Seagull deterrents
 

What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)
Is it cages, short spikes, long spikes, barbed wire or wot?
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

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On Sep 3, 11:36*am, Jim S wrote:
What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)
Is it cages, short spikes, long spikes, barbed wire or wot?
--
Jim S
* * * * Tyneside UK
* * *www.jimscott.co.uk

If you had the answer to that one you'd be a millionaire!

Between chimneys? Do you mean on top of the stack? In which case
long spikes set in mortar.

But these flying rats are rarely deterred by anything but shooting
them.

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In message , Jim S
writes
What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)
Is it cages, short spikes, long spikes, barbed wire or wot?

I can confirm this stuff works....

http://www.bird-stop.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=114

Although for us it was pigeons around the patio, not Sea Gulls on the
ridge.

Hth
Someone

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On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:43:47 -0700 (PDT), John MacLeod wrote:

On Sep 3, 11:36*am, Jim S wrote:
What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)
Is it cages, short spikes, long spikes, barbed wire or wot?
--
Jim S

Between chimneys? Do you mean on top of the stack? In which case
long spikes set in mortar.

Yes - between two rows of chimney pots.

But these flying rats are rarely deterred by anything but shooting
them.

Am I allowed?
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

Seagull deterrents
 

In article ,
Huge writes:
On 2010-09-03, Jim S wrote:
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:43:47 -0700 (PDT), John MacLeod wrote:

On Sep 3, 11:36Â*am, Jim S wrote:
What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)
Is it cages, short spikes, long spikes, barbed wire or wot?
--
Jim S

Between chimneys? Do you mean on top of the stack? In which case
long spikes set in mortar.

Yes - between two rows of chimney pots.

But these flying rats are rarely deterred by anything but shooting
them.

They're a damn sight bigger than rats, when you get close to them.
They can also be quite vicious - attacking people, and they can
recognise one particular person to attack, so ****ing them off
isn't a good idea.

Am I allowed?

Sadly not.

Are seagulls protected then? Seems unlikely.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

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On 3 Sep, 11:36, Jim S wrote:

What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?

In ye goode olde daies ye birdes nestys were ane asset ynto ye cooke.

All eggs taste pretty much the same if fresh but the richness of the
meal is the reason gulls were encouraged and attic wyndows allowyed
accesse in ye preVictorianne tymes.

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On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:36:50 +0100, Jim S wrote:

What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...15-gallery.htm

not so much shooting as shredding.

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"Jim S" wrote in message
...
What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)
Is it cages, short spikes, long spikes, barbed wire or wot?
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

http://www.totnes-bsac.co.uk/misc/gulls.html

S

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On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:50:15 +0100, somebody
wrote:

In message , Jim S
writes
What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)
Is it cages, short spikes, long spikes, barbed wire or wot?

I can confirm this stuff works....

http://www.bird-stop.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=114


Bugger that.

When they see me coming the birdies all fly an' hide.

But they still go for sar-dines when coat-ed with cyan-ide ...

Derek

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On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:57:23 +0100, Derek Geldard wrote:

On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:50:15 +0100, somebody
wrote:

In message , Jim S
writes
What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)
Is it cages, short spikes, long spikes, barbed wire or wot?

I can confirm this stuff works....

http://www.bird-stop.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=114


Bugger that.

When they see me coming the birdies all fly an' hide.

But they still go for sar-dines when coat-ed with cyan-ide ...

Derek

Where do you get yer cyan-ide?
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk

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Jim S wrote:
What's the current 'best solution' to seagull nesting between chimneys?
(They won't let me shoot them)

Who won't let you - the seagulls?

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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Huge writes:
On 2010-09-03, Jim S wrote:
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:43:47 -0700 (PDT), John MacLeod wrote:

On Sep 3, 11:36Â am, Jim S wrote:

But these flying rats are rarely deterred by anything but shooting
them.

They're a damn sight bigger than rats, when you get close to them.
They can also be quite vicious - attacking people, and they can
recognise one particular person to attack, so ****ing them off
isn't a good idea.

Am I allowed?
Sadly not.

Are seagulls protected then? Seems unlikely.

The Council are considering culling by shooting in Cheltenham
apparently: it seems that herring gulls are protected, but lesser
black-backed gulls aren't:
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Seagull-cull-rolled-Cheltenham/article-2549136-detail/article.html

David