@Pete.8 We also have Prikkastrip on some of our fences, but it doesn't deter Squirrels, Pidgeons or any other birds. It is probably best at keeping unwanted human visitors out.
The stuff you see on commercial/council buildings is uglier, but probably better at keeping Pidgeons off the fence.
Maybe the wildlife in your area is made of stronger stuff than the Essex birds
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I hate pigeons almost as much as I hate slugs! I have a small courtyard just outside my back door. The other day I opened the door, 3 pigeons panicked and one flew straight in to my face. I think I shall invest in a pea shooter.
I put a double row of thin metal spikes on top of my fence above where I grow a line of raspberries and gooseberries - got fed up of the fruit being pooped on. There's yards more fences for them to sit on elsewhere. Not sure what my neighbour thinks of it actually, it's beside his drive.
I'm quite fond of the wood pigeons, even when they bounce around in the conifers to nest, and sh*t on the car We have loads of them here, and I have one which is quite tame. The skanky, common, street ones are a different matter altogether.
Is there something they enjoy in your garden? I don't really feed on the ground in summer, and the small birds have cages for their feeders, so the bigger birds have to slum it elsewhere. As @Dovefromabove says - they hoover up any bits the goldies and sparrows chuck out on the ground.
Apart from Peg-leg Pete, who waits for me each morning to get his breakfast....
Essex birds... " Lol "
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I had to put pigeon spikes on the top of my gate and fence. The birds left their poop all over the path and gate handle so very unhygienic. The spikes have definitely stopped them landing on the fence and they have many other places to perch,does them no harm.Stops cats too!! These are the ones I have used:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07L19T8L4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You don't necessarily need to put them along the whole fence just where the problem is worst.
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Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We have loads of them here, and I have one which is quite tame. The skanky, common, street ones are a different matter altogether.
Is there something they enjoy in your garden? I don't really feed on the ground in summer, and the small birds have cages for their feeders, so the bigger birds have to slum it elsewhere. As @Dovefromabove says - they hoover up any bits the goldies and sparrows chuck out on the ground.
Apart from Peg-leg Pete, who waits for me each morning to get his breakfast....
Essex birds... " Lol "
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The birds left their poop all over the path and gate handle so very unhygienic.
The spikes have definitely stopped them landing on the fence and they have many other places to perch,does them no harm.Stops cats too!!
These are the ones I have used:-
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07L19T8L4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You don't necessarily need to put them along the whole fence just where the problem is worst.