What should I do about a grey squirrel in my garden? I live near a red protected area.?

I know they are officially vermin, but can't bring myself to report it to the council, although the reds are in real danger.What should I do about a grey squirrel in my garden? I live near a red protected area.?
The grey squirrell is nothing but a 'rat' with a tail, they are not only destroying the native 'red' but they also take birds eggs from nests ! you should get rid of it if you can, either report it, or if you know anyone with a gun, shoot it !!!What should I do about a grey squirrel in my garden? I live near a red protected area.?
Your reluctance to report the grey or shoot it is putting the reds in danger of extinction. The grey will soon transmit the virus which they carry and which has wiped out many red populations in England. The adults will die and the young ones will starve to death in a lingering death because of your failure. Your misplaced sentimentality will be the death of many indigenous red squirrel. The greys are aliens imported from the USA. Save our native species.





And if you love birds, you can kiss osme of them goodbye in your area soon:





In 2004 Chris Hewson and Rob Fuller of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), Brenda Mayle of Forest Research and Ken Smith of the RSPB confirmed that there were three mechanisms via which grey squirrels, living at high density in a woodland, could have an impact on woodland birds (Hewson et al., 2004).





First, they report that, in a Nottinghamshire wood grey squirrels were responsible for nesting failures in 27% of nest boxes and that, on one farm in Norfolk, the control of grey squirrels reduced open nest predation from 85% to just 5-10%. Furthermore, they reported that the arrival of the grey squirrels in Durham coincided with an observed decline in the abundance of open-nesting bird species such as thrushes and finches.





Hewson et al (2004) also describe how squirrels compete for nest sites with bird species such as the tawny owl, kestrel, jackdaw, stock dove and starling. They report that, in some areas, the occupation of suitable nest holes by grey squirrels can be sufficient to prevent birds such as tawny owls (right) breeding at all.





The final mechanism for grey squirrels impacting on woodland birds is through the competition for food. Squirrels have been observed to take over caches of food stored by jays, and their diet of insects, buds and seeds, brings them into competition with many other species of woodland bird species, such as nuthatch, hawfinch and bullfinch.
Grey squirrels are lovely - I welcome them to my garden. Humans are putting numerous creatures in danger of extinction but we don't shoot them. Put some nuts out for him on your garden shed and he'll be happy!
Grey squirrals are nasty and thats that. The poor red squirral must be saved from this pest that doesnt belong in this country.
shoot it
shoot it they are only vermin killing off the red squirrel