Professional Squirrel Control in Blackheath

The Route In Is Usually a Branch

Squirrels rarely climb a wall to reach a loft. They arrive along something: an overhanging branch, a fence line running to a wall, a cable, or a neighbouring roof in a terrace. Blackheath's mature tree cover and its period rooflines - timber soffit, fascia and verge details that have had a century or more of weather - put those two things next to each other more often than most areas.

Daytime noise is the giveaway. Heavy movement in a loft at three in the afternoon is far more likely to be a squirrel than a rat, because squirrels are active in daylight and rats are not.

Signs You May Need Squirrel Control in Blackheath

The full list is on the Squirrel Control Greenwich page.

• Heavy movement in daylight. This is the giveaway. Rodent activity in a loft at three in the afternoon is far more likely to be a squirrel than a rat, because squirrels are active in the day and rats are not.
• Noise with real weight to it. Thumping, rolling, dragging, and sometimes the sound of something being carried across the ceiling.
• Damage to loft insulation. Torn up, compressed and gathered into a nesting mass, usually near the eaves.

How We Deal With Squirrels in Blackheath

A trapping programme runs over a series of visits with traps sited where the animals are moving and checked on the required schedule, and the entry point is closed once activity has stopped.