The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 legally safeguards all UK wild birds.
Whilst displacing nests, scattering roosting flocks, or utilising harmful deterrents violates the Act, you are never left defenceless. Options still are available to safeguard your space from unwanted pest birds.
Providing specialist avian management within Hollinwood, Birmingham Pest Control Co. uses effective deterrent and exclusion systems intended to cause no injury at all to protected birds.
Talk with our friendly team now to get a prompt response and gain legal cover.
Health risks from pest birds in Hollinwood
Did you know pest bird droppings are fully teeming with diverse pathogens?
Did you know dried pigeon droppings carries salmonella, E. coli, and the agent behind ornithosis? This respiratory infection is spread through inhaling infected dust or handling contaminated surfaces!
Did you know that ornithosis is an important workplace health risk whenever bird infestations are present?
Regarding Hollinwood food service and food outlets, this imposes strict legal supervision alongside the existing health and safety risks of guano contamination.
Apart from biological hazards, guano rapidly accumulates within gutters, upon roofing materials, and near drainage points.
First, the birds gather on ledges, parapets, and roof edges before roosting. As a result, their built-up waste accelerates stonework decay, obstructs gutters, and creates dangerous slip hazards on the walkways below.
Failing to address avian pests at a Hollinwood property inevitably escalates structural damage, compounds hazardous guano accumulation, and considerably increases the final cost of the required mitigation installation over time.
Regardless of the avian species, our customised approaches help ensure that your premises, employees, and tenants remain thoroughly protected against bird-borne health hazards.
Pest bird species in Hollinwood
Feral pigeons and seagulls cause the most conspicuous harm on Hollinwood commercial properties, seeking permanent sanctuary upon their flat rooftops and edges.
Characterised as a seasonal challenge, starlings access roof voids through narrower openings than either species.
During every bird service, our technicians meticulously remove every guano and nest material before fitting any fixings. This important preparation is important because dry disturbed guano poses serious health risks, whilst abandoned nesting material regularly attracts secondary infestations to the premises.
Below is a good selection of the varied avian species we care for on a day-to-day basis.
Feral pigeons
Huge numbers of wild pigeons gather across our busy metropolitan spaces.
A lone breeding pair of pigeons can raise six broods annually, which means that populations escalate rapidly on any site with quiet ledges or undisturbed loft spaces.
Driven by a strong instinct, pigeons relentlessly return to their chosen sanctuaries, meaning basic dispersal tactics will certainly not disrupt this deeply ingrained pattern.
Definitive pigeon control in Hollinwood relies upon exclusion measures that stop landing entirely, gently prompting these birds to seek other places to call home.
Seagulls and gulls
Each of the herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls have effectively migrated inland, creating permanent nesting populations throughout the area of Hollinwood and the wider Midlands.
Creating dense colonies on level rooftops, these clamorous birds exhibit territorial behaviour during their reproductive season, which usually spans from April until August.
Since gulls are significantly heavier than pigeons, you must implement post and wire systems or heavy duty netting rather than less robust pigeon control methods.
We meticulously adapt our bird control systems for gull colonies to fit each individual site.
We dismiss generic, uniform packages. Instead, we tailor our support and your tailored solution around the specific architecture of your roof and the colony size.
Starlings
These starlings consistently pose a seasonal avian issue in the Hollinwood region.
Entering roof voids via smaller entry points than pigeons need, they capitalise on open ridge tiles, damaged soffits, and broken fascia boards.
Starlings roosting inside a roof space accumulate considerable volumes of droppings and nesting materials over a single season.
Bird control solutions in Hollinwood
How do we deliver excellent results? We adapt our complete suite of bird control options based on the specific species, your property type, and the scale of the infestation!
Our process starts by assessing your site and the target population before we recommend any options.
Would you believe it? Our survey visits are completely free with entirely no pressure whatsoever to proceed!
Bird netting
As the final exclusion approach, bird netting covers roof edges, open facades, plant rooms, and structural alcoves to prevent birds access to nesting or roosting sites.
Looking for the ultimate protection? Our UV stable polyethylene net offers bespoke mesh sizes, featuring 10mm for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls!
Using stainless steel anchor systems makes sure these fixings are firmly tensioned into masonry, steel, or timber.
Once correctly fitted, netting remains virtually unseen from the street below, providing a wonderfully unobtrusive yet extremely effective bird solution.
Bird spikes
How do we stop annoying landing spots? We install bird spikes onto raised ledges, parapets, windowsills, pipes, and signage!
They prevent birds by turning landing surfaces less comfortable instead of blocking them.
How do you safeguard valuable heritage and listed buildings subtly? Incredible polycarbonate spikes are the perfect option for a completely unseen defence!
In workshop or commercial settings, stainless steel delivers impressive resilience, thereby making it the perfect option when enduring heavy dirt is valued over visual appearance.
By carefully analysing the particular requirements of your site first, we ensure our subsequent product recommendation is ideally matched.
Bird wire
To easily deter nuisance pests, bird wire systems utilise tightened stainless steel wire between posts, producing an unstable landing surface on flat ledges, balconies, and roof ridges.
As a subtle deterrent, wire stylishly suits business and civic architecture where looks is paramount, whilst also preserving historic facades where drilling to secure spike or netting systems remains highly unsuitable.
Delivering an barely visible defence, wire carefully retains the design of prominent public and retail properties. It discreetly safeguards period frontages where drilling for spike or netting installations is quite unthinkable.
Bird free gel
Attach the compact-sized Bird Free gel dish on to any location that requires guarding from problem bird activity.
At just a mere 8mm in height, it stays virtually unnoticeable from ground level whilst being readily perceived by nearby bird population.
Birds can see ultraviolet light, so this gel makes it appear the building to look like it is being ablaze.
To resolve minor infestations, we carefully guide the birds to move to other locations.
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
How do starlings and sparrows get into roof spaces? They make use of soffits left open, broken fascias, and small gaps in ridge tiles!
We cover these entry points using stainless steel mesh or purpose-made vent covers, depending on the aperture measurements and bird species.
How do you meet the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981? We plan exclusion work away from active nesting seasons!
Bird control for Hollinwood businesses
To safeguard business premises from birds successfully, we combine external barriers with regular inspections to identify any newly developing roosting areas.
To assist enterprises with multiple premises throughout Hollinwood and the West Midlands, we offer structured agreements that include planned assessments alongside reactive callouts for any new bird issues occurring between visits.
Safeguarding our community, Birmingham Pest Control Co. serves food establishments, hotels, schools, university campuses, and industrial sites throughout the local area.
Need stellar bird control in Hollinwood? We work around your opening hours for properties and businesses, offering written paperwork for Environmental Health and health and safety records!
We assist our commercial clients by offering complete documentation for our pest control services, detailing every visit, survey, and item installed.
Should an EHO ask for proof of an ongoing pest management programme, they will instantly discover every necessary detail.
Our Hollinwood bird control service
Birmingham Pest Control Co. holds formal accreditation from the BPCA.
Maintaining the strictest professional expectations, our bird control technicians use accepted installation methods, so that every project carefully respects the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all applicable legislation.
You can easily check British Pest Control Association accreditation through the BPCA directory, as this qualification is generally recognised as the leading standard for professional UK pest control.
First, we perform a complimentary location assessment before issuing your custom quotation.
Once on your property, our Hollinwood specialists investigate the present pest bird species and their nesting or roosting sanctuaries, producing your free quotation that same day.
When our assessment comes to an end, the choice to journey onward rests entirely with you.
Operating as the leading local pest specialists in the Hollinwood region, we are accessible 24/7, throughout the week, for enquiries and emergency callouts.
Get in touch for a free site survey
Birmingham Pest Control Co. delivers specialist bird proofing and pest bird control for domestic and business clients in Hollinwood and the surrounding West Midlands.
To assist you through managing your bird issues promptly, ethically, and within the law, we are the dependable experts you can rely upon.
By submitting our online enquiry form or phoning our team today, you can book a comprehensive site assessment where we will establish the precise species and roosting locations, subsequently delivering a full written quotation entirely free from obligation.
Please contact us to reach our helpful team now on 0121 816 0399 to book your no-obligation site survey, as we remain ready to assist you at any time.
