Falconry does work in Pest Control

Today Falconry is practised by many people in some countries more than others. But Falconry can also be used for Pest Control especially between April and September when the Seagulls leave the coast to come in land to nest and breed. This migration inland by Seagulls can cause many problems not only the fact of the large nests but also the fact the gull will vigorously protect there nest and eggs and when the egg hatch there young. A gull will attack humans to protect and will also attack to get food.

Never under estimate the lengths seagull will go to. They are very intelligent birds. If unchecked a colony of Gulls with grow in size very quickly.

For example is a colony of gulls settles on a warehouse roof of 100 bird in April (that's 50 pair) and lets say each pair lay 3 eggs a time 3 times between April and September,so that's 50 X 3 = 150 X 3 = 450 . So come September you now have a Colony of 550 presuming all eggs hatch.

The next year your first 100 will return and do the same again but the year after that the 100 will return with the 450.So every second year the young will return with the Colony. The answer to the problem is simple Falconry paired with egg and nest removal before the eggs hatch. As I said before Seagulls are intelligent they see the Hawk of Falcon as a threat and also realise very quickly as the eggs are smashed and nests removed that the roof or area they are in is not a safe place to raise a family.

The Falconry side of things has to be done correctly. As I have heard horror stories of late about people turning up with a bird of prey and walking round sites with the bird on the fist and not letting the bird fly. Added to that I have heard of visiting sites once a month. Sorry to say Once a month is no good at all and turning up once a month and not even doing an egg and nest removal well to me that is just taking money from the customer under false pretences.

Yes there are other options such as proofing (ie netting spikes etc) but this is the expensive root in the long term, as your proofing will need renewing every six years as long as you take out a service contract which costs extra and if you don't then maybe you will be looking at 3 years before renewal. The other option is a speaker system. Oh yes this is a good one 5 figure sum for what they call a good one. Interested in seeing the results of this. Just have a look at this video below.

Like I said earlier Gulls are intelligent they know if something is a threat to them or not. As a matter of fact so are pigeons.

I have heard over the past year time and time again how Falconry does not work, but seeing is believing and with everything I have been taught so fare and what I am seeing with my own eyes is, when Falconry in the pest control industry is done in the right way it is not only very effective but also cost effective for the customer.

Since April this year the Team has been working on a site in Kings Lynn. Everyone there has said to the team they reckon there is a 75% reduction in the Gull population this year compared to last year.