On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 16:23:42 +0100, "tim \(back at home\)"
wrote:

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|"Phil Anthropist" wrote in message
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| "tim (back at home)" wrote:
| Bloody pigeons have started to roost on my balcony.
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| Does anyone know how to stop them doing this?
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| My sister suggested hanging up some CDs but this
| hasn't helped, neither has removing the furniture that
| they were sitting under, they still sit in the same place.
|
| tim
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| Google for anti-roost pigeon (or bird deterrent) spikes.
|
|A sensible answer at least - thanks,
|
|but)
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|1) They are roosting on the floor of the balcony, not
|the guardrail
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|2) The balcony has to be in a state that I can use it
|after I have got rid of them.
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|I've thought of putting up netting to stop them getting in,
|but that will look horrible

Public Buildings in Bradford have pigeon problems, because they roost on
The Victorian decorative stonework.

They all have netting over the stonework, which is almost invisible from
Ground Level. The sides and edges have a wire run through the net, which
is *Well* anchored at both ends.
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