The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 statutorily safeguards every wild bird within the United Kingdom.
Though the relevant legislation strictly prohibits removing nests, disrupting roosting birds, or installing dangerous deterrents, you still retain permitted and practical means of protecting your property from nuisance avian populations.
Offering specialist avian management within Highley, Birmingham Pest Control Co. deploys effective deterrent and exclusion systems designed to cause no harm to protected birds.
Talk with our helpful team now to get a swift response and secure lawful cover.
Health risks from pest birds in Highley
Droppings from pest birds carry a wide variety of harmful pathogens.
Dehydrated pigeon guano harbours salmonella, E. coli, and the pathogen that causes ornithosis, a respiratory disease acquired via the inhalation of tainted dust or direct contact with infected surfaces and objects.
Ornithosis constitutes a significant workplace health hazard within occupational environments affected by avian infestations.
Highley food and hospitality operators face strict regulatory exposure alongside the serious health and safety hazards of guano contamination.
Besides pathogenic hazards, guano rapidly collects within guttering, on roofing components, and around drainage exits.
Before breeding, avian species often congregate on architectural projections, parapets, and rooflines, dropping guano that directly hastens the deterioration of stonework, obstructs drainage gutters, and causes hazardous slipping hazards on the pedestrian footpaths below.
Neglecting a bird nuisance at a Highley property can invite increasing structural damage and growing guano, making sure the essential installation job only grows more expensive as time passes.
Regardless of the exact avian species, our tailored plans will efficiently protect your premises, your property, and those around you from the range of health risks that birds carry.
Pest bird species in Highley
Wild pigeons and gulls cause the most noticeable damage on Highley’s commercial buildings, as flat roofs and ledges offer them continual roosting shelter.
As a seasonal nuisance, starlings squeeze into roof voids through much narrower gaps than either of those species!
Prior to securing any specialist fixings, our technicians diligently cleanse the area of all guano and nest material. Safety is our first priority. Disturbed dry droppings create severe health risks, whilst abandoned nests quickly attract secondary infestations to thrive.
Those are but a few of the magnificent bird species we care for daily.
Feral pigeons
Wild pigeon groups consistently gather in significant numbers throughout our metropolitan environments.
As a breeding pair of pigeons can raise up to six broods annually, their population grows rapidly on any structure offering uninterrupted ledges or empty roof voids.
As pigeons regularly revisit their established nesting and roosting locations, straightforward dispersal measures do not s\ucceed to break this well-established behaviour pattern.
Practical pigeon control in Highley involves physical exclusion systems that prevent landing altogether, which gently directs the birds to find an alternative place to roost.
Seagulls and gulls
Expanding their presence far inland, herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls have now become well-established nesters throughout Highley and the broader Midlands.
Gathering in crowded colonies atop flat roofs, these noisy birds turn fiercely hostile during their breeding season, a fraught period lasting from April until August.
Having greater mass than pigeons, gulls demand durable post and wire systems or heavier-duty netting over the weaker deterrents employed for standard pigeon control.
We accurately adapt our bird control systems for gull colonies to meet each specific location.
Instead of offering a standard, general package, we carefully customise our specialist advice and your tailored solution based upon the roof structure and the colony size.
Starlings
We identify starlings as a seasonal pest bird within Highley.
You can see these birds get into roof voids via smaller entry points than pigeons, utilising exposed ridge tiles, broken soffits, and broken fascia boards.
Nestled quietly within a roof space, a starling roost builds up vast, undesirable quantities of droppings and nesting materials over the course of the season.
Bird control solutions in Highley
Every haven deserves protection and care. We design varied bird control systems, tailoring each response to the specific species, the distinct structure, and the true scale of the infestation.
No answer is ever really provided until we first survey your property and assess the troublesome presence in person.
Our surveys are entirely complimentary, so you are under any duty to continue.
Bird netting
To provide total exclusion, bird netting blankets roof perimeters, open facades, plant rooms, and building recesses. This covers everything, efficiently denying access to perching and nesting sites.
We secure areas using ultraviolet resistant polyethylene mesh, made to specific dimensions, using 10mm mesh for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls.
Stainless-steel anchor systems secure the fixings straight into brickwork, steel or timber.
Once properly fitted, netting remains virtually unseen from the street below, delivering a wonderfully unobtrusive yet extremely effective bird solution.
Bird spikes
To effectively prevent birds a landing space, bird spikes are fitted to ledges, wall tops, windowsills, pipes, and signage.
These function by rendering the landing surface very unpleasant rather than putting up a physical barrier to the birds.
Select polycarbonate spikes for heritage and listed buildings to minimise the visual impact of the deterrent installation.
Stainless steel material provides enhanced durability, making it well suited for industrial and commercial or commercial sites where lifespan under heavy dirt is emphasised over aesthetics.
To assist you in making the most suitable choice, we carefully assess your specific space before recommending the most suitable product.
Bird wire
How do bird wire systems function? They tighten stainless steel wire between posts to make ledges, balconies, and roof ridges totally unstable for perching!
Providing a highly unobtrusive profile, wire is suitable for prestigious civic and commercial buildings where aesthetics are of utmost importance. It equally safeguards delicate heritage architecture where drilling for spike or netting fixings remains completely unsuitable.
Searching for the ultimate discreet defence? Wire is excellent for attractive commercial and civic buildings! It is brilliant for historic buildings as well, entirely avoiding the drilling required for spikes or netting.
Bird free gel
To stop unwanted bird activity, just put the innovative Bird Free gel dish onto whichever area you want to shield!
Standing a mere eight millimetres tall, it remains fully hidden from humanly visible eyes on the ground level, yet your resident bird population will definitely notice its presence.
For avian eyes perceiving ultraviolet wavelengths, this particular gel makes the building seem to be furiously ablaze.
Are you having minor bird issues? We will happily help them to find another home!
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
Sparrows and starlings regularly access roof voids by using gaps in ridge tiles, exposed soffits, and damaged fascias.
Safeguarding these vulnerable gaps requires stainless steel mesh or custom-made vent covers, picked precisely to suit the size and species of invader.
To guarantee complete adherence to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, any exclusionary measures must be arranged away from the active nesting season.
Bird control for Highley businesses
Safeguarding commercial premises calls for a dual strategy, pairing robust physical boundaries with routine inspections to identify newly developing roosting sites before they can ever establish.
We assist businesses running several Highley and West Midlands premises with organised agreements. These arrangements cover routine scheduled assessments alongside prompt callouts for fresh bird issues occurring between visits.
Birmingham Pest Control Co. delivers tailored assistance to food businesses, hotels, schools, university campuses, and industrial premises throughout the region.
Fitting seamlessly around your operating opening hours, our domestic and commercial bird control services in Highley provide the required documented documentation required for your Environmental Health and health and safety records.
We provide commercial pest control clients with full documentation of every visit, specifying what we surveyed and what we installed.
Any environmental health officer seeking proof of an ongoing pest management programme will immediately obtain all necessary evidence.
Our Highley bird control service
Birmingham Pest Control Co. maintains recognised accreditation from the BPCA.
Did you know our amazing bird control team is completely trained to industry standards? Every installation utilises approved methods, helping to ensure complete compliance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the relevant regulations!
You can easily confirm British Pest Control Association accreditation through the BPCA directory, as this accreditation is widely recognised as the leading standard for professional UK pest control.
First, we conduct a free property assessment before giving your tailored quotation.
Our Highley technicians examine the site to identify the pest bird species and perching or nesting areas, providing a complimentary quotation on the same day.
Once we have finished your evaluation, you are under no obligation to proceed.
Guarding properties throughout Highley, our experienced pest specialists remain vigilant around the clock to handle your requests and resolve urgent emergencies.
Get in touch for a free site survey
Struggling with pest birds? Birmingham Pest Control Co. delivers superb residential and commercial bird proofing and control across Highley and the greater West Midlands!
To guide you through dealing with your bird issues swiftly, responsibly, and legally, we are the trusted experts you can rely upon.
By filling in our online enquiry form or phoning our team today, you can arrange a comprehensive site assessment where we will determine the exact species and roosting locations, afterwards delivering a comprehensive written quotation with no obligation.
Get in touch with us to reach our friendly team today on 0121 816 0399 to arrange your no-obligation site survey, as we are available to assist you at any hour.
