Pursuant to the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, every wild bird in the UK is afforded complete statutory protection.
Under the law, disrupting roosting birds, removing nests, or applying harmful deterrents is an illegal act. That said, strong legal options remain to protect your property against pest bird populations.
Offering specialist avian management within Moston, Birmingham Pest Control Co. uses well-established deterrent and exclusion systems designed to cause no harm to protected birds.
To receive swift responses and strong legal safeguarding, please contact our welcoming specialists today.
Health risks from pest birds in Moston
Faeces from pest birds frequently contain a varied selection of pathogens.
Dehydrated pigeon guano passively harbours salmonella, E. coli, and the pathogen causing ornithosis, a lung illness contracted by breathing in contaminated dust or coming into contact with polluted surfaces.
Initially, we need to identify ornithosis as a major occupational hazard in places with active bird infestations.
For food businesses and hospitality premises in Moston, guano contamination creates a serious legal burden alongside the direct, unsettling health threats.
Aside from biological hazards, guano quickly accumulates in gutters, on roofing materials, and near drainage points.
Birds occupy perches, wall tops, and eaves before settling. The subsequent faeces beneath these areas increase stonework erosion, obstruct gutters, and pose immediate slip dangers on pedestrian walkways below.
Ignoring a bird nuisance at your Moston property? You face increasing building damage, building up guano, and a necessary installation job that turns pricier the longer you leave it!
Regardless of the bird species, our tailored interventions ensure that yourself, your property, and all residents stay fully protected against the associated health risks associated with birds.
Pest bird species in Moston
Relentless pigeons and seagulls cause the most conspicuous damage upon Moston’s business premises, taking over flat rooftops and ledges for lasting roosts.
Starling birds present a time of year risk, breaching roof voids through more restricted openings than either species.
Prior to installing any fixings, our professional technicians meticulously remove all guano and nest material. This step is important because dry guano creates significant health risks when airborne, whilst redundant nest material frequently draws secondary infestations to the treated area.
Below is a representative selection of the diverse avian species we manage on a daily basis.
Feral pigeons
Feral pigeons truly like to assemble in large flocks throughout crowded city centre areas!
Raising upwards of six annual clutches, a single pigeon partnership multiplies with remarkable speed. They soon dominate any structure offering sheltered ledges or vacant roof spaces.
These birds predictably return to long-standing breeding and roosting sites, which means short-term scaring methods tend to fail to break their habitual behaviour.
Effective pigeon control in Moston involves physical exclusion systems that stop landing altogether, which subtly guides the birds to find an alternative place to roost.
Seagulls and gulls
Both herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls have successfully moved more inland, settling as permanent resident breeders throughout Moston and the neighbouring Midlands.
Gathering in dense clusters upon horizontal roof spaces, these raucous birds exhibit strongly hostile behaviour during their annual nesting season, which typically runs from April until August.
Gulls outweigh pigeons, mandating post and wire systems or heavy-duty netting over the lesser deterrents sufficient for pigeon control.
We carefully customise our bird control systems for gull colonies to suit each particular site.
We reject standard, identical packages. Rather, we tailor our support and your custom solution around the distinctive architecture of your roof and the colony size.
Starlings
Starling birds are a periodic nuisance bird within Moston.
They crawl into roof voids through much smaller gaps than pigeons can, quickly taking advantage of open ridge tiles, damaged soffits, and broken fascia boards!
Nestled quietly within a roof space, a starling roost builds up vast, unwelcome quantities of droppings and nesting materials over the season.
Bird control solutions in Moston
How can we provide outstanding results? We adapt our full suite of bird control options depending on the specific species, the property type, and the extent of the infestation!
Our procedure begins by assessing your site and the problem population before we suggest any options.
We provide every site survey entirely free, with no pressure to go ahead.
Bird netting
Searching for the ideal shield against troublesome birds? Bird netting is the fullest exclusion system, protecting roof perimeters, open facades, plant rooms, and building recesses to block nesting and roosting!
We secure premises using ultraviolet resistant polyethylene net, made to specific dimensions, with 10mm mesh for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls.
By utilising steel anchor systems, you can tension fixings into masonry, steel, or timber.
Once accurately fitted, netting remains almost unseen from the street below, delivering a wonderfully unobtrusive yet highly effective bird solution.
Bird spikes
Installing bird spikes on ledges, parapets, window ledges, pipes and fittings, and signs eliminates places to land.
These function by rendering the landing surface extremely uncomfortable rather than creating a solid barrier to the birds.
To protect heritage and listed buildings, we advise polycarbonate spikes because they help keep the deterrent stays completely unobtrusive.
For harsh industrial landscapes where enduring relentless dirt takes precedence over aesthetic appeal, resilient stainless steel remains the most suitable choice. It just lasts.
We first explore the individual character of your area, ensuring our ultimate product recommendation is a genuinely ideal solution.
Bird wire
Bird wire systems stretch stainless steel wire between posts to form an unsteady landing surface across ledges, balconies, and roof ridges.
As the most discreet deterrent, wire seamlessly suits business and civic architecture where looks is key, while also preserving historic facades where drilling to secure spike or netting systems remains unsuitable.
This option provides a highly discreet deterrent for civic and commercial buildings that prioritise visual appeal. It also safeguards historic facades where drilling for spike or netting fixings is not acceptable.
Bird free gel
To safeguard any affected surface from nuisance avian behaviour, Bird Free gel is deployed within a small dish placed on that area.
At a mere eight millimetres in height, it stays virtually invisible to people on the ground, yet your bird population will definitely notice it.
Because wild birds can perceive ultraviolet wavelengths, this specialist gel makes the building seem to be ablaze.
In instances of moderate avian activity, we utilise gentle discouragement to prompt their departure.
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
Typically, starlings and sparrows access roof spaces through compromised ridge tiles, open soffits, and deteriorated fascias.
We seal these entry points using stainless steel mesh or suitable vent covers, picked to match the specific bird species and opening size.
To preserve wild habitats, exclusion works must be arranged carefully away from the active nesting period, complying the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Bird control for Moston businesses
Protecting commercial premises calls for a combined strategy, pairing strong physical boundaries with regular inspections to identify newly forming roosting sites before they can ever truly establish.
Do you run operations throughout various Moston and West Midlands premises? We can negotiate a fantastic deal covering planned inspections together with responsive callouts for any new bird issues between visits!
Who protects the region? Birmingham Pest Control Co. dedicatedly caters to food businesses, hotels, schools, university campuses, and industrial sites!
Need effective bird control in Moston? We operate around your opening hours for homes and businesses, supplying clear paperwork for Environmental Health and health and safety records!
Do you want comprehensive business protection? Our commercial pest control services provide detailed reports showing every visit made, inspection, and fitting!
Should an EHO request verification of an active pest management programme, they will be supplied with complete documentation.
Our Moston bird control service
Birmingham Pest Control Co. maintains formal accreditation from the BPCA.
Maintaining the strictest professional expectations, our bird control technicians deliver authorised installation methods, ensuring every project carefully respects the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all governing legislation.
You can quickly confirm British Pest Control Association accreditation through the BPCA directory, as this accreditation is generally recognised as the leading standard for professional UK pest control.
To begin, we carry out a no-cost property assessment before issuing your bespoke quotation.
Our Moston specialists examine the premises to evaluate the pest bird species and perching or nesting sites, offering a free quotation on the day itself.
The assessment has finished? You are under totally zero commitment to take things further!
Our local Moston pest specialists deal with questions and manage emergency callouts around the clock, throughout the week.
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 Moston and the broader West Midlands.
Are you keen to deal with your bird troubles rapidly, humanely, and properly? We are absolutely the leading specialist team to trust!
You can simply submit our online enquiry form or contact us today. Firstly, we can arrange a handy property survey to establish the species and roosting sites. Then, we can provide a written quote with no further obligation
Why delay? Call our welcoming team today on 0121 816 0399 to schedule your complimentary site survey, as we are ready to help you at any hour.
