Seagulls seek out high points on roofs and chimneys so installing parallel wires plastic or steel spikes or polyurethane netting in these areas can help prevent birds from perching.
How to get rid of seagulls nesting on my roof.
The beach is a beautiful place to relax and spend the day or even a long vacation but not when seagulls are bombarding you.
In many cases a professional company will work hard to exclude the seagull from nesting or loafing on the property or boat.
With this the infestation becomes an endless cycle.
A general licence issued by the government allows authorised persons to kill or take roof nesting feral pigeons in britain and house sparrows starlings and feral pigeons in northern.
To stop the birds from coming back remove any food or water sources that they might be using like buckets of water or open trash cans.
Throughout the spring summer and sometimes autumn birds look for a new home to raise their young and for some unfortunately that home can be your chimney stack.
These specialists will not actually kill or eradicate the population of seagulls.
Here are more possible threats that seagulls pose to coastal areas.
In the case of birds such as the barn owl that are listed on schedule 1 of the act it is an offence even to disturb the birds when at or near the nest.
Because they are nesting birds they tend to lay eggs sleep and make noise around the clock in their den areas.
Moreover seagulls tend to go back to their nesting place year after year.
Nesting sites and the droppings of seagulls attract a variety of bugs insects and beetles.
February 25 2013 by nomorebirds in birds on roof nesting birds pigeons seagulls uncategorized.