budgie123 163 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 On a school site the caretaker has reported a problem with gulls taking food from pupils and they are concerned a pupil will be injured. Gulls have come on site after breaks to feed on waste for a number of years but there has never been this aggresive behaviour and gulls coming during break times. They try and manage avialable waste with litter picks after break time. Has anyone come across this. Has any one tried any methods of detering gulls. Quote Link to post
socks 32,253 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 A 12 bore and size 5 cartridge works well ..... 2 Quote Link to post
mushroom 13,477 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Bread packed with bicarb 5 Quote Link to post
mick1212 389 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Bread on a hook and use them as a kite that's what I did at school Quote Link to post
StephenWalsh 73 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Budgie you have already answered your own question - I did a very similar job a few years ago. Whilst the problem persists the kids will have to eat indoors, because when the food stops being available the birds will stop bothering the kids. It will be a pain for the school, but its the only way as you won't get a Licence for any type of lethal control. No food on the yard, no food left behind, good housekeeping and the problem will go away, although it will take time. Edited January 27, 2015 by StephenWalsh 1 Quote Link to post
mushroom 13,477 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Just supply the kids with said bicarb bait balls Quote Link to post
air gun ant 1,666 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 the bicarb works lol but when i worked at the local power station they had a guy that came and flew his hawks and that seemed to deter them although i think that was more to stop them nesting than actually being there? sure one of the falconry lads will no more about that sort of thing. Quote Link to post
mushroom 13,477 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hours of harmless fun for the kids and gulltwats sorted..... Win win you'll have a right feckin mess to clean up though 1 Quote Link to post
gamerooster 1,179 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Does bicarb do what I think it does? As in pop 1 Quote Link to post
BIGLURKS 874 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Does bicarb do what I think it does? As in popyep Give the kids some catties and some marble might be a few windows needing fixed but there won't be many birds left 1 Quote Link to post
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 2 hours with 2 loaves of bread and a pot of alfa would fix it....but alas we cant use such clever things hear 1 Quote Link to post
gamerooster 1,179 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Bread on fishing hooks would get them all gone Quote Link to post
The one 8,530 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 A tennis racket gulls dives in and smack 40 / love to the pupil 2 Quote Link to post
iwm 71 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I had the same problem last year at a school in worksop . I have my own harris hawks but these would just be attacked and out numbered by gulls as my hawks dont hunt to kill just to scare( you dont need a hawk pulling a gull/pigeons head off while the children are looking out of the window at you). You would need a falcon if you used a bird of prey but the gulls soon see your van pull up and will fly off untill you go. So you will need to price for a hawk kite or maybe two,I had one one the roof and one on a flag pole on the playing field but had to move them about to keep the gulls on there toes. This is just part of a pest management system you will have to put in place with the school, i see you already are cleaning the area after dinner times, but you will need the staff to be on top of this all the time . I took the hawks into the school and gave a talk to several classes the birds gave the children a focus as we offerd to let the class who picked up most rubbish a chance to fly the birds on the school field. This was used as a project on waste recycling but its an ongoing problem as the odd few gulls still return for a free meal . Good luck if you need any help pm me www.iwm24.com Cheers iwm 3 Quote Link to post
budgie123 163 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Cheers for all the usual rubbish you get when asking genuine questions. Many thanks to the genuine replies and sound advice. Quote Link to post
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