Stop the Pigeon - how ?

[teuchter]

Get a hawk. That's what they use in St Pancras station.

Don't get pigeon netting. It's horrible stuff.

 

[derf]

Works a treat.
And it's 'cheep'

OR

medal, medal.

 

[lordnoise]

Stop press !

Just looked along the block and a neighbour has hung strips of video tape from the roof of his balcony. Either hes been washing dirty videos or he has a pigeon problem too

Very interesting possible solution - the video tape reflects in the sunlight, moves in the wind and presents some sort of barrier. Looks naff though ...

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Worst. Nest. Ever.

Yeah, that needs adding to the fail thread with a FAIL caption.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I had this problem both at work and at home.

Broken up mirrors deterred them for a while, but they overcame their fear and came back. Council ended up putting netting up.

Had the problem at work and printed out A4 sized colour peregrine falcons and stuck those on the windows. The pigeons never returned.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

When I phoned the environmental health asking if there was anything that could be done to kill the pigeons or otherwise get rid of them, I got some happy clappy god squadder who told me No, they didn't deal with pigeons as they were, and I quote: "god's creatures" What about cockroaches and rats then?

But the housing office sent round a private sub-contractor who put up a net for free.

 

[lordnoise]

Ann and Minnie - are you both in Lambeth ? If so when did you get your netting up ? It would be just my luck to have missed the free netting by a week or something

Interesting that the broken mirror thing didnt work in the long term - thats my fear for CDs, windmills etc. If the falcon pic worked maybe I've been a bit too sniffy about the plastic bird route ...

Thanks to everyone for their advice.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ann and Minnie - are you both in Lambeth ? If so when did you get your netting up ? It would be just my luck to have missed the free netting by a week or something

Interesting that the broken mirror thing didnt work in the long term - thats my fear for CDs, windmills etc. If the falcon pic worked maybe I've been a bit too sniffy about the plastic bird route ...

Thanks to everyone for their advice.

Yes, in Lambeth and have had the netting for years

Actually, putting mirrors on different surfaces worked better than just one surface (ie. putting it on the front door and the wall outside the front door ). Probably confused the pigeons seeing two of themselves instead of one

 

[mack]

When I lived at my mums, pigeons were nesting outside my window - she used to tie balloons up to scare them off It never worked.

Try getting a stuffed falcon or bird of prey and download some sound clips and play them on a loop.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ann and Minnie - are you both in Lambeth ? If so when did you get your netting up ? It would be just my luck to have missed the free netting by a week or something

According to this thread, I've had the netting up since 2004, maybe even 2003


http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=75883&highlight=pigeons

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

print in colour on A4, laminate, pierce hole in top, hang with string and let it dangle somewhere

 

[lordnoise]

Thanks mack - would you suggest that if you were one of my neighbours LOL.

A friend has just told me (urban myth alert !) about a radio phone-in in which they heard about a guy who had a problem in his garden with cats shitting everywhere. As luck would have it he lived near a wildlife park and got hold of some Lion poo. He spread it liberally around his garden and hey presto! - the cats vanished.

Any one know where I can score a few lbs of Golden Eagle shit ?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

My flat's in Manchester. Some idiot neighbour was putting out birdfeed on their balcony on the other side of the building, which wasn't helping matters.

 

[lordnoise]

Hes a pretty boy Minnie !

Thanks - I'll give that a go along with (once I've made my mind up) one of the dangly/reflective methods. That thread was interesting if not very helpful - the best suggestion was the plastic bag thing. What with old CDs, plazzy milk bottles, video tape, stuffed birds and now plazzy bags my balconys gonna look like Albert Steptoes at this rate.

I'll bloody well shame the council into putting nets up ...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hes a pretty boy Minnie !

Thanks - I'll give that a go along with (once I've made my mind up) one of the dangly/reflective methods. That thread was interesting if not very helpful - the best suggestion was the plastic bag thing. What with old CDs, plazzy milk bottles, video tape, stuffed birds and now plazzy bags my balconys gonna look like Albert Steptoes at this rate.

I'll bloody well shame the council into putting nets up ...

Yep, very similar to the one I had stuck on my window. Might be an idea to get another and stick them back to back then laminate them and hang them on thread, that way if the wind blows them, there'll be a picture both sides

 

[teuchter]

Yep, very similar to the one I had stuck on my window. Might be an idea to get another and stick them back to back then laminate them and hang them on thread, that way if the wind blows them, there'll be a picture both sides

You could also insert a flashing red LED where its eye is to make it extra scary.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You could also insert a flashing red LED where its eye is to make it extra scary.

Now you're going over the top

 

[teuchter]

Now I wish that we had pigeon issues in my house so I'd have an excuse to make the flashing-eye bird because I reckon it'd be pretty cool.

 

[lordnoise]

teuchter my friend ! - come and take mine ! - no I mean it, I really do ... infact theyre all (8) free with a packet of tea. PG Tips or Earl Grey mate ?

 

[teuchter]

I'll have to take your balcony as well as the pigeons, though.

 

[geminisnake]

Now I wish that we had pigeon issues in my house so I'd have an excuse to make the flashing-eye bird because I reckon it'd be pretty cool.

Pretend you have pidgeon issues

 

[teuchter]

Pretend you have pidgeon issues

I could dress up as a pigeon and then run around in the back garden until my housemates suggest we need to do something about the pigeons.

 

[lordnoise]

teuchters come out of his loft to tell us hes some sort of tranny I think

 

[Mrs Magpie]

If it's a balcony with a ceiling cut out a hawk or falcon in flight silhouette and stick it up and move it every day.

http://www.cvm.umn.edu/img/assets/16901/outlines.gif

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

If it's a balcony with a ceiling cut out a hawk or falcon in flight silhouette and stick it up and move it every day.

http://www.cvm.umn.edu/img/assets/16901/outlines.gif

Well I had a similar suggestion

 

[Badgers]

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Well I had a similar suggestion

I only read the first page of this thread

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

print in colour on A4, laminate, pierce hole in top, hang with string and let it dangle somewhere

Yep, very similar to the one I had stuck on my window. Might be an idea to get another and stick them back to back then laminate them and hang them on thread, that way if the wind blows them, there'll be a picture both sides

I only read the first page of this thread

shame on you. There was me thinking all mods read every thread thoroughly

 

[Mrs Magpie]

How many hours in the day do you think there are?

 

[Divisive Cotton]

Works a treat.
And it's 'cheep'

OR

medal, medal.