Hello all

Recently moved house and now park the car on the drive. Above
thedrive, run 2 phone lines to next door and the one next.

Often birds seem to want to sit on the line just above my car and crap
on it, it not a bad car Astra 08...

Any tips on how to try and stop the birds from sitting on the wire
above my car?

cheers

Dwill wrote:
Hello all

Recently moved house and now park the car on the drive. Above
thedrive, run 2 phone lines to next door and the one next.

Often birds seem to want to sit on the line just above my car and crap
on it, it not a bad car Astra 08...

Any tips on how to try and stop the birds from sitting on the wire
above my car?


Get a Hawk.

http://www.rentokil.co.uk/files/file_217214.pdf

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Adrian C

On 16 Oct, 12:12, Adrian C wrote:
Dwill wrote:
Hello all

Recently moved house and now park the car on the drive. Above
thedrive, run 2 phone lines to next door and the one next.

Often birds seem to want to sit on the line just above my car and crap
on it, it not a bad car Astra 08...

Any tips on how to try and stop the birds from sitting on the wire
above my car?

Get a Hawk.

http://www.rentokil.co.uk/files/file_217214.pdf

--
Adrian C

I wonder if a plastic type placed near the car would work?

On Oct 17, 12:00 am, Dwill wrote:
Hello all

Recently moved house and now park the car on the drive. Above
thedrive, run 2 phone lines to next door and the one next.

Often birds seem to want to sit on the line just above my car and crap
on it, it not a bad car Astra 08...

Any tips on how to try and stop the birds from sitting on the wire
above my car?

Run a thin nylon fishing line an inch above each wire.
Perhaps attach the line with loops every yard or so.

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:29:13 -0700 (PDT), Dwill wrote:
On 16 Oct, 12:12, Adrian C wrote:
Dwill wrote:
Hello all

Recently moved house and now park the car on the drive. Above
thedrive, run 2 phone lines to next door and the one next.

Often birds seem to want to sit on the line just above my car and crap
on it, it not a bad car Astra 08...

Any tips on how to try and stop the birds from sitting on the wire
above my car?

Get a Hawk.

http://www.rentokil.co.uk/files/file_217214.pdf

--
Adrian C

I wonder if a plastic type placed near the car would work?

Or even a recording of one played at random times (though that
might require a fair bit of work - I recently build a "guard dog"
on that principle: PIC, ISD4004, power amp).

You could do what I've been doing for the past few years (same problem as
you) that is buy a good silicone based polish I use autoglym but Mer is
probably just as good and give the car a really good going over every three
months It doesn't stop the birds crapping but it makes it easier to get off
and stops the acids from eating into your paintwork.

I was told there is actually a polish that is made for this kind of problem
but as my autoglym is half full I haven't investigated.

An alternative - you could run the barrell of a gun along the wire with a
photo-electric cell that detects the bird landing then pulls the trigger,
complicated, possibly illegal, but there's nothing like retribution to put a
smile on you face.....although perhaps disposing of dead birds that have
landed on your car might be a problem!

On Oct 16, 2:36*pm, "Ron O'Brien" wrote:
You could do what I've been doing for the past few years (same problem as
you) that is buy a good silicone based polish I use autoglym but Mer is
probably just as good and give the car a really good going over every three
months It doesn't stop the birds crapping but it makes it easier to get off
and stops the acids from eating into your paintwork.
You can buy rotating bird scarers from a local farm supplies shop. Do
a google on 'hawkeye bird scarer'. I put one in the garden this year
as blackbirds were eating the strawberries before I could pick them.
Not seen any birds in mine or neighbours gardens since. Even those
annoying magpies which squawked all day and night seem to have packed
up and moved elsewhere.

Dave

"Dave Starling" wrote in message
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On Oct 16, 2:36 pm, "Ron O'Brien" wrote:
You could do what I've been doing for the past few years (same problem as
you) that is buy a good silicone based polish I use autoglym but Mer is
probably just as good and give the car a really good going over every
three
months It doesn't stop the birds crapping but it makes it easier to get
off
and stops the acids from eating into your paintwork.
You can buy rotating bird scarers from a local farm supplies shop. Do
a google on 'hawkeye bird scarer'. I put one in the garden this year
as blackbirds were eating the strawberries before I could pick them.
Not seen any birds in mine or neighbours gardens since. Even those
annoying magpies which squawked all day and night seem to have packed
up and moved elsewhere.

Dave

I had a similar problem. I threw some insulated cable up and over the wire
they perched on and when they were sitting (perching) comfortably, I gave it
a sharp pull. After a few times they never came back. Sounds stupid but what
the hell it worked and cheap too.

Alan

On 16 Oct, 12:00, Dwill wrote:
Hello all

Recently moved house and now park the car on the drive. Above
thedrive, run 2 phone lines to next door and the one next.

Often birds seem to want to sit on the line just above my car and crap
on it, it not a bad car Astra 08...

Any tips on how to try and stop the birds from sitting on the wire
above my car?

cheers



I once had the same problem. I read , I can't remember where, that the
phone company
was obliged to move phone lines that went over my property to another
person's property, if I
requested it. Which I did. So they moved them! HTH.