Bird Control and Bird Proofing in East Sussex

Gulls are part of seaside life in East Sussex, and many nest on chimney stacks, ridge tiles and flat roofs. The noise and mess can carry on from spring until late summer, and nesting gulls will swoop at people who come too close. Seagull spike installation on the places they land and nest is often the simplest way to stop them returning.

We use spikes made for larger birds, fixed firmly enough to stand up to strong winds off the Channel. For larger flat roofs we will also look at whether netting would give a better result.

Bird proofing is what stops the problem coming back. After a free survey we recommend the mix of netting, spikes, wire or mesh that suits your building, and give you a detailed price before anything is fitted.

Netting closes off a whole area at once, which makes it the right choice for balconies, courtyards, warehouse roofs and the undersides of canopies. We install it on houses, flats and commercial units across the county.

Weather and roof work both take their toll on existing nets. Whether it is a single hole or a run of netting that has come down, we can put it right and make the area bird-tight again.

Pigeon spikes are a quick, affordable way to protect sills, signs and roof edges. We fit them anywhere in the county, on shops and homes alike.

Flint walls, brick parapets and painted sills are all common in the county's towns and villages. Each needs a different fixing, so we choose spikes, wire or gel to suit the surface as well as the bird.

Away from the coast, towns such as Lewes, Uckfield and Crowborough have high streets of older buildings where pigeons sit on ledges, signs and chimneys. Spikes, wire and netting work as well on a period shopfront as on a modern unit, and we choose whichever suits the building.

The sunny south coast has plenty of homes and businesses with solar panels, and pigeons are quick to nest in the sheltered gap underneath. Nesting material and droppings can damage cables and make the panels less efficient.

Our solar panel bird protection in East Sussex fits mesh around the edges of the array to close that gap, so pigeons cannot get underneath. Birds are kept out without being harmed, and the panels keep working as they should.