats or mice, much as it does near Belsize Park, where victorian villas and mansion blocks between Camden Town and Hampstead.
Checking for damage
Look from the loft hatch without climbing in, using a torch: flattened or shredded insulation, gnawed timber, chewed boxes and droppings near a water tank. If you find gnawed electrical cable, treat it as urgent: exposed wiring is a fire risk, so don't handle it yourself, call an electrician instead, as anyone near Hampstead will recognise, where georgian and Victorian houses around the Heath.
What not to do
- Block the entry hole while squirrels may still be inside; a trapped one chews a new way out
- Put down poison in the loft
- Catch a squirrel and release it elsewhere - it's illegal for this species
Booking squirrel control in Camden
Our squirrel trapping service in Camden is £280, and since around Highgate, where georgian and Victorian housing on high ground, it helps to say when you book squirrel control whether the sounds are by day or night and whether trees overhang the roof, with more on the Camden squirrel control page.
