Birds
Don’t let pest birds ruin your property, give them the Flick! Our expert technicians use innovative methods to prevent pest birds from nesting and causing damage to your property. With solutions tailored to suit your needs, we create effective and professional solutions for bird pest control that cause minimal harm to the birds while keeping your premises clean and secure.
Birds can cause damage to buildings and structures by nesting in or on them, creating structural damage and potential safety hazards. In some cases, birds can also become aggressive towards humans and pets, posing a threat to their safety. Additionally, bird droppings are unsightly and difficult to clean. Bird droppings can also contain bacteria and fungi that can pose health risks to humans.
Flick Pest Control offers a range of bird control solutions to help businesses and homeowners effectively manage and eliminate bird-related issues. From installing bird spikes and nets to using deterrents and traps, our pest control technicians provide professional and humane methods to keep pesky birds away from properties. We can assess the property and recommend the best course of action to ensure a bird-free environment. Trust Flick Pest Control for effective bird control solutions.
Signs of a Bird Infestation
Common signs of a bird infestation include the presence of bird droppings, nests, and distinct noises associated with bird activity around buildings. Bird droppings can accumulate on surfaces, creating unsightly messes and potential damage to structures. Nests, often found in eaves, vents, or rafters, can obstruct drainage systems and lead to moisture build up, causing further problems. Additionally, the sounds of chirping or flapping wings indicate active nesting sites.
These indicators not only suggest a bird presence but can also lead to significant property damage and health risks. Accumulated droppings harbour harmful pathogens that can transmit diseases to humans. The nesting materials may also attract pests, compounding the problem. Addressing these issues promptly is essential to mitigate damage and protect health, as both the debris and nesting sites can negatively impact building integrity and indoor air quality.
Preventative Measures for Pest Birds
Effective preventative measures for pest birds are crucial in minimising their impact. One of the most important strategies is removing food sources, which not only discourages birds from frequenting the area but also reduces the attraction for new ones. Ensuring that garbage is securely stored and cleaning up spills can significantly limit their access to food.
Securing nesting areas is also vital. Methods such as bird spikes and bird netting effectively deter birds from roosting and nesting on buildings. Bird spikes create an uncomfortable landing area, while bird netting prevents access to potential nesting sites, ensuring that birds stay away from vulnerable spots.
Flick Pest Control implements these strategies using advanced deterrents, including electronic bird repellers that emit sounds to create an unwelcoming environment for pest birds. By combining these tactics—removing food sources, securing nesting areas, and utilising bird spikes and bird netting—businesses can effectively minimise the nuisance caused by pest birds, protecting property and maintaining cleanliness.
Bird Treatment & Control Methods
Flick Pest Control employs a variety of bird treatment and control methods tailored for industrial and commercial settings to effectively manage pest bird issues. These strategies include professional installation of physical barriers, such as netting and spikes, which prevent nesting and roosting, as well as habitat modification to discourage bird activity on the premises.
Utilising auditory and visual deterrents can also be part of an effective management plan, disrupting pest birds’ behaviours without harming them. Such methods not only mitigate potential damage to buildings from droppings, nests, and corrosion but also address health risks associated with diseases carried by birds.
By implementing comprehensive bird control solutions, Flick Pest Control helps protect properties while ensuring a safer environment for employees and customers alike, emphasising disease prevention and enhanced structural integrity. With our expertise, businesses can maintain a bird-free environment that fosters health and safety through effective management strategies.
Commercial Pest Solutions
Bird Proofing Solutions
It is essential for businesses to prioritise the health and safety of their employees and customers. Bird not only pose a health risk but also damage property and reputation. Flick’s professional bird control and bird proofing solutions ensure a clean and hygienic environment for everyone. Our regular inspections and treatments help to maintain a pest-free workplace and protect your business from potential pest related damage. Trusting in Flick’s commercial pest control solutions is a smart investment in the long-term success and reputation of any business.
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Common Bird Species
Pigeon
Apppearance
The common ‘rock dove’ pigeon has bluish-grey plumage, with an iridescent purple or green sheen on the neck and breast, and two black bars across the wings
Lifestyle
Pigeons don’t migrate and love nesting; especially on artificial ‘cliff faces’ created by apartment buildings, ledges or solar panels. They can seriously damage buildings with their droppings and also identify their ‘home base’ from far away using their sense of smell and hearing. So, once they have made your home theirs, it’s hard to get rid of them!
Habits
Large feral pigeon populations thrive in urban areas. Largely monogamous, they usually have 2 babies per brood, reproducing all year round but more aggressively in the summer and spring. They feed voraciously on seeds and scraps; in city streets and parks, pigeons are seen pecking at the ground in a never-ending search for food.
Sea Gulls
Apppearance
‘Silver Gulls’ are commonly called Sea Gulls. They have a white head, tail and belly, light grey back and black-tipped wings. In adults, the bill, legs and eye-ring are orange red.
Lifestyle
Sea Gulls are famously successful scavengers, pestering humans for handouts of scraps, raiding bins or unattended food containers or searching for rubbish. Other foods they enjoy include worms, fish, insects and crustaceans. They’ll take what they can get! These birds can become a nuisance for coastal properties and businesses.
Habits
Sea Gulls can drink both fresh and salt water, are found at virtually any coastal or watery habitat but rarely seen far from land. They nest in large colonies on offshore islands before returning to the mainland. Intelligent creatures, they mate for life and share parenting duties, learning sophisticated communication techniques to enhance scavenging.
Common Myna
Apppearance
The Indian Myna, or Common Myna, is brown with a black head. It has a yellow bill, legs and bare eye skin. In-flight it shows large white wing patches.
Lifestyle
Mynas have adapted to urban environments and can cause problems for humans. Favoured nesting locations are in the walls and ceilings of buildings, as well as tree hollows. Nests are messy and can consist of a variety of materials – leaves, grasses, feathers and bits of human rubbish are common and be an unsightly addition to properties!
Habits
Common mynas are known as bullies of other birds. Introduced in 1883, they have successfully pushed native birds from their natural habitats. Very territorial, they can fight ruthlessly with other birds. Accomplished scavengers, they feed on almost anything – insects, fruits, vegetables, pets’ food, scraps – and even fledgling sparrows.
House Sparrow
Apppearance
House sparrows are large finches. The male has a grey crown, black face and throat, with dark black and brown upperparts. The female is paler and has a pale buff eye stripe.
Lifestyle
Sparrows have spread successfully because they feed on a wide range of foodstuffs. They eat insects, spiders, berries, seeds, flower buds and scraps of food. They can become pests through nesting, plus also entering canteens and buildings to feed, with sparrows even learning sneaky tricks to open automatic doors!
Habits
Males and females form permanent pair bonds, with the female incubating the eggs. The nest is a large, messy ball of grass, wool, feathers and plant materials. Usually located in roof voids or crevices in walls. They breed aggressively in Spring.
Common Starling
Apppearance
The Common Starling has a wide variation in plumage, with the male glossier. Birds are black with large white spots in autumn, which disappear in breeding season.
Lifestyle
Breeding season in Spring sees the large winter flocks of Starlings scatter into pairs or small groups. Their nests are an untidy display of grass, leaves, twigs and rubbish. They also love nesting in roof voids and walls of human houses and can be aggressive and territorial when breeding.
Habits
Starlings are often sighted searching for seeds and insects on lawns and paddocks. Other food includes spiders, worms, human scraps and fruit crops. They love looking for anything on the ground and are often found in vast flocks, especially in the winter months.
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If you encounter birds in your home or business, you may be dealing with an infestation. Don’t wait until the problem gets out of hand – we can help protect your property and ensure the health and safety of those around you. Fill out the form below or call 0800 710 010 today.
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Our pest control technicians have the knowledge, experience, and tools necessary to effectively and safely eliminate pests from your home or business. Attempting to treat birds on your own can be risky and may not fully eradicate the problem.
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Flick’s pest control experts will perform a thorough inspection of the property to identify any areas where birds may be present, followed by the development of a treatment plan tailored to the specific needs of the situation. By implementing effective pest control strategies, we can help ensure a pest-free environment for you.