You may have a point - but those are Scottish websites. Is the same true under English and Welsh law? Do they actually have red squirels left to be menaced in Scotland (I think they have somne round here)?
I just started another comment, then realised that I didn't really know what I was talking about anyway. This is a leaflet from DEFRA about controlling urban squirrels, but it's not too clear on what you are allowed to do with them without a licence. It seems that if you deliberately trap them you're not allowed to re-release them, but I'm not at all sure that that's the same case as letting one out of a bird feeder. They're certainly protected from 'ill-treatment', whatever that means exactly.
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I think it means you are allowed to them over the head with a shovel but you're not allowed to enjoy it
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Even rats with tails.