From the trees to the roof line
A grey squirrel is equally at home crossing tree canopies or running along a fence top as it is moving across the ground, just as near Brentford, where riverside streets by the Thames and the Grand Union Canal. Where a mature tree stands close to the house, an overhanging branch often forms a natural bridge to the roof, and from there all a squirrel needs is one weak point at the eaves, just as near Hounslow, where the town centre and surrounding streets.
Isleworth's riverside trees
The older riverside streets at Isleworth sit among mature trees close to the Thames, and squirrels moving between the riverbank and nearby roofs are a regular sight here through autumn.
Gardens along the Chiswick border
Further along, the gardens of the Victorian terraces towards the Chiswick border have their own mature trees close to the roof line, giving squirrels an equally easy route into loft spaces above these older, often larger houses.
Confirming it is a squirrel
The timing of the activity is usually the clearest tell, much as it does near Hounslow, where the town centre and surrounding streets. Squirrels keep daytime hours, so scampering and thumping around dawn and again in late afternoon points to them; anything happening in the dead of night is more likely rats or mice, just as near Brentford, where riverside streets by the Thames and the Grand Union Canal.
What not to do
- Block the entry hole while squirrels may still be inside; they chew a new way out, sometimes into the house
- Put down poison in the loft
- Catch a squirrel and release it elsewhere - grey squirrels are an invasive non-native species and it is illegal to release one once caught
Booking squirrel control in Hounslow
Our squirrel trapping service in Hounslow is £280, and since around Hounslow, where the town centre and surrounding streets, 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 Hounslow squirrel control page.
