Spiderman is in town! (Well the birdmen actually…)
We were recently asked to repair some bird netting at an NHS hospital to keep the Feral Pigeons out (and their poo!) of a courtyard as part of the site’s hospital infection control programme.
This particular net was in a very difficult to reach area as what you can’t see is the 50 foot drop in to an open basement! The pigeons were roosting on the pipes and fouling the stairs in to the basement causing a slip hazard on the stairs. Also if you survived the slippy stairs then you got pigeon guano on the soles of shoes and then proceeded to walk it through the hospital – yuk!
Our chap dangling here has even abseiled down the Eiffel Tower to paint it! This is not him but you get the feel: HERE.
The use of lasers to repel pest birds from an area causing problems, has increased over recent years from hand held units to fixed automated units keeping areas bird free.
For us here at BTP Enviro it’s all about the access when undertaking solutions for bird control work. It may be spikes on a hospital or a bird net in a car park, each situation is unique and requires some planning and a thoughtful approach.
This article appeared at the OneMK.co.uk web site some time ago. I forgot BTP carried out the sub – contract hawking there!