Squirrel Guard Baffle News Today

Hannah Stephenson tests a selection of deterrents to see if they keep squirrels off your bird food. I have long had a problem with grey squirrels. They feast on birdseed in trays, play acrobatics to jump on fat ball feeders and make light work of scaling metal poles to steal the peanuts from my bird feeders. So, is there really a squirrel-proof feeder which works? Matthew Tume, RSPB product manager of birdcare and optics, says that in reality, no product on the market is totally squirre...

A bird in a squirrel-proof feeder. - Credit: Alamy/PA “Squirrels can chew through plastic ports, so we would recommend you use metal feeders, rather than plastic ones,” Matthew agrees. What about birdseed? You’re best off with a ‘no waste’ seed mix, says Rachel, which will help deter pigeons and squirrels from picking up the discarded husks which smaller birds deposit on to the ground. You can buy huskless seeds and sunflower hearts. “De-husked varieties will be more expensive, but...