Bristol Bird Control Services

What does bird control involve?

Bird droppings, damage and disturbance causes financial loss and stress to thousands of homes and businesses each year. To prevent damage and loss it is highly recommended to have your bird problems professionally assessed.

We first inspect your property before providing the very best options for you, your home or your business.

Options include bird proofing measures to exclude birds from buildings permanently. We also provide a full range of bird deterrents that include bird spike installation, bird deterrent gels for pigeons and more.

How does our bird control service work?

The bird control service we provide always begins with an inspection by our bird control specialist. Once you have decided on the options you feel are best for you we will schedule our specialist bird team to carry out the chosen exclusion and proofing measures.



Why is Bird Control necessary? Birds carry and spread numerous diseases and parasites that can easily infect and infest humans and our homes.

Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Starlings are a small and familiar garden bird found in our cities, rural and coastal areas throughout the year.

The Starling is slightly smaller, yet not dissimilar in size to that of our common blackbird and from a distance can be easily misidentified.

During the winter months, the starling population in the UK swells with starlings roosting and swarming in their tens of thousands, forming clouds or "murmurations" of starlings that on the nearby Somerset levels can contain over a million birds!

Starlings will usually roost in large numbers in trees, buildings or under bridges where their large numbers give them a level of protection from predators.

Nesting is normally undertaken in isolated pairs and these nests can become problematic due to their locations. Blocked gutters and well-coated cars are two common examples.

Seagulls

These birds cause a variety of problems including noise, the mess from droppings on vehicles, walls, windows, gardens, people, washing, and the burden of roosting sites and nests.

Nesting pairs of Gulls use a diverse variety of materials to construct their nests. Waste and dead gulls block gullies, chimneys, gas flues, roof valleys and downpipes.

Damage and obstruction of this kind can cause fires, carbon monoxide poisoning, flooding, damp and misery.

Gulls have been seen dropping stones on vehicles, drowning rats in the harbour by diving on them while they try to swim, and the very long list of mischief and hassle, both superficial and economically damaging goes on and on.

Professional control often prevents Gull damage from becoming a regular and disturbing money pit.

Pigeons

The urban pigeons that we can most closely associate with when the word pigeon is mentioned, are often thought of as a city-dwelling bird. In fact, this is a stereotype that fails to reveal the full story of the feral pigeon.

Pigeons are more correctly described and named "Rock Doves". The name "Rock Doves" does sound like the name of an 80s rock group, however, they love our homes and cities because their natural habitat is cliffs!

Most pigeons are your regular blue-grey colour, while others are white and every shade in between.

Over the centuries, our relationship with the pigeon has moved on. Once upon a time, a pigeon fancier would have been quite respectable. Today though, having a love of pigeons is considered a little bit unusual.

Pure, wild rock doves are now only seen in the UK, on the coasts on northwest Scotland, but the slightly more complex version that we see day to day in our towns and cities is far more abundant.

Other Birds Seen As Pests Include:

• Jays
• Crows
• Doves
• Sparrows
• Jackdaws

These birds cause a variety of problems including noise, the mess from droppings on vehicles, walls, windows, gardens, people and washing, etc.