From the trees to the roof line
Grey squirrels move through tree canopies nearly as easily as on the ground, and an overhanging branch gives a direct bridge to the eaves, true near Morden too, where comfortable 1930s semis and postwar housing spreading out from the town centre. A house close to mature trees only has to have one weak spot at the roofline before a squirrel gets in, just as near Wimbledon, where large Victorian houses and villas near the Common.
Wimbledon Common and Cannizaro Park
The large Victorian houses near Wimbledon Common and Cannizaro Park sit beneath some of the borough's oldest trees, and a check at the eaves each autumn is worth doing here before a quiet loft turns noisy over winter.
Established gardens further south
Even away from the Common, the mature gardens attached to older houses around Raynes Park give squirrels enough cover to reach a roofline that a newer, more open street would not.
Confirming it is a squirrel
When it happens tends to be the most reliable clue, true near Wimbledon too, where large Victorian houses and villas near the Common. Because squirrels are daytime creatures, running and thumping noises around sunrise and late afternoon suggest a squirrel; overnight noise points to rats or mice instead, whether that's near Morden, where comfortable 1930s semis and postwar housing spreading out from the town centre, or elsewhere in the borough.
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
There's a legal dimension too: grey squirrels count as an invasive non-native species, so putting one back once it's been caught is against the law, true near Morden too, where comfortable 1930s semis and postwar housing spreading out from the town centre.
Booking squirrel control in Merton
Our squirrel trapping service in Merton is £280, and since around Morden, where comfortable 1930s semis and postwar housing spreading out from the town centre, 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 Merton squirrel control page.
