In the UK, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects every wild bird.
Legislation firmly forbids harming nests, disrupting roosting birds, or using unsafe methods. Happily, you still have various secure and lawful options at hand to control nuisance bird populations effectively.
Birmingham Pest Control Co. delivers skilled bird control across Preston, utilising proven deterrent and exclusion methods implemented to ensure no injury comes to protected birds.
Contact our approachable team now for prompt responses and assured legal protection.
Health risks from pest birds in Preston
Unwanted bird excrement typically harbours a wide range of harmful pathogens.
Dehydrated pigeon guano silently harbours salmonella, E. coli, and the pathogen responsible for ornithosis, a lung illness caught by inhalation of tainted dust or touching tainted surfaces.
Did you know that ornithosis is an important workplace health risk anywhere bird infestations occur?
Preston food and hospitality operators face up to tight regulatory liability alongside the significant health and safety hazards of guano contamination.
Apart from biological hazards, guano quickly accumulates within gutters, on roofing materials, and around drainage points.
Do you often notice birds gathering on ledges, parapets, and roof edges before roosting? Their messy droppings can accelerate stonework decay, obstruct gutters, and create dangerous slip hazards on walkways below!
Ignoring a bird nuisance at your Preston property? You invite worsening building damage, accumulating guano, and a important installation job that turns pricier the longer you wait!
Whichever winged species appears, our bespoke systems shield your premises. Experience true peace of mind. We safeguard you and your local area from health hazards linked to birds.
Pest bird species in Preston
Wild pigeons and seagulls cause the most noticeable damage on Preston’s commercial buildings, as flat roofs and ledges offer them ongoing roosting shelter.
Returning with the seasons, starlings make their way into roof voids through openings much narrower than both requires.
During every bird service, our technicians thoroughly remove every guano and nest material before adding any fixings. This important preparation is important because dry guano when disturbed poses serious health risks, whilst discarded nesting material often attracts secondary infestations to the premises.
Which wonderful bird species do we look after every single day? See for yourself!
Feral pigeons
Wild pigeons often congregate in substantial populations around our city neighbourhoods.
Are you aware pigeon pairs can produce up to 6 clutches annually? They multiply very quickly on almost any building with unoccupied ledges or roof voids!
Because pigeons continuously come back to their usual nesting and roosting sites, superficial deterrent measures do not s\ucceed to disrupt this deep-rooted habituation pattern.
Definitive pigeon deterrence in Preston is based on physical exclusion systems that stop landing entirely, subtly encouraging these birds to choose different areas 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 Preston and the greater Midlands.
You will see these vocal birds nesting in large colonies on flat roofs, where they show hostile behaviour during their breeding cycle from April until August.
Since gulls are significantly heavier than pigeons, you have to implement post and wire systems or heavy duty netting rather than less robust pigeon control methods.
We precisely customise our bird control systems for gull colonies to suit each individual site.
Rather than offering a standard, basic package, we carefully adapt our expert advice and your custom solution based upon roof structure and colony size.
Starlings
With seasonal changes, starlings come back to Preston as troublesome pest birds.
They squeeze into roof voids through even smaller gaps than pigeons can, rapidly taking advantage of open ridge tiles, damaged soffits, and broken fascia boards!
Throughout one season, starlings roosting within a roof void accumulate a significant amount of faeces and debris.
Bird control solutions in Preston
We deploy a comprehensive suite of bird control methodologies, meticulously selected according to the relevant avian species, the structural structure, and the total magnitude of the infestation.
Our approach commences by reviewing your site and the problem population before we recommend any options.
Our surveys are entirely complimentary, leaving you under any requirement to continue.
Bird netting
As the most complete approach of avian exclusion, bird netting protects roof boundaries, exposed facades, plant rooms, and structural recesses to prevent pest birds any nesting or roosting opportunities.
We install UV stable polyethylene net with mesh dimensions tailored to each species, using 10mm for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls.
Through using stainless steel anchor systems, the fixings are precisely secured into masonry, steel, or timber.
Properly installed netting stays virtually invisible from street level, delivering a subtle and very effective bird control solution.
Bird spikes
To properly deny landing surfaces, bird spikes are safely installed on ledges, copings, windowsills, pipes, and signage.
Instead of establishing a solid barrier, these systems work by creating the landing experience extremely unwelcoming for the birds.
To protect heritage and listed buildings, we recommend polycarbonate spikes because they ensure the deterrent is kept fully unobtrusive.
Looking for absolute toughness in commercial areas? Robust stainless steel performs well in grimy industrial sites where surviving heavy grime matters far more than pristine appearance!
We initially explore the individual character of your space, ensuring our ultimate product recommendation is a truly ideal solution.
Bird wire
By utilising tensioned stainless steel wire secured among posts, bird wire systems form a structurally unstable landing surface across flat ledges, balconies, and roof ridges.
As the most most discreet deterrent, wire elegantly suits business and civic architecture where looks is key, whilst also protecting historic facades where fixing to secure spike or netting systems remains unsuitable.
In need of the ideal discreet protection? Wire is excellent for attractive commercial and civic properties! It is excellent for historic buildings as well, completely avoiding the drilling required for spikes or netting.
Bird free gel
To safeguard any selected space from undesired bird activity, you simply place a compact dish of Bird Free gel onto that surface.
Standing a mere 8mm tall, this profile stays practically imperceptible from the ground to humans, yet your local avian population will clearly recognise its presence.
Because most birds see ultraviolet light, this specialised gel helps make the building seem to them as if it is on fire.
In cases of minor avian activity, we employ mild discouragement to prompt their relocation.
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
Through spaces in ridge tiles, open soffits, and damaged fascias, starlings and sparrows frequently get into roof spaces.
Need these openings secured? We fit stainless steel mesh or purpose-made vent covers suited to the gap size and bird species!
To preserve wild refuges, such works must be arranged strictly outside the active nesting period, in line with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Bird control for Preston businesses
Well-planned avian management programmes for business properties integrate structural prevention across the external envelope with regular inspection regimes to identify emerging nesting sites.
Do you run operations throughout multiple Preston and West Midlands locations? We can win a fantastic agreement covering scheduled inspections alongside responsive callouts for any new bird issues between visits!
Guarding our community, Birmingham Pest Control Co. works with food establishments, hotels, schools, university campuses, and industrial sites across the area.
Need stellar bird control in Preston? We fit in around your opening hours for properties and businesses, supplying detailed paperwork for Environmental Health and health and safety records!
For our commercial pest control clients, we offer exhaustive documentation outlining every site visit, the areas surveyed, and any devices placed.
Should an EHO ask for proof of an active pest management programme, they will instantly discover every necessary detail.
Our Preston bird control service
Birmingham Pest Control Co. holds recognised accreditation from the BPCA.
Did you know our amazing bird control team is thoroughly trained to industry standards? Every installation employs approved methods, maintaining full compliance with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all related regulations!
You can easily confirm British Pest Control Association accreditation through the BPCA directory, as this qualification is widely acknowledged as the premier standard for expert UK pest control.
Initially, we conduct a complimentary location assessment before issuing your custom quotation.
Initially, our Preston team will inspect your premises to establish the pest bird species and their nesting or roosting sites, before issuing a free quotation the same day.
You pledge to no further action once our review is complete.
As the dedicated pest control specialists for Preston, we provide ongoing availability day or night, throughout the week, for time-sensitive callouts and routine enquiries.
Get in touch for a free site survey
For reliable property safeguarding, Birmingham Pest Control Co. provides residential and commercial bird proofing and pest bird control throughout Preston and the broader West Midlands.
When you required your troublesome bird disruptions dealt with promptly, kindly, and legally, come to us. We are the professionals you can count on.
Contact us via our website form or telephone us now. We will schedule a comprehensive property survey, determine the species and precise roosting sites, and provide your written quote. You are under under no no obligation to proceed.
Why wait? get in touch with our welcoming team today on 0121 816 0399 to book your complimentary site survey, as we are prepared to assist you at any time.
