Our neighbourhood gets plagued by nesting gulls each year. Noisy and aggressive. Anyone got any (humane) recommendations for keeping them away from our roof? I see fake hawks etc advertised but am sceptical about effective they are.
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Thread: Seagull deterrents
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05-03-2024 03:04 PM #1
Seagull deterrents
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05-03-2024 03:14 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThere is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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05-03-2024 05:00 PM #5
You can buy spikes which make it difficult for them to land but these are generally for pitched roofs, not ideal for flat roofs.
I have a flat in Stonehaven which has a partial flat roof and it’s crazy the noise from them stamping about for months on end during nesting and once the chicks hatch. I’ve described it as clog dancing.
It got so bad up there that the local council sanctioned a cull of the nests in the town a few years ago where they broke the eggs in the nests before they hatched.
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05-03-2024 07:35 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I wouldn't dare go near a nest. The adult seagulls are vicious!
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05-03-2024 07:42 PM #7
The place where I work hires in a guy with a Harris hawk from a pest control company.
As gulls are protected, it's illegal to poison or disturb the nests (Edinburgh council used to hire a marksman that would shoot eggs with an air rifle), but the infrequent presence of a hawk will encourage the gulls to nest elsewhere.
Our building has a large flat roof, it used to have loads of nests, today, their next to zero.
Unsure what it costs but might be worth considering?
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05-03-2024 07:43 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I once worked near the harbour in Aberdeen and was more than once hit by seagull s**t, but at least those ones were hanging out where they kind of belonged.
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05-03-2024 08:24 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThere is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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06-03-2024 06:26 AM #12
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Snakes!
It's supposed to work and these are actually advertised as doing so. You could also try just painting snake shapes on your roof.
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06-03-2024 09:29 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
None of the gulls were ever injured so I always presumed they were blank cartridges . I read about something called the " seagull pro " that puts out like a sonic noise they didn't like though doesn't effect other animals . Don't know much about it in truth wither it's good , expensive or otherwise though maybe another option for you to look into .
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