Pursuant to the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, every wild bird in the UK receives complete statutory protection.
Although displacing nests, scattering roosting flocks, or employing harmful deterrents violates the Act, you are never left unprotected. Solutions still exist to shield your space from unwanted pest birds.
In the still skies of Shirley, Birmingham Pest Control Co. provides professional bird control, employing safe deterrent and exclusion methods that ensure protected birds are never harmed.
Speak with our welcoming team now to receive a prompt reply and secure legal protection.
Health risks from pest birds in Shirley
Unwanted bird excrement typically contains a varied range of harmful pathogens.
Desiccated pigeon guano can harbour salmonella, E. coli, and the pathogen responsible for ornithosis, a respiratory illness acquired by inhaling contaminated dust or contacting tainted surfaces.
Were you aware that ornithosis is a serious workplace health risk wherever bird infestations are present?
Regarding Shirley hospitality and food outlets, this imposes rigorous legal scrutiny alongside the known health and safety risks of guano contamination.
Aside from health risks, guano accumulates fast in guttering, on roof coverings, and around drainage outlets.
Before getting to roost, birds collect along edges, parapets, and roof lines. Under them, accumulating waste gradually hastens decay in the stonework, chokes gutters, and makes the walkways below into dangerously slick hazards.
Neglecting a bird nuisance at a Shirley property invites escalating structural damage and accumulating guano, meaning the essential installation job only grows increasingly expensive as time passes.
Regardless of the avian species, our bespoke preventive strategies guarantee that you and your property, your premises, and the occupants therein remain fully safeguarded from bird-related health hazards.
Pest bird species in Shirley
Relentless feral pigeons inflict the most obvious destruction upon Shirley’s commercial properties, seizing flat rooftops and ledges for long-term nesting spots.
Starlings create a recurring issue, getting into roof voids through gaps that are considerably smaller than either species demands.
During each bird service, our technicians thoroughly remove every guano and nest material before fitting any fixings. This essential preparation is vital because disturbed dry guano poses serious health risks, whilst abandoned nesting material frequently attracts secondary infestations to the premises.
Which remarkable feathered species do we help manage every single day? Take a look!
Feral pigeons
Immense groups of wild pigeons congregate throughout our thriving city spaces.
Are you aware pigeon pairs can raise up to six broods annually? Their numbers multiply incredibly fast on virtually any building with uninterrupted shelves or roof voids!
When dealing with this matter, we must understand that pigeons regularly return to their preferred nesting sites, meaning brief scattering measures can not break their behaviour.
Efficient pigeon control in Shirley involves physical barriers that stop landing altogether, which gently leads the birds to find an alternative place to roost.
Seagulls and gulls
Did you know that herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls have moved inland? They are now nesting with success across Shirley and the wider Midlands!
Establishing dense groups on level rooftops, these noisy birds exhibit hostile behaviour during their reproductive season, which typically spans from April until August.
Gulls outweigh pigeons, required for post and wire systems or heavy-duty netting over the lesser deterrents sufficient for pigeon control.
Every area is different, so we adapt our bird control systems for gull colonies individually.
Instead of offering a one-size-fits-all, basic package, we thoroughly customise our expert advice and your tailored solution based upon the roof structure and the colony size.
Starlings
We recognise starlings as a periodic pest bird within Shirley.
Getting into roof voids by way of smaller entry points than pigeons would need, they capitalise on open ridge tiles, damaged soffits, and broken fascia boards.
Starlings roosting inside a roof space build up considerable volumes of droppings and nesting materials over a single season.
Bird control solutions in Shirley
We provide a thorough suite of avian management techniques, carefully adapted to the specific bird species, the architectural structure, and the overall extent of the infestation.
We simply offer specialist recommendations after carefully inspecting your physical site and the relevant population in question.
Every of our site surveys is fully complimentary and carries totally no commitment to proceed.
Bird netting
In need of a ideal shield against troublesome birds? Bird netting is the most comprehensive exclusion system, protecting roof perimeters, open facades, plant rooms, and building recesses to block nesting and roosting!
We secure spaces using ultraviolet resistant polyethylene net, woven to specific dimensions, using 10mm mesh for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls.
Using stainless steel anchor systems helps ensure these fixings are firmly tensioned into masonry, steel, or timber.
When correctly fitted, netting remains virtually imperceptible from the pavement, providing a highly sophisticated and successful avian control method.
Bird spikes
To completely deny landing surfaces, bird spikes are expertly fitted on ledges, parapets, windowsills, pipes, and signage parapets, windowsills, pipes, and signage, windowsills and adjacent areas, pipes and signage, and signage and other surfaces.
They discourage birds by rendering landing surfaces less comfortable instead of physically preventing them.
To protect the subtle aesthetics of heritage and listed buildings, polycarbonate spikes offer the ideal choice for achieving an exceptionally subtle deterrent installation.
In manufacturing or trade settings, stainless steel delivers exceptional hardiness, which makes it the ideal choice when enduring heavy dirt is favoured over aesthetic appeal.
We meticulously assess the particular demands of your premises prior to recommending which specific product will deliver the most suitable solution.
Bird wire
How do bird wire systems work? They tighten stainless steel wire between posts to make ledges, balconies, and roof ridges entirely unsafe for landings!
As the most most discreet deterrent, wire seamlessly suits commercial and civic architecture where visual appeal is key, whilst also safeguarding historic facades where fixing to secure spike or netting systems remains unsuitable.
Providing an barely visible defence, wire beautifully preserves the appearance of prestigious municipal and retail properties. It discreetly protects period frontages where drilling for spike or netting installations is truly unthinkable.
Bird free gel
Arranged in a tidy dish, Bird Free gel sits quietly on any surface needing defence against unsought avian intrusion.
At only eight millimetres in height, it stays almost invisible to those on the ground, yet your bird population will certainly notice it.
Because birds can perceive UV light, this specialist gel causes the building seem to them as if it is on fire.
In cases of minor avian presence, we employ mild discouragement to encourage their departure.
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
These birds and sparrows readily sneak into unoccupied roof spaces through openings in ridge tiles, open soffits, and damaged fascias.
We secure these entry points using stainless steel mesh or suitable vent covers, selected to suit the specific bird species and opening size.
To guarantee full adherence with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, you should closely schedule any exclusion work beyond the active nesting period.
Bird control for Shirley businesses
To protect business premises from birds successfully, we pair outer barriers with routine inspections to spot any newly developing roosting areas.
We help businesses managing several Shirley and West Midlands premises with structured agreements. These arrangements cover scheduled scheduled assessments alongside prompt callouts for new bird issues arising between visits.
Birmingham Pest Control Co. services food-service businesses, hotels, schools, university campuses, and industrial facilities around the area.
Fitting smoothly around your active opening hours, our domestic and commercial bird control services in Shirley supply the required written documentation needed for your Environmental Health and health and safety records.
Safeguarding commercial spaces, our pest management visits create a complete history recording each area checked and all defences installed.
Should an EHO ask for proof of an current pest management programme, they will straightaway find every necessary detail.
Our Shirley bird control service
Birmingham Pest Control Co. has complete accreditation from the BPCA.
We prepare our bird control specialists to comply with industry standards, use officially approved installation techniques, and ensure every procedure complies with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and related laws.
Obtaining British Pest Control Association accreditation represents the real height of professional UK pest control, a symbol of assurance effortlessly verified using the official BPCA directory.
Initially, we conduct a complimentary location assessment before issuing your tailored quotation.
Upon visiting your premises, our Shirley specialists pinpoint the specific nuisance bird species, assess their nesting or roosting habitats, and provide a complimentary quotation on the same day.
You commit to nothing once our evaluation is complete.
As the trusted pest control specialists for Shirley, we provide constant availability day or night, throughout the week, for emergency callouts and routine enquiries.
Get in touch for a free site survey
For reliable property safeguarding, Birmingham Pest Control Co. delivers domestic and industrial bird proofing and pest bird control throughout Shirley and the wider West Midlands.
Should you want a swift, principled, and lawful resolution to your avian problems, our well-regarded firm serves as the partner you can safely trust.
Ready to get started? Just complete our online form or call us today! We will happily arrange your property survey, identify the species and roosting sites, and provide a written quote with absolutely no obligation.
Why put it off? Call our helpful team today on 0121 816 0399 to book your complimentary site survey, as we are prepared to help you at any hour.
