Pigeon proofing systems, netting, spikes, trip wires

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Pigeon proofing systems, netting, spikes and trip wires.

HPC Pest Control undertake all forms of bird proofing. Inner city areas provide the buildings which pigeons prefer, being high with protected ledges

We fit netting to completely enclose courtyard areas or construct nets to pigeon proof open areas of roof tops and fire escapes.

Where a building has many ledges and pigeon roosting positions then netting can be fixed to cover the entire face of a building for total proofing.

 

Non injurious stainless steel or plastic bird spikes can be fitted onto window ledges or other roosting positions.

Unobtrusive stainless steel bird wires can also be fitted to these ledges. Both these and the spikes are a cost effective way of proofing against pigeons.

Whatever the problems you have with pigeons, seagulls and starlings roosting on your buildings we have the answer

Modern netting is unobtrusive, available in black, stone colour and transparent to match with any background.

UV stabilized and held with stainless steel fixing the netting is designed to last for many years if fitted correctly.

If netting cannot be fitted then other options are available for proofing your buildings against starlings

 

We are specialists in the bird proofing and bird deterrent sectors. Our detailed knowledge with 35 years experience of installing differing bird proofing systems onto all types of buildings and every building material, means that you can be assured of an effective, quality, long lasting bird proofing system whether it be netting, spikes or wire systems.

HPC Pest Control Ltd 300 City Road,
Sheffield,
South Yorkshire 
S2 5HQ 

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Bird netting to cover rooftop plant and equipment. A 15 x 10 metre net was suspended between building for total proofing

Pigeons had been roosting for many years in this area and the pebble floor was heavily contaminated with pigeon droppings. The pebbles were removed, cleaned, disinfected and then replaced.

The bird proofing has an access well formed in the netting for access via the ladders shown. A zipped access door in the netting is at the bottom of the ladders.

 

 

 

Bird proofing netting can be installed in many ways and in the two examples of rooftop plant and equipment bird netting is fixed to purpose built frames to deny access to pigeons.

Zipped access doors are installed into the pigeon netting to allow access for maintenance

 

On the left bird proofing netting is installed to prevent pigeons roosting below street level in basement wells.

To the right pigeons were contaminating and making an outdoor fire escape dangerous. A pigeon proofing net complete with aluminium netted doorway was installed.

For lower pressure pigeon roosts, bird proofing trip wires are an unobtrusive way of keeping pigeons off your building.

Where possible we prefer to fix the supporting posts horizontally into the walls rather than vertically into the ledges to prevent water damage to the masonry.

HPC Pest Control Ltd arrange and undertake work for bird and  pigeon proofing throughout the following counties.

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Flintshire, Glamorgan,  Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire,  Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, 

Bird Netting Sizes

19mm netting mesh     Proofing against House Sparrows               28mm netting mesh     Proofing against Starlings                           50mm netting mesh     Proofing against Feral Pigeons                   75mm netting mesh     Proofing against Gulls

These coolers are set in a wall recess in an underground car park. The car park is easily accessible to pigeons who find cover and warmth. Netting has been fixed for proofing against the pigeons and 2 vertical zips can be seen which allow access for maintenance. On the right pigeon netting has been fitted to protect cable trunking inside an underground car park

Bird proofing netting installed not only as a bird deterrent but also to protect the guttering. Seagulls had been nesting in this protected roof area but also blown litter from a nearby shopping centre was settling in the gulley, blocking the downpipe and causing some internal water ingress. This bird net has been fitted horizontally and fixed to the parapet on three sides and clipped into the slates on the fourth. An access zip has been fitted running the full length of the parapet and 1 metre towards the slates to allow access for future maintenance.

Pigeon netting fixed as a deterrent over one side of a roof above the front elevation of a high street shop that overlooks the main shopping thoroughfare. Pigeons were settling on all the parapets and droppings were falling onto the pavements outside the main entrance of the shop. The pigeon netting has been held 300mm higher than the parapets by stainless steel brackets. The netting on the far side of the roof has a load bearing wire close to the ridge and a secondary wire to hold the net tight to the slates with copper slate clips.

This site has a full trip wire system fitted including the window ledges and gutters to protect against pigeons. The top two photos on the left show the protection on the gable end coping stones and the ridge tiles.

The raised building, shown on the left which forms an open garage has the girders on the inside protected by a horizontal net but the clients requirements for the outer side of the girders was for the proofing to be in keeping with the remainder of pigeon proofing on site.

A vertical five wire trip wire barrier was suspended from the brickwork in addition to protection it compliments the look of the galvanised girders.

 

 

Pigeons, Starlings and Gulls              Some Facts and Figures

Feral Pigeon    Columbia livia  (domest.)

Pigeons are rock doves that were domesticated but have returned to their original wild state. The pigeons were domesticated for a number of reasons, food, homing pigeons for messages and sport (racing pigeons) or even for their differing plumage and displayed as fancy pigeons.

A pigeon's lifespan can vary. In the wild they can live up to 5 years but some pigeons in captivity have lived for 30 years. Their 'natural' habitat is coastal cliffs but their domestication has brought the pigeons to buildings in our cities throughout the world where they live happily feeding on seeds in the fields or bread and other foodstuffs discarded by people.

Pigeons are excellent fliers reaching speeds of up to 60mph but are not migratory. The female pigeon lays two white eggs and the emerging young pigeons are known as squabs.

Starling    Sturnus vulgaris

The numbers of starlings in the UK are declining, perhaps due to pesticides reducing the quantity of their invertebrate prey. Starlings feed on insects and their larvae, earthworms, snails, slugs etc. In previous years large colonies of hundreds of thousands could be seen wheeling in the evening skies prior to roosting on buildings and in trees. The starlings may migrate to warmer climes in the winter but the UK starlings are sedentary and swelled in numbers by eastern starlings in the summer months.

The starlings nest with straw and feathers in wall voids or roof spaces and normally raise one brood annually from a clutch of four to seven eggs.

Herring Gull    Larus argentatus

A large noisy gull that is found in coastal areas and inland scavenging around rubbish tips but fish and shellfish comprise a large part of the Herring Gull's natural diet along with carrion, grain and birds eggs. These gulls are widespread inland during winter. It can be seen around the rest of Europe, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean.

The adult Herring Gull is a large bird growing up to 65cm in length with a wing span of up to 158cm

Herring Gulls lay a clutch  of 2 - 4 eggs which hatch after about 26 days.

Lesser Black Backed Gull    Larus fuscus  

Slightly smaller than the Herring Gull with grey/black upperparts of the wings and back. They are migratory gulls but increasing numbers of the gulls are over-wintering in the UK. Their feeding habits are similar to those of the Herring Gulll

The Lesser Black Backed Gull has a wingspan up to about 148 cm. They lay a clutch of 1 - 3 eggs.

                                                    The following pictures are Copyright Arthur Grosset

Pigeons were gaining entry into the main clock and bell tower via gaps around the clocks themselves and then through the louver vents behind. Pigeon netting was fixed to protect the the louvered opening on all four elevations.

The work was undertaken in conjunction with major church restoration work. Three additional pigeon nets were also fixed over the main stain glass window behind the altar.

                    

Starling                            Feral Pigeon                                        Herring Gull                         Lesser Black-backed Gull

 

The picture on the left shows netting protecting a balcony. There is a zip fitted down the middle to allow the netting to be opened like curtains and allow an unrestricted view if required.

To the left a the picture shows a 15th Century building in the town of Stamford, Lincolnshire with a mansard roof. Pigeons over the years have been roosting on the upper slope of the roof and even being at a steep angle they managed to roost comfortably, depositing their droppings which eventually blocked the gutters below, damaging the building. The nets were raised above the roof with the aid of ridge spikes and window brackets preventing the pigeons settling on the roof tiles and dormers.

Pigeons at this large dairy above won't even have the chance to start roosting in this new canopy. As soon as construction of the building was completed the client employed our services to completely net off the girders both horizontally under the roof and vertically along the walls.

The above 2 photographs show a factory warehouse that has a horizontal net underneath the roof girders together with vertical netting that protects the walls. The netting is fixed over the top of the roller door on the left and behind the two rapid roll doors on the right. The right hand picture also shows the zipped access panels to allow maintenance work on the electrics above.