by Pigeon Patrol | Apr 2, 2016 | 4-S Gel Bird repellent, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeon Spikes
PESKY pigeons who set up home in a museum’s bottle oven have been forced to find another place to roost.
Scores of the birds had been settling down in one of the four ovens preserved at Gladstone Pottery Museum, in Longton, causing disruption for workers and volunteers.
Now – after Stoke-on-Trent City Council approved an application to put up camouflaged nets – the pigeons have been blocked from staying at their favourite nesting spot.
Staff at the museum say they are relieved as the potbank ‘coo’ has seen fewer birds target the area.
Museum manager Angela Lee said: “It seemed to be a feature of this year, in that the pigeons were looking for somewhere to roost and they took a liking to one of our bottle ovens.
“I think once a few thought that this was a good idea, lots of others then liked it and followed them, and it started to become a bit of a problem.
“Obviously, we were concerned that it could become a health and safety issue, from the birds themselves and from the mess they create. We had to do something about it.
“There has been a noticeable difference since the nets went up.
“We still have the odd pigeon flying around the yard, but they’re not coming in en masse like they were before.”
Paul Niblett, from Longton Road, Trentham, is one of the original volunteers who helped to save the former Gladstone Pottery Work in the early 1970s.
He is relieved the pigeons have now been pushed to the margins.
He said: “It has been happening for quite a while now, and they were quite well-established.
“Three of the four bottle ovens that have been restored in the last few years have a big glass disc on the top, which stops birds getting in there. But the fourth one, which hasn’t been restored yet, is still open.
“Pigeons being pigeons, I think they flew over it and thought ‘that’s a lovely place to nest’, and then more of them came.
“Putting a top on it is seriously expensive, as it involves a lot of work and scaffolding, but the nets are a good alternative to that.
“I think it’s distinctly improved since they’ve gone up, and it’s good to see fewer pigeons.”
Paul Buttery, a pigeon fancier from Kidsgrove, said the preventative measures taken by the museum should be enough to keep the pigeons from coming back to roost.
The 53-year-old added: “If they start going somewhere to nest then they will keep going back there – they’re very territorial.
“They won’t leave by choice, the only they will leave is if they you put a net or fence or something like that in the way to stop them getting in there.
“If they persist in being a problem then the only thing that could be done would be to have a cull.
“That’s the ultimate solution, but it shouldn’t need to come to that.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Apr 1, 2016 | 4-S Gel Bird repellent, Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting
PESKY pigeons could get hot and bothered after gel which burns like chilli was put on roofs to deter the birds.
Witham Town Council called in experts from Rentokil to hear options for shooing the growing numbers of birds away from buildings in the town centre.
Solutions ranged from netting, electrical bird deterrents and special gel with an active ingredient found in chillies to “burn” pigeons’ feet.
The idea of feeding pigeons contraceptives mixed with grain was also put forward by a resident.
The environment committee met to hear suggestions after complaints had been made to the council about slippery pigeon droppings.
Worst hit are the areas outside Greggs, in Newland Street, and outside businesses in Guithavon Street, where pigeons roost on the rooftops.
Sean Byrne, specialist service consultant at Rentokil, told the committee: “The electric deterrent system, similar to an electric fence, gives them a short shock and within five to seven days, the birds don’t land on the building anymore.
“It’s humane and does not harm the birds, but it does work well.”
He also suggested spraying a protective gel on to buildings which causes a burning sensation on pigeons feet when they land.
The gel sits at 9,000 SHU on the scoville scale, making it roughly twice as hot as a jalepeno pepper.
Luke Roberts, a surveyor for Rentokil, told the committee: “It gives the sensation of burning, but doesn’t actually burn.
“As a bird brings up its legs, it touches its genitals and the rest is history. They don’t come back.”
Councillors also made reference to a story in a Barcelona newspaper, brought in by a resident, describing how authorities there had started feeding pigeons contraceptives to stop them breeding.
Lee Fribbins, pigeon enthusiast and director of UK Belgica racing pigeon clinic in Wyncolls Road, Colchester, warned there is only one way to move the birds on.
He said: “Ideally the only scientific approach that will work is to stop feeding them.
“It’s a bit disappointing when people use harmful things to stop pigeons roosting.
“We have had pigeons brought in that have sticky substances on their skin, some have been stuck on windowsills and have had to rip their toes off to move.
“Pigeons get a bad rep if you think what they have done for us in two world wars and they are an important past time for 40,000 people, like myself.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 31, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, Pigeons in the News, UltraSonic Bird Control
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) — Two armed men are on the run after Clovis Police say they broke into a home and robbed an elderly couple. It happened Wednesday morning near Willow and Alluvial.
There were officers on every corner with a helicopter in the sky but only one person was able to confront the thieves – a woman named Marilyn Williams, “I heard my husband and he was like, ‘get the gun, get the gun…shoot him, shoot him,'” Williams said.
She was defending her home with a rifle and the men, she says were in her backyard, “I got up and went right out to them and they took off.”
Before this confrontation started, police say the thieves smashed a window to get into a home down the street and held an elderly couple at gunpoint.
“The assailants were armed with handguns and were wearing hoodies, masks and bandanas,” said Janet Stoll-Lee who is with the Clovis Police Department, “fortunately no one was hurt.”
She says the men took off with jewelry and a gun from the couple’s home.
Williams says they ran through the neighborhood, jumped some fences and landed in her backyard. That’s when she pulled out a rifle and she says they dropped a pillow case full of jewelry.
“Everybody is ok but they wouldn’t have been had I got to my gun soon enough,” Williams said.
Investigators recovered the stolen gun and jewelry but they need help finding the two home invasion suspects. If you have any information, you should call Clovis Police.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 30, 2016 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeon Spikes
It’s bad enough when a pigeon treats your Toyota like a toilet. It’s worse when you have to run a gauntlet of dead birds and poop while dashing for your morning train. Who’s going to clean up this mess at Metropark station?
Commuter Joe Yospe emailed us about a problem he encounters on his commute from Iselin in the walkway between the third floor parking deck and the station.
“The walkway is full of pigeon excrement, feathers, other unknown filthy objects and for a two-week period, two dead pigeons (were) just sitting in the walkway,” he said. “No one cleans up that area, as well as the area on the platform itself which is full of bird excrement.”
Q: Whose job is it to clean up the pigeon poop and remove the dead birds and what’s being done?
A: NJ Transit hires contractors to run some of it’s parking facilities and that is the case in Metropark, said Jennifer M. Nelson, an NJ Transit spokeswoman.
“The parking deck is run for NJ Transit by Nexus. We have responsibility for the platform and it was just power washed this past Friday,” she said. “We did a walk through with a pest (bird) control representative, with Nexus, and with our staff to discuss how to best address the ongoing bird-related issues at the station and parking deck.”
NJ Transit expects to have a proposal from the pest control representatives in the next few weeks to address the issue around the station and parking deck, she said.
“(We) will implement an agreed upon course of action as soon as possible,” Nelson said.
Let us know how the battle of the birds shakes out, Joe.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 29, 2016 | 4-S Gel Bird repellent, Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes
Pigeon ‘stools’ on the Craigavon Bridge are imperilling pedallers and pedestrians alike with one Waterside Councillor calling for netting to be erected to help address the problem.
Waterside SDLP Councillor Martin Reilly said the problem of ‘unpleasant and unsafe’ pigeon deposits, which are causing distress to cyclists and pedestrians in the area, needs to be tackled immediately.
“I have been contacted by people who use the cycle path along the lower deck of the Craigavon Bridge who are annoyed at the gathering of pigeon mess which makes cycling and walking in this area unpleasant and unsafe,” he said.
He explained that the section of the crossing is not wide enough for Council vehicles to access.
“Unfortunately this part of the bridge is too narrow for Council cleansing vehicles – and in the past Council worked with Transport NI and Sustrans to close this stretch to carry out the necessary cleaning works. While this cleaning work is welcome the effects do not last long and a more permanent solution is required,” he added.
Whilst bird droppings are found throughout the city a pigeon hang-out close to the steps near the Waterside end of the bridge is where the problem is most pronounced. Layers of pigeon droppings millimetres thick have been allowed to accumulate and when slick with rain it poses a serious hazard for walkers and cyclists.
The ordure is creating serious disorder.
Mr Reilly said: “Transport NI previously suggested installing netting in this area to prevent pigeons from roosting. I am therefore calling on these statutory agencies to work together to find an adequate solution which would encourage further use of this key walkway and cycle route.”
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