zip106

Some Starlings have started to nest in the roof of my house right above my 4 yo daughters bedroom. She can hear them scratching around and it's giving her the frights.
Not only that, but they are sh itting everywhere. The cars are covered daily, the roof, gutter, patio and driveway look like they've been paintballed, FFS.

It seems like there are young ones in the nest. Anyone know how long before they **** off or would I be deemed bad if I blocked the gap up to the nest?

It's driving me mad watching my cars getting targeted everyday and having to watch where the kids put their feet in the garden....

Bubba po

Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were no wildlife on the planet?

zip106

Wildlife, no. Starlings, yes.

andythejock01wrx

Join a terrorism organisation : they'll give you an Uzi. That should do the trick.

zip106

OzzyWRX

Get yourself down to your nearest boating shop and buy a plastic owl. Put that up near their nest and they should bugger off quick smart.

wheelwright

Starlings = Rats of the sky....

Leslie

I was castigated for mentioning a plastic owl on the fence thread.

Les

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

its illegal to prevent a bird getting to its nest

zip106

But who would know?
Except me.

Stephb1986

we have 2 nests in our attic one right above my bedroom arghhh they drive me mad at 5am sqwaking for food grrrr

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

half of SN know now #

i have a nest in my roof but the outhouse roof is below and every year next doors cat waits on the roof for the chicks to fall out

zip106

But no-one on SN knows where I live

Anyway, I'm going up my ladder in the morning with one of those smoke bombs we use to check chimney flues......that should sort them.

sarasquares

iTrader: (1)

my baby starlings are nearly ready to leave the nest now. i can hear loads of chirping when the mother goes into the roof with food. wont be long before the cat next door gets his knife and fork out

skoobidude

Little shlts got into my roof during the weekend. They nicked some loft insulation to use for a nest elsewhere. There were bits of it all on the lawn and patio on Saturday. I cleaned it up, went out for a couple of hours only to find some more on my return.
I went into the loft to find a whole sheet of insulation torn to shreds
BESTEDS!

Nick

little-ginge

Lion shoite


Birds on the roof? Try lion dung - Yahoo! News UK

zip106

My missus was just telling me about that. She read it in the paper today but the zoo's can't get the Lions to dump enough to keep up with demand

little-ginge

Thats where I saw it too... forget trying London Zoo - they won't sell it due to health and safety reasons...

like someone is going to have some of that spread on their toast for breakfast!!

zip106

Wonder if sheep shat would do...there's loads of them in the field opposite me

skoobidude

I've seen birds land on sheep shest.

Nick

TelBoy

A pair of blackbird thugs are rummaging through my garden every day. A right mess they're making too.