by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 7, 2016 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, UltraSonic Bird Control
Bungling council workers put up netting to stop bird poo falling on pedestrians but ended up trapping pigeons above a pavement.
A team working for Edinburgh Council installed the net following complaints that the birds were relieving themselves on those walking underneath a bridge.
But, despite an elaborate system to allow the birds to escape the netting, it soon emerged that pigeons were trapped inside and, in the words of one resident, were ‘slowly starving to death’.
Pigeons have been trapped inside a net which was supposed to stop them defecating on pedestrians below
The council have said netting included special pigeon ‘hatches’ which were supposed to let the trapped birds out but prevent free birds getting in.
But residents in the city say the ‘imprisoned’ pigeons appear to be struggling with the hatch arrangement and have complained to the council that the birds are slowly starving to death.
A video posted online shows trapped birds frantically flapping about under the bridge in the Portobello area of the Scottish capital.
Alex Allan, who filmed the clip, tweeted: ‘Thanks for fixing the bridge but you’ve condemned 20-plus pigeons to a horrible death.’
Mr Allan added: ‘Also they are nesting so there are lots of chicks in there too, slowly starving to death.’
The netting was put up last week following complaints that the birds were relieving themselves on pedestrians.
Local residents near the bridge in Edinburgh are angry that the problem will continue and the birds will die
Workers failed to scare off many of the pigeons before installing the netting but carried on regardless.
An internal council email, believed to have been sent from an official to a councillor, states: ‘I suspect they were actually caged in. To me this smacks of poor workmanship or is it acceptable?
‘The pigeons are still flying about inside this morning and I assume will until they die and rot/decompose away. So the pigeon poo will persist for a while longer.’
Andy Matheson, Area Roads Manager for Edinburgh Council said as many as 200 pigeons were moved on from the bridge.
He said the trapped birds could take two-three weeks to escape using the ‘outlet’.
He added: ‘If the numbers of pigeons don’t appear to drop….a section of netting may have to be removed temporarily in order to release them.’
A spokewoman for RSPB said: ‘Pigeons aren’t everyone’s favorite bird but we still need to make sure they are safe and get rescued.’
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by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 4, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, UltraSonic Bird Control
Pune railway has forbidden citizens from feeding pigeons at the kabutarkhana, as its excreta is harming the heritage building
It would not be hyperbolic to term them a killer flock — heritage conservationists and experts across the nation have documented how pigeon excreta has destroyed precious art and the challenge they face in the clean-up process. Closer home, the birds have unleashed havoc among passengers as well as staff at Pune Railway Station, provoking the authorities to put up a warning sign near the popular kabutarkhana and Mahatma Gandhi statue, barring citizens from feeding the pigeons, as it leads to an insurmountable task for the authorities to clean up the excreta.
“The pigeon population around the railway station’s premises has multiplied in recent times, thanks to people flocking here to dole out morsels of food. Their presence is affecting the heritage structure of the railway station. Its roof, the rooms inside and the passages have become very unclean. A few days ago, they had also invaded the VIP lounge and dormitories, leading to a rush of complaints from passengers,” said Sunil Kamthan, station manager at Pune Railway Station. He went on to say that the premises have to be mopped at least six times daily because of this invasion, and that even after, a strong stench lingers along the corridors. “We spent more than a lakh cleaning the roof and shelves of the building,” added Kamthan.
Since simply propping up a warning sign is not known to dissuade people from doing as they please, officers at the station have taken it upon themselves to walk up to the erring citizen to urge them to halt the act. “We have not imposed any fine for feeding the birds yet, but if this persists despite the warning, we will be forced to mandate punitive action,” said Kamthan.
Paresh Jagtap, a passenger, has welcomed the railway’s move, although he finds the flight of pigeons a pleasant sight on the premises. “The warning is legit, but they should continue in their efforts to keep the station premises clean,” said Jagtap. Vivek Bunthambe, a member of the cleaning staff at the railway station, said, “We have cleaned the entire building several times in one year, particularly the upper roof, and yet there is excreta all over the building. The passengers complain about the foul odour that the pigeons leave behind.”
Pigeon excreta is known to stain the surface of abuilding, gradually setting in the process of corrosion. “We generally water jet an unclean surface before restoration. The water is laced with lemon or cinnamon, but even this does not work on pigeon droppings and we have to use caustic chemicals for such spots. Besides this, the bacteria from the droppings attract termites, especially on limestone. And when such termites establish a colony, rats are attracted to feed on them, which establishes a cycle,” said V M Sharma, a civil engineer and contractor who has worked on the restoration of various Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) projects, as well as the restoration of the Red Fort, in New Delhi.
Mumbai-based conservation architect, Abha Narain Lambah, who has worked on the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata and the Tata Palace, Mumbai, where the Deutsche Bank is housed, called attention to the strong acids in the excreta that affect oft stones such as limestone and marble. “It corrodes the surface, discolouring it; at times, even small pits appear on the surface,” said Lambah.
Tejas Garge, an archaeologist from Central Archeological Survey of India, said the phosphorous in the pigeon excreta is known to damage monuments, and hence, too many pigeons around heritage structures can be harmful. “When pigeon excreta lodges inside intricate designs, they are ruined forever. The only thing that remains is stone. It affects the plastering, damaging the structure, as in the case of the Ajanta and Ellora caves. After a rigorous study on the damages, bird proof nets have been put up at these places,” said Garge.
Pigeon excreta corrodes the surface, discolouring it. In some cases, small pits are known to appear on the surface
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by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 3, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, UltraSonic Bird Control
Weathered residents of Cherryville are mucking up Main Street, and city leaders are looking to curb the problem.
The solution is in the feed.
City Council members recently discussed giving birth control to pigeons.
“Within a year, the pigeon population is diminished through attrition,” Cherryville City Manager Ben Blackburn said.
There are two groups of pigeons living along Main Street, Cherryville Mayor H.L. Beam said.
The birds leave droppings on the sidewalk, cause an odor and destroy property, he said.
The city’s historical museum had significant damage when pigeons came in through a broken window and started to roost, he said.
Beam has worked along Main Street for decades. He remembers one business owner arming himself to take care of the pigeon population years ago.
Beam remembers working late one night and hearing, “Pow, pow, pow.” A fellow businessman tried to eliminate the birds by shooting them, Beam said.
Someone else used poison, but watching birds die on the sidewalks wasn’t something people wanted to see, Beam said.
Blackburn said the city once looked to owls to eliminate the pigeons, but that didn’t work either.
Council members discussed the special bird food during a work session this week.
If the plan is approved at the next council meeting, two bird feeders will be placed on either side of Main Street.
The initial setup will cost about $5,000.
Food would cost about $2,000 each year after.
Within three to five years, the pigeons should be gone from Cherryville, Beam said.
The idea of pigeon elimination came from the city’s Small Town Main Street program.
Through the state initiative, the city has been making improvements to revitalize the downtown area.
Façade grants have been offered. Murals are being restored, and outdoor furniture is being installed.
Some might say pigeons are part of an urban landscape. Beam says they’re a nuisance, and they are residents he wouldn’t mind seeing leave Cherryville.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 28, 2016 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, UltraSonic Bird Control
The GAA has introduced a new form of Hawk-Eye at Croke Park in a bid to keep pigeons away.
Gus, a two-year-old harris hawk, has been brought in to ward off the birds after flocks invaded the pitch during recent hurling and football matches.
“I haven’t had a serious conversation about it,” Peter McKenna, Croke Park’s stadium director, said. “Everyone seems to think it’s very funny that the GAA is hiring a bird,
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 27, 2016 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, UltraSonic Bird Control
A 70-year-old East Devon woman has been slapped with an ASBO banning her from feeding seagulls and all other birds in her home town.
Rose Rodell had been in the habit of feeding a variety of birds at her local park and cemetery, among them gulls, pigeons and doves.
But the local council gained an order to stop her after complaints from some residents in Sidmouth..
She has even been threatened with eviction from her council home if she continues – but has launched a legal bid to get the order overturned in court.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 22, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeon Spikes, UltraSonic Bird Control
The fence looks like it belongs in a maximum-security prison – but was in fact designed by Tiggly the cat’s neighbour to stop the feline straying next door.
A cat-hating neighbour has devised an extreme solution to stop next door’s feline walking on a wall.
The neighbourly dispute began over fears poor Tiggly the cat would damage a car by jumping onto it from a shared wall.
But it ended with the wall looking like the border of a maximum-security prison – complete with barbed wire, sharp studs and three-inch spikes.
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Tiggly’s upset owner Bea Upton, of Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire, said the cat has already become stuck in the wire and spikes while trying to get to the ground.
The clerical worker, 46, said: “It’s awful. Tiggly got stuck in it and neighbours had to rescue her.
“The neighbour has put all the barbed wire just to stop Tiggly. It prevents her living a normal, happy free life.
“I have complained to the RSPCA but they say they cannot get involved because people are allowed to put up pet deterrent.”
Previously the black and white cat would come out of an upstairs window, drop down onto a tiled roof before dropping down to the wall to then jump to the ground at the house two doors down from its home.
Ms Upton added that Tiggly has to use the window to get out because she is too frightened of Miss Upton’s two dogs to use a ground floor cat flap.
The neighbour, Valerie Pollard, declined to discuss the barbed wire and spikes.
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said: “Although the law does not state that adding barbed wire to a fence is illegal, it may become so depending on the case and what happens to an animal as a result.
“Deliberately injuring an animal and causing unnecessary suffering is a criminal offence and we take that very seriously.
“There are more humane methods of deterring cats and other animals from your garden such as automatic water sprays or introducing natural, prickly shrubs to cover surfaces.”
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