The 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act statutorily preserves every wild bird within the United Kingdom.
Whilst displacing nests, scattering roosting flocks, or using harmful deterrents breaches the Act, you are never left defenceless. Solutions still are available to safeguard your space from invasive pest birds.
In the quiet skies of Longford, Birmingham Pest Control Co. offers professional bird control, using effective deterrent and exclusion methods that ensure protected birds are never harmed.
Need prompt answers and solid legal protection? Speak to our incredibly helpful team right away!
Health risks from pest birds in Longford
Faeces from pest birds frequently harbour a wide-ranging selection of disease-causing organisms.
Desiccated pigeon guano contains salmonella, E. coli, and the pathogen responsible for ornithosis, a respiratory illness acquired by inhaling contaminated dust or contacting tainted surfaces.
In professional environments affected by bird infestations, ornithosis represents a clear hazard to occupational safety.
Longford food and hospitality operators face up to strict regulatory liability together with the serious health and safety risks of guano contamination.
Aside from biological hazards, guano quickly accumulates in gutters, upon roofing materials, and around drainage points.
Before settling to roost, birds collect along edges, parapets, and roof lines. Beneath them, accumulating droppings quietly hastens decay in the stonework, blocks gutters, and turns the walkways below into highly slick hazards.
Ignoring a bird nuisance at your Longford property? You face increasing building damage, accumulating guano, and a vital installation job that becomes pricier the more time you wait!
Affected by birds? No matter the species, our brilliant bespoke systems effectively protect you, your property, and everyone on site from unpleasant health risks caused by birds!
Pest bird species in Longford
Feral pigeons and seagulls create the clearest damage on Longford’s commercial buildings, as flat roofs and ledges provide them continual roosting shelter.
They represent a periodic difficulty, reaching roof voids through far smaller openings than either of the remaining species.
Our technicians consistently clear guano and nest material prior to installing fixings. Aroused dry guano poses immediate health hazards, and abandoned nest material rapidly draws secondary infestations to the area.
Below is a representative selection of the diverse avian species we handle on a day-to-day basis.
Feral pigeons
Huge flocks of wild pigeons assemble throughout our thriving urban spaces.
Rearing upwards of six annual clutches, a single pigeon partnership multiplies with astonishing speed. They soon occupy any structure offering sheltered ledges or vacant roof spaces.
These birds consistently revisit established nesting and perching sites, which means short-term deterrent methods fail to break their repeated behaviour.
Definitive pigeon control in Longford depends on physical barriers that prevent landing entirely, carefully encouraging these birds to find other areas to call home.
Seagulls and gulls
Both herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls have safely migrated inland, forming permanent nesting populations across Longford and the greater Midlands.
Did you know these noisy birds settle on smooth roofs in crowded colonies? Take care, as they become extremely hostile during breeding season from April to August!
Did you know gulls are weightier than pigeons? They demand robust post and wire systems or heavy duty netting instead of the weaker pigeon deterrents!
We carefully tailor our bird control systems for gull colonies to match each individual location.
We dismiss generic, uniform packages. In contrast, we shape our support and your tailored solution around the specific architecture of your roof and the colony size.
Starlings
Starlings constitute a seasonal problem bird within Longford.
You can see they access roof voids via narrower entry points than pigeons, utilising exposed ridge tiles, faulty soffits, and split fascia boards.
Over the course of a year, starlings roosting in a roof void build up large amounts of nesting material and droppings.
Bird control solutions in Longford
We use a comprehensive suite of bird control methodologies, carefully selected according to the particular avian species, the building structure, and the general magnitude of the infestation.
No suitable recommendation is ever really suggested until we initially survey your site and assess the troublesome population firsthand.
Here’s the thing? Our survey visits are completely complimentary with completely zero pressure to commit!
Bird netting
As a most thorough method of avian exclusion, bird netting effectively protects roof perimeters, open façades, plant rooms, and building recesses to block birds access to roosting and nesting sites.
Our approach combines UV stable polyethylene net for every species, with 10mm for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls.
Can we tension fastenings into stone, metal, or softwood? Indeed, using corrosion-resistant anchor systems!
See up! Properly installed netting is barely not visible from the street, providing an very unobtrusive and successful bird solution.
Bird spikes
To efficiently prevent birds a perching space, bird spikes are installed to ledges and similar surfaces, parapets and walls, windowsills, pipes, and signage.
They deter birds by making landing surfaces unpleasant instead of physically blocking them.
When preserving heritage and listed properties, polycarbonate spikes offer the perfect choice to make sure the essential deterrent remains entirely unobtrusive.
For harsh industrial landscapes where surviving relentless dirt takes precedence over aesthetic beauty, resilient stainless steel remains the most suitable choice. It simply endures.
To assist you in making the right choice, we carefully evaluate your specific space before recommending the best suited product.
Bird wire
By installing taut stainless steel wire fixed between posts, bird wire systems successfully form an unstable landing area across horizontal ledges, balconies, and roof ridges.
Providing a very subtle profile, wire suits prestigious civic and commercial buildings where aesthetics are of utmost importance. It likewise protects delicate heritage architecture where drilling for spike or netting fixings remains totally unsuitable.
First, wire offers the least conspicuous deterrent for commercial and civic properties where appearance is essential. Secondly, this choice safeguards heritage sites where drilling for spike or netting installations is unacceptable.
Bird free gel
Mount the compact-sized Bird Free gel dish onto any area needing protection from problem bird activity.
At just eight millimetres in height, it is almost invisible to those on the ground, yet your bird population will certainly notice it.
As birds see ultraviolet light, this clever gel causes the building to look like it is completely on fire!
We encourage the birds to relocate during minor or moderate infestations.
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
How can starlings and sparrows access roof spaces? They make use of open soffits, damaged fascias, and small gaps in ridge tiles!
We secure these entry points using stainless steel mesh or suitable vent covers, chosen to fit the particular bird species and opening size.
To guarantee complete compliance to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, every exclusionary measures must be planned away from the active nesting season.
Bird control for Longford businesses
To shield commercial properties from birds reliably, we combine perimeter physical barriers with regular inspections to identify any newly developing roosting areas.
We assist businesses managing several Longford and West Midlands premises with organised agreements. These contracts cover scheduled scheduled assessments alongside timely callouts for new bird issues developing between visits.
Protecting our community, Birmingham Pest Control Co. serves food businesses, hotels, schools, university campuses, and industrial sites throughout the region.
We arrange our domestic and commercial bird control services in Longford around your operating hours, providing full written paperwork for your Environmental Health and health and safety records.
Protecting commercial spaces, our pest management visits produce a complete history detailing every area surveyed and all defences fitted.
Should an EHO ask for verification of your current pest management programme, they will locate all necessary proof easily available.
Our Longford bird control service
Birmingham Pest Control Co. holds formal accreditation from the BPCA.
Totally compliant with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all legal regulations, our qualified avian specialists perform carefully approved installation methods established upon recognised industry standards.
You can easily confirm British Pest Control Association accreditation through the BPCA directory, as this qualification is widely accepted as the highest standard for professional UK pest control.
We conduct a no-cost site survey before issuing your quotation.
Did you know our fantastic Longford team visits your site, evaluates the pest bird species and roosting sites, and provides your free quote on that very same day?
The assessment finished? You are under absolutely zero commitment to go any further!
Got an infestation in the Longford area? Our local professionals are available 24/7 for questions and urgent callouts!
Get in touch for a free site survey
Protecting household and industrial premises, Birmingham Pest Control Co. delivers reliable bird proofing services and pest bird control throughout Longford and the surrounding West Midlands.
Should you require a fast, humane, and compliant answer to your bird problems, our well-regarded company remains the leading choice.
Contact us via our online form or telephone us today. We will arrange a detailed property survey, identify the species and precise roosting sites, and deliver your written quote. You are under absolutely no obligation to proceed.
Simply take the first step today by phoning our helpful team on 0121 816 0399 to schedule your complimentary site survey. We stay on hand to support you at any hour.
