Remarkably, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 safeguards each and every wild bird in the UK!
Under the Act, interfering with roosting birds, taking away nests, or deploying harmful deterrents amounts to an offence under the law. Nevertheless, robust legal options remain to protect your property against pest bird populations.
Delivering specialist avian management within Newington, Birmingham Pest Control Co. implements effective deterrent and exclusion systems aimed to cause no injury at all to protected birds.
Contact our approachable team today onwards for prompt responses and solid legal protection.
Health risks from pest birds in Newington
Problematic bird excrement usually harbours a diverse selection of disease-causing organisms.
Dehydrated pigeon guano passively harbours salmonella, E. coli, and the pathogen that causes ornithosis, a lung illness acquired by breathing in polluted dust or handling contaminated surfaces.
Initially, we should recognise ornithosis as a serious occupational hazard in places with ongoing bird infestations.
Did you know that food and hospitality sites, guano contamination brings about strict regulatory compliance in addition to critical health and safety hazards?
Disease aside, guano gathers incredibly fast across gutters, on roofing materials, and near drainage points!
Before setting up their roosts, birds assemble on structural ledges, parapets, and rooflines, depositing corrosive waste that accelerates the deterioration of masonry, blocks drainage channels, and poses hazardous slipping risks on pathways below.
Ignoring avian pests at a Newington property inevitably escalates structural deterioration, worsens hazardous guano accumulation, and substantially raises the ultimate cost of the necessary mitigation installation over time.
Regardless of the avian variety, our bespoke proactive strategies ensure that you, your premises, and the occupants therein are kept fully shielded from bird-related health hazards.
Pest bird species in Newington
Wild pigeons and seagulls cause the clearest harm on Newington commercial properties, making permanent sanctuary upon their flat rooftops and edges.
Returning each season, starlings penetrate roof voids through openings far narrower than either species requires.
Prior before installing any attachments, our expert technicians meticulously remove all guano and nest material. This step is important because dry guano presents significant health risks when airborne, whilst redundant nest material frequently attracts secondary infestations to the treated area.
Please view this range of the avian species we routinely assist with managing on a daily basis.
Feral pigeons
Wild pigeons regularly gather in significant densities in urban environments.
To commence, a single breeding pair of pigeons can produce six clutches annually, which enables their population to expand fast on properties with quiet ledges or roof spaces.
Did you know pigeons stubbornly return to the same nesting and roosting spots? Standard dispersal tactics do nothing at all to disrupt that loop!
Definitive pigeon management in Newington relies upon exclusion measures that stop landing entirely, carefully prompting these birds to find alternative territories to call home.
Seagulls and gulls
Expanding their range far inland, herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls have now become established nesters throughout Newington and the wider Midlands.
Did you realise these boisterous birds nest on flat roofs in crowded groups? Be careful, as they get very hostile during nesting season from April to August!
Due to their increased mass relative to pigeons, gulls necessitate post and wire systems or heavy duty netting rather than the lighter deterrents enough for pigeon management.
Every location is unique, so we tailor our bird control systems for gull colonies on an individual basis.
Rather than utilising a standard one-size-fits-all formula, we meticulously adapt our professional guidance and final resolution to suit your specific roof type and colony size.
Starlings
Starlings consistently constitute a annual avian nuisance in the Newington region.
Penetrating roof voids by way of tighter entry points than pigeons would need, they make use of 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 Newington
We provide a wide-ranging suite of avian management techniques, precisely tailored to the specific bird species, the architectural structure, and the overall severity of the infestation.
No suitable recommendation is ever actually suggested until we first of all assess your site and assess the problem presence directly.
Each of the site surveys is fully complimentary and carries totally no obligation to proceed.
Bird netting
As the most thorough approach of avian exclusion, bird netting efficiently protects roof perimeters, open façades, plant rooms, and building recesses to prevent birds access to roosting and nesting sites.
Our system combines UV stable polyethylene net with every species, using 10mm for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls.
By utilising stainless steel anchor systems, these fixings are carefully secured into masonry, steel, or timber.
When correctly fitted, netting remains virtually imperceptible from the pavement, offering a highly sophisticated and effective avian control method.
Bird spikes
To fully remove landing surfaces, bird spikes are professionally fitted on ledges parapets, windowsills, pipes, and signage, windowsills, pipes, and signage, pipes and nearby fixtures, and signage.
These operate by rendering the landing surface extremely uncomfortable rather than putting up a tangible barrier to the birds.
To preserve the fine aesthetics of period and listed buildings, polycarbonate spikes provide the preferred choice for creating an highly subtle deterrent setup.
For punishing industrial landscapes where withstanding relentless dirt is more important than aesthetic elegance, resilient stainless steel remains the most suitable choice. It just lasts.
We carefully assess the specific demands of your premises before recommending which particular product will deliver the most suitable solution.
Bird wire
To easily deter unwanted pests, bird wire systems utilise tightened stainless steel wire between posts, creating an unsteady landing surface on horizontal ledges, balconies, and roof ridges.
As a discreet deterrent, wire elegantly suits business and civic architecture where visual appeal is key, whilst also safeguarding historic facades where fixing to secure spike or netting systems remains unsuitable.
Wire provides a highly discreet deterrent for civic and commercial buildings prioritising visual appeal. This also safeguards heritage facades where drilling for spike or netting fixings is simply unacceptable.
Bird free gel
Attach the compact-sized Bird Free gel dish onto any location needing cover from unwanted bird activity.
At just a mere 8mm in height, it is virtually unnoticeable from ground level whilst being clearly perceived by nearby bird population.
Birds see ultraviolet light, which means this gel makes it appear the building look like it appears to be ablaze.
To deal with moderate infestations, we subtly direct the birds to move to alternative locations.
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
How do starlings and sparrows enter roof spaces? They use open soffits, fascias that are damaged, and openings in ridge tiles!
We cover these entry points using mesh or purpose-made vent covers, dictated by the aperture dimensions and bird species.
To guarantee compliance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, any exclusion work must be planned outside the active nesting period.
Bird control for Newington businesses
Efficient avian management systems for business properties incorporate structural barriers along the external boundary with scheduled inspections designed to identify if additional nesting habitats are developing.
Protecting businesses throughout multiple Newington and West Midlands sites, our bespoke contracts offer scheduled inspections alongside prompt, reactive callouts for any new bird issues arising in the period between our regular visits.
Birmingham Pest Control Co. supports food-service businesses, hotels, educational establishments, campus premises, and industrial sites around the local area.
To work around your timetable, our domestic and commercial bird control services in Newington are arranged around your opening hours, whilst providing detailed written documentation for Environmental Health and health and safety files.
Securing commercial spaces, our pest management visits create a full history recording each area checked and all defences installed.
Need to demonstrate your active pest management programme to an EHO? You will easily provide absolutely everything!
Our Newington bird control service
Birmingham-based Pest Control Co. maintains full BPCA accreditation.
Our qualified bird control technicians employ safe installation methods, to ensure total compliance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the relevant legislation.
British Pest Control Association accreditation sets the UK standard for professional pest control, readily verified via the official BPCA directory.
Take advantage of a complimentary site survey before we provide your formal quote!
Once on your property, our Newington specialists examine the active pest bird species and their nesting or roosting areas, preparing your free quotation that on the day.
After the conclusion of our careful review, you remain under no required to proceed.
Operating as the leading local pest specialists within the Newington region, we remain accessible day and night, seven days a week, for enquiries and emergency callouts.
Get in touch for a free site survey
Throughout Newington and the surrounding West Midlands, Birmingham Pest Control Co. delivers domestic and commercial bird proofing services and pest bird control.
Should you need a swift, kind, and compliant answer to your bird problems, our reputable company remains the top choice.
Get in touch via our online form or call us now. We will organise a thorough property survey, establish the species and precise roosting sites, and send your written quote. You are under completely no obligation to proceed.
Why not hold off any longer? Ring our very friendly team on 0121 816 0399 today to arrange your free site survey! We are on hand to help you around the clock.
