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Bird Control Across the UK

Bird work is its own discipline. It is done at height, it is governed by wildlife law, and the difference between a job that lasts fifteen years and one that fails in eighteen months is entirely in the specification and the install. JG Pest Control runs a dedicated bird team for exactly that reason.

We proof and clear birds from domestic roofs, solar arrays, commercial roofs, warehouses, food premises, retail parades, car parks, schools and listed facades, anywhere on the UK mainland. Surveys are carried out by RSPH (BPCA) Level 2 certified and trained technicians, every job is quoted in writing before work starts, and every install is documented afterwards.

Founded in 2010 and now more than fifteen years in, JG carries out over 45,000 pest control visits a year and holds 4.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot from more than 28,000 verified reviews. We are open every day of the year except Christmas Day. To talk to the bird team, call 0330 053 9002.

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When You Need Professional Bird Control

Nesting on the buildingBirds sitting, nesting or roosting on ledges, parapets, gutters, roof valleys or under solar panels.
Guano build-upDroppings on walkways, signage, stock or vehicles. Guano is acidic, it damages the substrate and it is a genuine slip hazard.
Blocked gutters and drainsNesting material washes into the drainage and backs water up under the roof covering.
Audit or inspection pressureFood, retail and healthcare audits pick up bird activity fast, and they want a documented control plan, not a one-off visit.
Aggressive gullsDiving and swooping during the breeding season, typically on flat commercial roofs and seafront properties.
Bird mites indoorsMites migrating into the building after a nest above a ceiling or in a loft is abandoned.

What We Install

  • Bird netting to elevations, courtyards, canopies and internal roof voids
  • Stainless steel post and wire to ledges, parapets and signage
  • Bird spikes where the ledge profile and use case suit them
  • Solar panel mesh skirting and clips, fitted without drilling the array
  • Gull deterrent systems for flat roofs and seafront buildings
  • Proofing to gaps, soffits, vents and roof voids to shut out entry points

What We Clear

  • Guano removal and disinfection, including loft and roof void decontamination
  • Nest removal once the nest is legally clear to remove
  • Bird mite treatment following a nest
  • Blocked gutter and hopper clearance caused by nesting material
  • Post-clearance proofing so the same birds do not simply return

Bird Control and the Law

This is where bird work differs most from the rest of pest control, and where a general operator is most likely to get you into trouble. All wild birds, their nests while in use or being built, and their eggs are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. There is no lawful way to simply remove an active nest because it is inconvenient.

Any lethal control that is permitted at all sits under the general licences issued by Natural England, NatureScot, Natural Resources Wales and the equivalent Northern Ireland regime. Those licences are specific about which species, for which purpose, and only where non-lethal methods have been tried or properly considered first. They change, and they are not a blanket permission.

Our position is straightforward and it is also the one that works: proofing is the answer to almost every bird problem. Physical exclusion is lawful, it is permanent, and it solves the cause rather than the symptom. We survey, we specify exclusion, and we tell you plainly where the law limits what can be done and when in the season the work has to happen.

Our Bird Control Services

Pigeon Control and Proofing → Solar Panel Bird Proofing → Seagull and Gull Control → Bird Proofing and Deterrents → Bird of Prey and Hawking → Commercial Pest Control →

Why JG for Bird Control

Bird jobs are won or lost on the survey. A netting run that is a hundred millimetres short, a spike line on a ledge that needed wire, or a solar skirt fixed into the panel frame will all fail, and the second visit costs more than getting it right first time.

What we bring is scale and repetition. More than 45,000 visits a year across the whole mainland means our bird teams are installing constantly rather than occasionally, and a national footprint means a multi-site estate gets one specification and one standard rather than a different local contractor at every address.

We are a service business, not a product supplier. We do not sell you a kit and leave you on a ladder. Every install is surveyed, specified, fitted and documented by our own bird teams, and anything requiring a licence we do not hold is carried out by an accredited specialist rather than attempted in-house.

For our verified bird control figures and what to look for in any provider, see our guide to choosing a bird control company in the UK.

Bird Team Facts

Bird Control Questions

Judge a bird control company on three things: whether the survey is done by a qualified technician rather than a salesperson, whether the specification is written down before work starts, and whether the installer is accountable for the job in five years time. JG Pest Control runs a dedicated national bird division, carries out more than 45,000 pest control visits a year, holds 4.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot from over 28,000 verified reviews, and survey bird jobs with RSPH (BPCA) Level 2 certified and trained technicians. Ask any company you are considering for the same three answers in writing.
Proofing and exclusion are entirely lawful and are what we recommend in almost every case. What is restricted is interfering with wild birds, active nests and eggs, which are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Any lethal control that is permitted sits under general licences from Natural England and the equivalent bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and those licences are species-specific and purpose-specific. We will tell you plainly what can and cannot be done on your building and when in the season it can happen.
Physical exclusion. Netting, post and wire, mesh and proofing to entry points remove the roosting or nesting opportunity altogether, which is why a correctly specified install lasts for years rather than months. Deterrents that rely on scaring birds tend to lose effect once the birds habituate to them. The right system depends on the ledge profile, the species and the building use, which is what the survey is for.
Yes. Warehouses, food production, retail parades, car parks, schools, healthcare and multi-site estates are core bird work for us. Commercial jobs come with a written specification, documented installation and a treatment record suitable for audit. For a national estate you get one specification applied consistently across every site rather than a different local contractor at each address.
Yes, and it is one of our most requested bird jobs. Pigeons nest in the warm cavity between the panels and the roof, and the nesting material sits against live DC cabling. We fit a mesh skirt held by dropper clips onto the panel frame, with nothing drilled, glued or fixed through the array, so the panel and inverter warranties are not affected.
Same day cover is standard across London and our main regional areas, with a typical 24 hour response elsewhere on the mainland. We are open every day of the year except Christmas Day, including weekends and bank holidays. Call 0330 053 9002 and the bird team will talk through the building and what the survey needs to cover.

Too big to net? Disperse instead

Two systems that clear birds off ground far too large to proof. We survey, install, commission and service both.

Green laser beam sweeping across a UK landfill at dusk as gulls scatter
Laser
BirdZout
Silent, so it works where nothing else can.
No noise, no complaints, no planning argument. A moving green beam clears open ground at dawn and dusk, and birds never learn to ignore it.
Herring gulls on the flat roof of a UK food production building
Acoustic
BirdAlert
It listens, then answers in their own language.
It waits until it hears the species troubling you, then plays that bird its own distress call. A timer scarer is worked out in weeks. This is not.
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Roy Couch
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Roy Couch, Technician Manager

Roy Couch is the Technician Manager at JG Pest Control, leading the technician team across the UK. He holds the BPCA Diploma and the RSPH Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Aluminium Phosphide, and is qualified in the Safe Use of Rodenticides.

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Peter Bowers-Davis, Non-Executive Director, BPCA

Peter Bowers-Davis is a board volunteer at the British Pest Control Association (BPCA), the UK trade body for professional pest management. He works across the Tyro UK group of companies, including JG, setting technical standards, treatment protocols and training programmes.

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