Ok i'm claiming my prize for the oddest OT of all time but here goes.

A friend of mine has a nest of Housemartins (no happy hour jokes please

) in the eaves of her house. Ater speaking to a pest control officer yesterday he told her they were an endangered species and that they can't be moved or extreminated. Does anyone know if this is actually the case and if so any fool proof way of deterring them of returning when they have left the nest to find food.

Before anyone thinks were cruel the noise early morning and at dusk is deafening and scares the hell out of her youngest.

Here you go. www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui ... index.aspx So they are protected, but you can stop them coming back. They should pi$$ of in a week or so as the young uns will be ready to go. Who is to know that someone went up in the eaves and removed the nests and then put stuff to stop then coming back,unless you have a neighbourhood RSPB grass p.s I am not a twitcher,just a slow day at work.

Here you go. www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui ... index.aspx So they are protected, but you can stop them coming back. They should pi$$ of in a week or so as the young uns will be ready to go. Who is to know that someone went up in the eaves and removed the nests and then put stuff to stop then coming back,unless you have a neighbourhood RSPB grass p.s I am not a twitcher,just a slow day at work.

Quote ="Prestwich Red"Here you go. www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui ... index.aspx So they are protected, but you can stop them coming back. They should pi$$ of in a week or so as the young uns will be ready to go. Who is to know that someone went up in the eaves and removed the nests and then put stuff to stop then coming back,unless you have a neighbourhood RSPB grass p.s I am not a twitcher,just a slow day at work.'" Ta mate, I suggested something I heard on the Simon Mayo show a few years ago about feeding pidgeons ollium but she said it was cruel I thought it was an explosive idea

Quote ="Prestwich Red"Here you go. www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdgui ... index.aspx So they are protected, but you can stop them coming back. They should pi$$ of in a week or so as the young uns will be ready to go. Who is to know that someone went up in the eaves and removed the nests and then put stuff to stop then coming back,unless you have a neighbourhood RSPB grass p.s I am not a twitcher,just a slow day at work.'" Ta mate, I suggested something I heard on the Simon Mayo show a few years ago about feeding pidgeons ollium but she said it was cruel I thought it was an explosive idea

Don't do that to me! I saw the thread title and thought you were going to tell me they had found them nesting at Barton!

Earplugs can be bought in most good chemists.

What ..... ???

but how do you catch the birds to put them in their ears?

Sorry but I have no sympathy. The REAL world is full of loud chirrips, biting insects and upsetting wildlife.They were here before us ... and refuse to be tamed. Loud dawn choruses rule!


What does she want ...megadeath played from a silencer removed 750 at 5 in the morning?