Birds!! and their s**t

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 15:52

Can anyone suggest any ideas re bird s**t my roof terrace is covered in it. Is their anything that helps deter them from bombing my terrace apart from a shotgun that is.............

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 16:00

No shoot the BB****** they are vermin

mikemans


Joined: 12/04/2009
Posts: 103

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 16:15

I noticed many homes have ornamental owls on the roof and this works in scaring away birds. I have just ordered one on the internet and the price was £9.95 plus post. I intend to put this up when next out at my propertyu. I do not need it so much for bird mess but rather to keep them away as my wife is terrified of them and the flauttering wings. Alternative is poision bait placed in a position where other pets cannot get the pellets. Kind regards.





Michael

mitsybrian


Joined: 16/05/2008
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 16:45

Try C.D.s take old c.d.s drill small hole in outer rim tie with nylon/ploy thread about 1/2 mtr long place in high

point and tie off so c.d. spins in the wind it works. and will stop pigeons, and crows using your place as loo

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 17:24

Bought an owl with big eyes from a proper sports shop in GB, to try and keep the pidgeons and starlings from sh--ing all over the baby calves and their food, well, we put it up on a beam that when you enter the shed it would be the first thing these bl--dy birds would see. Very smug was I, went to see how the calves were and how clean every thing would be and lo and behold who should be perching on the owls head but the wretched pidgeons! A gun is the only thing that scares/cures these pests,lol

CasaCoco


Joined: 06/04/2009
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 17:41

Plastic owls or snakes can work but you have to move them around because the birds get used to seeing them in the same place and eventually ignore them!

Pogle


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 1536

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 18:38

Blackpool fan, please bring me a snake or owl for D3, the terrace was caked in crap and was a vile job to remove. Hopefully the birds here are thick as....



I will reimburse you of course.

watchdog


Joined: 14/06/2009
Posts: 8

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 18:45

Unfortunately, poor old Nelson in trafalgar square is not immune - I know our borough once tried live hawks to frighten them off but I think they frightened the shoppers away as well! Pigeons are a real nuisance and the damage to paintwork on cars, by the birdlime - if you dont wash it off straight away it eats into it - I had to have some of the paintwork resprayed.



Whilst commiserating with the postings, I have no real solution other than to try and stop so called well meaning people from putting out bread and such like - that just encourages them and adds to the overall problem. Perhaps a cull is needed?

banjo


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 113

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 21:14

I have just ordered silhuettes of falcons to place on windows and the watertank. If it works, I will let you know

sixstringbex


Joined: 31/05/2009
Posts: 25

Message Posted:
14/06/2009 22:10

I always say if a bird sh**ts on your windscreen..dont take her out again!!!

keithr


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 720

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 05:32

Where can I get the poison from please,I am infested with these flying rats...???

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 07:19

We bought some spikes to put on the roof from Superhome in the south and they did the trick.



I would guess that if you wanted to buy some 'poison' the small shop (don't know its name) which is in the opposite side of the main road in Girne to the Law courts. As you go down one of these roads there is a key shop and almost next to it there is a small shop that is licensed to sell chemicals. The chap that runs it does speak a little english and may well be able to help you.

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 07:21

PS



Forgot to add, we also put wire netting up in the gutters and under the solar panels and water tanks to stop the pigeons being able to make nests.



It was all a pain but it worked for us!!

everon


Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 11:38

we have a pigeon nesting in our chimney !!!! we can hear the babies cooing, will wait till they go then put some mesh around so at least they cant come into the chimney, what pests they are

stevie-d



Joined: 13/07/2007
Posts: 1420

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 12:32

Mr Pound in Girne sell plastic/wooden snakes, also parrots/ducks with a spring neck, which bend in the breeze, these have worked on my rooftop terrace used to be bad with pigeons, but no more.

stevie-d

Stewart


Joined: 19/07/2008
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 13:36

Anyone know the best way to BBQ a pigeon...or a recipe for pigeon pie?

briggus


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 161

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 13:57

Message 16 - try Egyptian cuisine regarding recipes - they do a nice stuffed pigeon - very tasty!

Thinker


Joined: 11/11/2008
Posts: 169

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 16:44

Msg 17, You need to catch them first!!



The blighters mess everywhere but fly away when you are around, only to return when you are asleep to make more mess. Tried CD's and wire but to no avail. I think we need to get an ornamental owl....

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
15/06/2009 23:50

Anybody know what the most commonest owl is in Britain? answers on a postcard..................

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
16/06/2009 08:51

We don't have a problem with bird poo but we're sick of sweeping up miscellaneous bird winds and legs when they drop the bits they can't feed their babies!!!!! That's what happens when you refuse to block the holes until the eggs have hatched and birds flown - hopefully!

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
16/06/2009 09:11

I think the Tawny Owl is the commo nest { god i'm quick this morning ! }



Simbas

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
16/06/2009 09:37

Shoot em this is the only answer DO NOT REMOVE THE DEAD BIRDS for at least a week



Did this and we have been bird free for over 18 months now.

Pogle


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 1536

Message Posted:
16/06/2009 10:42

Little Nige

What are the regulations on having a gun here?

mikemans


Joined: 12/04/2009
Posts: 103

Message Posted:
16/06/2009 11:34

When I was a kid in East London after the war, we used to go to Brick Lane market on Sunday. All the indians would buy up all the old homing pidgeons from the pidgeon racers and cook them. Maybe we should think of commercial applications to the pidgeon problem and help the economy at the same time.



Anyone for pidgeon pie ??????? - Delicious did I hear you say ???????

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
16/06/2009 11:52

Pogle in an illegal state where the law changes at a whim discretion can oft be the best course of action rather than obeying every law laid down,

Pogle


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 1536

Message Posted:
16/06/2009 12:00

great, just what I thought. Thanks Nige. I guess anyone with a gun for sale will contact me.

Pogle.. soon to be armed and loaded.

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
16/06/2009 15:20

simbas,

good answer but wrong. The commonest owl in the uk is the TEAT- OWEL....................