Bird in attic, help!!

FUNKYDADDIO

Hi folks, found Bird droppings in my attic last night, no sign of Bird, anyone recommend a company to economically fix it for me, council don't remove birds apparently...Thanks..

Mistral001

If it is nesting, I do not think it is legal to disturb the nest, so you will have to put up with it. Note many birds breed two or three times throughout the spring/summer, so the nesting season is not over yet.

If it is not nesting, then if it got in, it will get out again, unless it got in by the hatch, in which case leave the hatch open.

qwert_yuiop

Mistral001 wrote: »

If it is nesting, I do not think it is legal to disturb the nest, so you will have to put up with it. Note many birds breed two or three times throughout the spring/summer, so the nesting season is not over yet.

If it is not nesting, then if it got in, it will get out again, unless it got in by the hatch, in which case leave the hatch open.

Depends on the species. If it's a jackdaw or pigeon you can do what you like.

Totally irrelevant, but anyway - did anyone hear a cuckoo this year?

Ticked

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

Totally irrelevant, but anyway - did anyone hear a cuckoo this year?

Only the one in the clock:D
Sorry about that, couldn't resist it! Immaturity is rife.

NAR

Borrow a cat :rolleyes:

butterflymum

For some info and advice, see:

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/law/whatsintheroof/index.aspx

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/law/whatsintheroof/removal.aspx

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/law/whatsintheroof/what_bird.aspx

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/law/whatsintheroof/stop_nesting.aspx

and

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/law/whatsintheroof/thelaw.aspx

butterflymum

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

Depends on the species. If it's a jackdaw or pigeon you can do what you like.

Apparently, based on the links in my last post:

A general licence, issued by the government, allows ‘authorised persons’ to kill or take roof-nesting feral pigeons in Britain, and house sparrows, starlings and feral pigeons in Northern Ireland, and destroy their nests, but only if it can be shown that action was necessary for the purpose of preserving public health.

Old_Git

find the point off entry .
When I had a house in Belfast the pigeons in the back yard seemed fond off rat poison .It wasn't my fault they couldn't read the instructions .;)

jtk174

As above. Find the point of entry. You might be able to see light entering into the darkness of he loft, from your hatch.

Birds do not need much of a hole to get in, so don't be surprised and block up anything you see.

I had birds nesting in a gap between some ill fitted lead flashing and the roof of an extension. The only time I noticed it was when I heard the chicks at feeding time.

I assume you have a water tank in your loft? Is it covered ?

oldhand

Dont use these,they never had any luck.........