The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 statutorily protects every wild bird within the United Kingdom.
While the relevant legislation strictly prohibits destroying nests, disturbing roosting birds, or installing damaging deterrents, you still retain legal and effective means of defending your property from unwanted avian populations.
Delivering specialist avian management within Lea, Birmingham Pest Control Co. implements highly successful deterrent and exclusion systems aimed to cause no harm to protected birds.
Talk with our helpful team today to get a quick response and obtain legal cover.
Health risks from pest birds in Lea
Did you know pest bird droppings are really brimming with a wide range of pathogens?
Dried pigeon guano harbours salmonella, E. coli, and the pathogen that induces ornithosis, a respiratory disease acquired via breathing in tainted dust or direct contact with infected surfaces.
Ornithosis is a major occupational health risk within professional environments affected by avian infestations.
Lea food and hospitality operators face strict regulatory risk as well as the significant health and safety dangers of guano contamination.
Apart from biological hazards, guano quickly accumulates inside gutters, upon roofing materials, and near drainage points.
Do you often notice birds gathering on ledges, parapets, and roof edges before resting? Their unsightly droppings can accelerate stonework decay, block gutters, and lead to serious slip hazards on walkways below!
Ignoring a bird nuisance at your Lea property? You invite worsening building damage, building up guano, and a vital installation job that becomes pricier the more time you delay!
Regardless of the exact avian species, our tailored plans will efficiently protect you and your property, the building, and those around you from the different health risks that birds carry.
Pest bird species in Lea
Persistent pigeons and seagulls cause the clearest damage upon Lea’s business premises, seizing flat rooftops and ledges for long-term sanctuaries.
Returning seasonally, starlings enter roof voids through spaces considerably smaller than both requires.
Our technicians consistently remove guano and nest material prior to installing fixings. Moved dry guano creates urgent health hazards, and discarded nest material swiftly draws secondary infestations to the area.
Here are some of the bird species we manage every day.
Feral pigeons
Feral city pigeons congregate in dense numbers throughout urban zones.
One pigeon pair produces up to six annual clutches. Pigeon populations grow fast on any structure with uninterrupted ledges or unused roof voids.
As pigeons routinely return to their traditional nesting and roost locations, straightforward dispersal measures do not s\ucceed to disrupt this deeply ingrained behavioural pattern.
Definitive pigeon deterrence in Lea relies upon physical exclusion systems that prevent landing entirely, gently prompting these birds to choose alternative territories to call home.
Seagulls and gulls
Herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls have expanded their presence inland, forming settled nesting colonies throughout Lea and the greater Midlands.
Establishing dense nests on level rooftops, these loud birds exhibit territorial behaviour during their reproductive season, which typically spans from April until August.
Possessing more mass than pigeons, gulls require robust post and wire systems or heavy duty netting over the weaker deterrents utilised for typical pigeon control.
Our bird control systems for gull colonies are meticulously customised to meet the needs of each particular location.
Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all, basic package, we thoroughly adapt our specialist advice and your bespoke solution based upon roof layout and the colony size.
Starlings
With each passing season, starlings return to Lea as troublesome pest birds.
You can find they access roof voids via smaller-sized entry points than pigeons, utilising open ridge tiles, broken soffits, and damaged fascia boards.
Nestled quietly within a roof space, a starling roost builds up vast, unsightly quantities of droppings and nesting materials over the period.
Bird control solutions in Lea
How do we deliver outstanding results? We adapt our complete suite of bird control options according to the specific species, your property type, and the extent of the infestation!
Our approach begins by reviewing your site and the problem population before we propose any answers.
Our site assessments are entirely complimentary, so you are under absolutely requirement to proceed.
Bird netting
As a most thorough approach of avian exclusion, bird netting effectively covers roof perimeters, open façades, plant rooms, and building recesses to deny birds access to roosting and nesting sites.
We deploy UV stable polyethylene net with mesh openings tailored to each species, employing 10mm for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls.
Durable stainless steel anchor systems reliably tension these fixings into masonry, metal, or wood.
Correctly installed netting stays virtually invisible from the street, offering a subtle and extremely effective bird control solution.
Bird spikes
How do we prevent unwanted landing spots? We install bird spikes onto raised ledges, parapets, windowsills, pipes, and signage!
These function by turning the landing area feel awkward, subtly deterring the birds instead of physically stopping them.
When preserving heritage and listed premises, polycarbonate spikes offer the ideal solution to help ensure the essential deterrent remains completely unobtrusive.
In industrial or industrial settings where withstanding fouling is given priority over appearance, stainless steel offers greater robustness and lengthened lifetime.
To help you make the right choice, we carefully evaluate your specific space before suggesting the most appropriate product.
Bird wire
To simply deter pests, bird wire systems utilise tensioned stainless steel wire between posts, forming an insecure landing surface on horizontal ledges, balconies, and roof ridges.
Providing a highly unobtrusive profile, wire is suitable for prestigious civic and commercial buildings where aesthetics are paramount. It equally protects delicate heritage architecture where drilling for spike or netting fixings remains wholly improper.
Wire provides the most discreet deterrent for commercial and civic buildings that prioritise aesthetics. This also safeguards heritage facades where drilling for spike or netting fixings is not acceptable.
Bird free gel
To stop unwanted bird activity, simply put the genius Bird Free gel dish on whichever surface you want to protect!
Standing at a mere 8mm in height, it stays virtually imperceptible from ground level whilst being easily perceived by the local bird population.
Birds can see ultraviolet light, meaning this gel makes it appear the building to look like it is being ablaze.
When avian assemblies stay modest, we will carefully guide these feathered arrivals to find a home elsewhere.
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
Sparrows and starlings often enter roof voids by using entry points in ridge tiles, uncovered soffits, and damaged fascias.
We seal these entry points using stainless steel mesh or correct vent covers, picked to suit the relevant bird species and opening size.
How do we comply with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981? We time exclusion work outside active nesting seasons!
Bird control for Lea businesses
Efficient avian management systems for commercial properties combine structural barriers along the external boundary with regular inspections designed to spot if other nesting habitats are developing.
To support enterprises with multiple premises throughout Lea and the West Midlands, we supply formal agreements that include planned inspections alongside prompt callouts for any new bird issues arising between visits.
Birmingham Pest Control Co. services catering businesses, hotels, educational establishments, university sites, and industrial sites around the local area.
We carefully plan our domestic and commercial bird control services in Lea to accommodate your opening hours, whilst delivering essential written paperwork for your Environmental Health and health and safety records.
For our commercial pest control clients, we supply comprehensive documentation detailing every site visit, the areas checked, and any devices installed.
Should an EHO ask for proof of an current pest management programme, they will easily find every bit of the information they are looking for.
Our Lea bird control service
Great announcement, Birmingham Pest Control Co. is formally BPCA accredited!
Adhering to the highest professional expectations, our bird control technicians use authorised installation methods, so that every project carefully respects the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all relevant legislation.
Did you know BPCA accreditation is recognised as the top UK benchmark for professional pest control? Simply consult the official BPCA directory to verify this!
We conduct a complimentary site inspection before issuing your quotation.
Initially, our Lea team will assess your premises to establish the pest bird species and their nesting or roosting sites, before issuing a free quotation on the same day.
When our assessment concludes, the decision to continue on rests fully with you.
As your dedicated pest specialists in Lea, we are on hand to assist you around the clock of the week with general questions and urgent callouts.
Get in touch for a free site survey
For effective asset protection, Birmingham Pest Control Co. provides residential and business bird proofing and pest bird control throughout Lea and the wider-reaching West Midlands.
Should you want a prompt, principled, and lawful answer to your avian challenges, our reputable firm is the company you can reliably trust.
Contact us via our online form or call us now. We will organise a comprehensive property survey, determine the species and precise roosting sites, and deliver your written quote. You are under under no no obligation to proceed.
Why not delay any longer? Ring our helpful and friendly team on 0121 816 0399 today to arrange your free site survey! We are on hand to help you day or night.
