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Bird Pest Control
There are many ways to approach the problem of bird pest control and bird proofing, and every building is different. Therefore, to achieve the best results, careful analysis of all the variables involved in each case is essential. Only a specialist bird pest control company can provide this kind of attention. Avid has many years experience of bird pest control and bird proofing in Middlesex & Across London, working on all types of buildings and from a variety of methods we use we will tailor make a service to suit your premises.
Bird Netting
The use of bird netting is one of the most effective and long-lasting methods of bird pest control, bird proofing a building against urban birds. Avids polyethylene bird netting can be used to proof light wells, building frontages, canopies, roof spaces, eaves and other areas used by pigeons, gulls, starlings and house sparrows.
Avids standard netting is black in colour and made from a 12/6 polyethylene knotted twine, manufactured to a net mesh of either 75mm, 50mm, 28mm and 19mm depending on the species of bird. The nets are attached to a 2mm stainless steel perimeter wire, the wire is held in place by a variety of stainless steel intermediate fixings. The wire is then tensioned using stainless steel barrel strainers and the net is then attached using stainless steel hog rings.
All stainless steel is 316 marine grades.
If the nets are not physically damaged a working life of ten years or more should be expected.
Bird Wire
The Avid bird wire pest control system is an ideal way of preventing feral pigeons and gulls roosting on ledges of buildings.
Bird wire is a post and wire system consisting of a strained nylon coated stainless steel wire fitted to stainless steel posts. All fixtures and fittings are 316 marine grade stainless steel and are fitted using dome head rivets to prevent water ingress. Please note: -This system is only effective on light pressure areas where the birds only alight during the day light hours and is not intended for nesting sites.
Avipoint
Avipoint is a high quality heavy pressure bird spike system especially developed to cope with the increasing levels of pressure applied to bird spike systems by pigeons and gulls. The fine stainless steel pins fitted to a polycarbonate base. These are then attached using a strong clear silicone adhesive. As no drilling is required there is no damage to the building structures.
Shooting
All shooting is carried out with the up most discretion using trained marksmen and all birds that are shot are bagged up and disposed of in accordance with London waste authority regulations.
Bird of prey
The bird of prey will want to kill the target birds but are flown at a disadvantage. It would generally be unacceptable to the public to see pigeons getting killed.Secondly,if the birds eat a couple of pigeons they would not be hungry and are unlikely to do any more hunting and of course many of the feral pigeons are diseased and we would not want our birds to eat diseased meat. If the bird was not flown in this aggressive manner, it would soon loose interest and the target birds would very quickly realise that it is not a threat and return to their roosts.
Each session lasts for up to two hours. This is the maximum time that the birds would hunt in the wild. Each time the bird flies, it is rewarded with tit bits, usually day old chicks. It takes 10-15 sessions for the bird of prey to establish its territory. Once the target birds have been scared out of the bird of prey’s territory, they will not return. However; the bird of prey must be flown for at least one session per week, or in lower pressure areas, every two weeks, to maintain that territory, to prevent other birds from moving in and becoming established.
Bird Guano Clearance
Avid carry out bird guano clearances and cleaning and disposal followed up with a complete biocide and insecticide treatment.
All Avids bird pest control work is guaranteed for three years.
We Cover Middlesex and the whole of London. We are also able to travel all over the UK.