A nutty old downfall

If you use an airgun to control grey squirrels, winter is the time to make a real impression on their numbers. Like many conservation-minded shooters, I do my best to keep these invasive rodents in check throughout the year but it is much easier to bring them to book during the cold months.

The fact that most trees are bare during the winter is a great help when it comes to spotting grey squirrels in their woodland habitat. But their real undoing at this time of year is their weakness for a free meal. These highly adaptable rodents are greedy opportunists with a reputation for bullying less boisterous wildlife away from food sources. Their domination of feeding places is