Four possibilities, four different prices, and one very good reason to get the identification right before anyone starts.
Timing and weight tell you most of it. Daytime and heavy is a squirrel. Night-time and scurrying is a rat. Night-time and light is a mouse. Dawn chirping in spring is birds.
The prices differ substantially: squirrel £280, rat or mouse £190 flat / £240 house, and birds are a different matter entirely.
| Squirrel | Rat | Mouse | Birds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When | Daytime, dawn, dusk | After dark | After dark | Dawn, spring |
| Weight | Heavy | Medium | Very light | Light |
| Sound | Thumping, rolling, dragging | Scurrying, gnawing | Fast light scratching | Chirping, fluttering |
| Where | Across the roof space | Roof and wall cavities | Wall cavities, under floors | At the eaves |
| Droppings | Rounded, 8–10mm | Tapered, 12–18mm | Grain-sized, 3–6mm | Splashes below |
| Price | £280 | £190 / £240 | £190 / £240 | Varies |
Rodent bait put down for what turns out to be a squirrel achieves nothing except a delay of two weeks.
See our full squirrel control service, the £280 fixed price and what the programme covers.
View Squirrel Control Wealdstone →A week of notes tells us more than a five-minute inspection. It costs nothing and it frequently identifies the animal outright.
A flat changes the geography of the question.
Where you are in the building narrows it considerably before anyone visits.
Read nextDo You Have a Squirrel in the Loft in Wealdstone? How to Tell →All UK bats and their roosts are legally protected. Bat activity is usually a rustling or squeaking around dusk, with small dark droppings that crumble to a glittery powder — rodent droppings do not. If you suspect bats, stop and take specialist advice.
Spring, at the eaves, chirping and fluttering. Some species and active nests are legally protected. It resolves itself when the young fledge, and the eaves can be proofed afterwards.
| Animal | Flat | House |
|---|---|---|
| Rats | £190 | £240 |
| Mice | £190 | £240 |
| Squirrel | £280 | £280 |
Squirrel work is a single price because it is a programme of visits rather than a treatment. Rodent pricing differs by property type because a house has more to cover.
Yes, and it is not unusual. A squirrel entry point at roof level is also a route for rats.
Yes, including if it turns out to be birds or something structural. You are charged for the job that is actually needed.
Squirrels and rats both gnaw cabling. It is not something to leave for a month.
Buzzing rather than scratching? A wasp nest is £90 fixed cost in Wealdstone, guaranteed.
Squirrels are active in daylight and sound heavy. Rats are nocturnal and sound like scurrying.
Light, fast scratching, usually in a wall cavity or under a floor rather than across the ceiling.
Possibly nesting birds at the eaves — chirping and fluttering rather than movement across the ceiling.
Squirrel £280 for the programme; rats or mice £190 in a flat, £240 in a house.
Squirrels are trapped, rodents are baited and proofed, and birds and bats may be legally protected.
No, that is a floor void. Rats or mice rather than a squirrel.
Bat droppings crumble to a glittery powder. Rodent droppings do not. All UK bats and their roosts are legally protected.
Yes. A squirrel entry point at roof level is also a route for rats.
Tell us the time of day and how heavy it sounds. That narrows it down before anyone visits.
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