Bloody birds

[KennyPowers]

We've had birds nesting in our front gutter in previous years, but this year it sounds like they are getting behind the fascia, possibly through the small gap between the roof tile & plastic fascia top.

Today I could hear them scuttling around, and then I heard something fall and smash. Sounded like a roof tile or something breaking, but had a look and couldn't se anything on the driveway, or any missing roof tiles. No idea what the sound was!

Is there something cheap & easy to stop birds doing this? I'm worried they are going to dislodge something and damage the cars below.

Cheers.

 

[Mottie]

Google 'Bird Comb Roof Eaves Filler'. We used it and it stopped the bloody starlings getting under the tiles.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Hey Mottie, I thought you were a bird lover?

Andy

 

[Mottie]

Hey Mottie, I thought you were a bird lover?

Andy

I am. But they used to get in the soffits and you'd hear them scuttling up and down at 4.00 in the morning. I fitted the bird comb filler………and they all went round to Kenny's place.

 

[KennyPowers]

Any idea what the smash sound might have been, as I couldn't find any debris. Could the birds have dislodged something in the wall cavity?

 

[Old Salt]

Look inside the loft

 

[KennyPowers]

Yeah, so I went up in the loft and saw a one of the birds running along the soffit box, along with a load of debris from where they were building a nest I guess. I'll leave them for now.

Still not sure what the smash noise was, all I can think was maybe a bit of mortar they knocked off, and fell down in wall cavity. Or in the gutter, and fell down the downpipe right near where they were getting in.

 

[DiyNutJob]

Birds will return to their place of birth when they grow up and ready to reproduce. It's something you have to consider.

 

[KennyPowers]

Ok, I'll change the house number on the front door to confuse it