Keep your docks clean with bird spike installation

Posted on: 2011-08-23 00:00:00

Bird Spike Installation

Keeping docks, decks and marinas clear of bird droppings is a constant challenge for owners of sea-side property. We have recently posted a helpful post about cleaning bird droppings, but how about preventing them from the beginning?

Bird spikes can help you do just that. Arman Expert Cleaning Services's Bird Spike Installation Service offers professional and fast bird spike installation and maintenance. We recently completed installation at the docks near the Vancouver Convention Centre.

These spikes, sometimes called anti-roosting pigeon spikes, prevent birds from perching on your property. These spikes can be glued onto any window, pipe or ledge in heavily vulnerable areas. The dense pattern of spikes prevents birds from landing and encourages them to go somewhere else where they will not be hurt.

We highly recommend this popular this pigeon deterrent method for your property, especially if it's located near the shore. For more information about pricing and installation please don't hesitate to call us at (604) 202-7700. You can also get more information about bird spikes, anti-roosting techniques and pigeon control here.

Bird Spike Installation

Additional information, copied from Wikipedia:

Bird control deterrent spikes are normally around 1 foot (30 cm) long, and work by reducing the area available for birds to land on. This forces larger varieties of birds, such as seagulls, pigeons, crows and vultures, to land elsewhere. As the birds do not come into contact with the spikes, the birds go unharmed. As a result, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) recommends bird control spikes for deterring pigeons from gardens.

Described as "the most effective (type of) stand-alone bird deterrent", bird control spikes can be placed along ledges, walls, on top of commercial signage, closed circuit television cameras and in rain gutters, in order to prevent birds from perching on the surfaces. Bird control spikes are most common in city centres and coastal areas, where feral birds are more common and more likely to come into conflict with humans. In addition, killing or harming birds without a valid reason is illegal in some areas; for example the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in the United Kingdom forbids killing wild birds that are not causing serious damage to property or posing a serious risk to human health, which puts pressure on authorities and landowners to find non-lethal bird control methods.

As well as being used to control wild birds, bird control spikes see limited use in preventing larger climbing animals such as squirrels, racoons and snakes from crossing an area.

Some bird control deterrent spikes are electrified, using the same principle as an electric fence to increase effectiveness, and the distress call of the shocked bird can frighten others in the area. However, such devices cause unnecessary harm to birds, and are therefore illegal in some areas, such as the United Kingdom. Sharp-tipped bird control spikes are illegal in much of the rest of the world,[8] and are unsuitable for areas which are regularly accessible for humans. As a result, some companies manufacture special blunted spikes for use where sharp spikes are dangerous or illegal. However, the blunt spikes are less effective at deterring birds, and cannot block climbing animals.