Rabies is virtually eradicated in the UK. Bats and imported animals are a potential risk, but the chance of a squirrel having rabies is nearly zero.

The UK is one of very few places in the world designated rabies free.

Others have answered, but the UK has been rabies free for over a century!

The British Isles (GB and Ireland) have been rabies free since the disease was eradicated in terrestrial animals in 1922.

per DEFRA

Also note, while you should always assume on the side of safety, it is an invariably fatal disease that is too late to vaccinate for or treat by the time you have symptoms, it is exceedingly rare for small rodents like squirrels to carry rabies as generally if they make contact with a rabid animal they don't survive the encounter to pass it on. Most of the few rodent/lagomorph rabies cases in the US are in beavers and groundhogs.

I REPEAT: They CAN get rabies and the only way to be safe is to get treatment immediately if you are in contact with any wild animal that could even remotely have rabies, also squirrels can carry other diseases that can kill you including plague and hantavirus, contact a doctor immediately if you get bitten by any unknown animal and only interact with wildlife with your eyes and ears from a respectful distance.

Rabies is probably illegal in the UK, so no rabies anymore?

They're unfortunately eating all the pecans, the property has large pecan and acorn trees everywhere from one of the previous owners so they're always well fed. Looks to me like I have eastern fox squirrels after researching into it further, they can grow up to 30 inches in length and the claws look about right. Seems like my area is one of the few places in the state they reside, really glad I looked into it further and finding out so much more about them.

I will say, I absolutely love the guys and want to do more with the property to support them. The property around us was recently clear cut so our trees are the only vestige of a habitat that they have left around here. I've always thought about setting up a webcam of some sort because they love sun bathing on our bricks during the cool hours and will sit on our window sills under the awning when it gets really hot out. That's how I've been able to observe them so closely and realized they're not so cute and cuddly so wouldn't want to be trapped in an enclosed space with a frightened one.