what do grey squirrels eat
1 Grey squirrels are mainly herbivorous, eating acorns and hazel nuts, berries, fungi and even bark, buds and shoots. 2  However, on rare occasions when plant food is very scarce they will eat insects, smaller rodents, bird eggs and nestlings. 3  Grey squirrels breed twice a year, December to February and May to June.he hind legs are bigger and more powerful than the front legs. 1  Grey squirrels are mainly herbivorous, eating acorns and hazel nuts, berries, fungi and even bark, buds and shoots. 2  However, on rare occasions when plant food is very scarce they will eat insects, smaller rodents, bird eggs and nestlings.
Eastern gray squirrels eat a range of foods, such as tree bark, tree buds, berries, many types of seeds and acorns, walnuts, and other nuts, and some types of fungi found in the forests, including fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria).ciurus carolinensis, common name eastern gray squirrel or grey squirrel depending on region, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is native to eastern North America, but has since been introduced to European regions.