andybrock 2 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Had a call today from a customer who has got a problem with a pair of crows that are vandalising his cars ones a Porche and the other is an Audi TT (he's obviously not a pest controller) both these cars are a nice shiney black, first they started attacking the door mirrors and have now started on the wiper blade rubbers which is resulting in hundreds of tiny scratch marks all over the cars. These crows have nest they are re building from last year in a tree above where they park the cars, I have managed to poke the nest out of the tree with DR5 extension poles and will probably go back next week and shoot them with the air rifle. Has anyone had this type of problem before with crows? Quote Link to post
aaronpigeonplucker 32 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 well if his car is black then he'll have another problem with crows...or birds in genreral...... why have you put this in snaring trapping and pist control? shouldent you have put this in airgunners or general section? Quote Link to post
aaronpigeonplucker 32 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 i had a fire crest (like a wren but with a little orange tufft on its head) witch was obsessed with the car door mirrors.....obviously a female fire crest. Quote Link to post
Holdaway 2 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 why have you put this in snaring trapping and pist control? shouldent you have put this in airgunners or general section? This is the pest control section. Quote Link to post
andybrock 2 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 well if his car is black then he'll have another problem with crows...or birds in genreral......why have you put this in snaring trapping and pist control? shouldent you have put this in airgunners or general section? Arron As i'm a pest controller and wanted to know if other pest controllers had come across this before I thought it would be best suited to the the "pest control" heading of this forum. Quote Link to post
hound 1 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 well if his car is black then he'll have another problem with crows...or birds in genreral......why have you put this in snaring trapping and pist control? shouldent you have put this in airgunners or general section? Arron As i'm a pest controller and wanted to know if other pest controllers had come across this before I thought it would be best suited to the the "pest control" heading of this forum. yes i have come across this in the past. slightly diffrent from your customers problem i have a job on the go at the moment for a collage where magpies are pecking out all the putty from round the windows they reckon they have done about £5000 worth of damage Quote Link to post
hound 1 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 well if his car is black then he'll have another problem with crows...or birds in genreral......why have you put this in snaring trapping and pist control? shouldent you have put this in airgunners or general section? because its pest control Quote Link to post
aaronpigeonplucker 32 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 (edited) sorry i forgot about the pest control bit Edited February 15, 2009 by aaronpigeonplucker Quote Link to post
mattydski 560 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I have had the same problem at work. I was getting complaints from the staff that their cars were getting damaged in the car park. I actually baited an old car that one of the guys that works for me has in storage there. I then sniped them with the .22lr. Although this could be a risky strategy on the porsche.. They were also attacking the mirrors and window rubbers. Quote Link to post
andybrock 2 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 well if his car is black then he'll have another problem with crows...or birds in genreral......why have you put this in snaring trapping and pist control? shouldent you have put this in airgunners or general section? Arron As i'm a pest controller and wanted to know if other pest controllers had come across this before I thought it would be best suited to the the "pest control" heading of this forum. yes i have come across this in the past. slightly diffrent from your customers problem i have a job on the go at the moment for a collage where magpies are pecking out all the putty from round the windows they reckon they have done about £5000 worth of damage Hello Hound, Thanks for the reply How are you tackling this one in such a public place.......good luck Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 has the law changed?, but when I did my BPCA, we covered good reasons for shooting/pest species , public health and safety were the first main reason, but we talked on how "birds mesing on cars" was not a valid reason to shoot, and could lead to prosecution, would have thought attacking cars would be simular, ie not public health Quote Link to post
andybrock 2 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 has the law changed?, but when I did my BPCA, we covered good reasons for shooting/pest species , public health and safety were the first main reason, but we talked on how "birds mesing on cars" was not a valid reason to shoot, and could lead to prosecution, would have thought attacking cars would be simular, ie not public health Stubby, As I said these birds are ripping chuks out of the windscreen wiper blades...... now surly common sense says that if this chap is driving along at 70 mph and he suddenly needs to turn the wipers on but unfortunatly they don't work because some feckin crows wrecked them so now he can't see where he's going won't this have a slight bearing on public health? Quote Link to post
john b 38 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Stubby may have a point. WML-GEN-L05 http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/WM...5_tcm6-7669.pdf Licence to kill or take certain birds to prevent serious damage or disease Guidance Note: The licence permits authorised persons (commonly landowners and occupiers – see note j ) to carry out a range of activities against birds of the species listed. This licence may only be relied upon where the activities are carried out for the purposes of preventing the spread of disease or preventing serious damage to livestock, crops, foodstuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber, fisheries or inland waters. This licence does not permit action to prevent damage to other forms of property or to prevent nuisance. Quote Link to post
andybrock 2 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Stubby may have a point. WML-GEN-L05 http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/WM...5_tcm6-7669.pdf Licence to kill or take certain birds to prevent serious damage or disease Guidance Note: The licence permits authorised persons (commonly landowners and occupiers – see note j ) to carry out a range of activities against birds of the species listed. This licence may only be relied upon where the activities are carried out for the purposes of preventing the spread of disease or preventing serious damage to livestock, crops, foodstuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber, fisheries or inland waters. This licence does not permit action to prevent damage to other forms of property or to prevent nuisance. JohnB, Stubby Please correct me if I'm wrong. So what you are saying is every time someone goes out decoying pigeon / crows on stubble (after the crop has been harvested0 they are breaking the law because the birds arn't doing any damage? but if in they whree shooting in the next field whre the crop is still standing they could say they where shooting to protect the crop? Quote Link to post
zig zag wanderer 0 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Licence to kill or take certain birds to preserve public health or public safety WML Gen-L07 I would suggest this one would be more applicable and could cover your damage to wiper blades. Quote Link to post
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