Not yet, hope they get the postcode wrong on the satnav !Starlings! The first scouts are in! Little flock of 10 just sussing out the best winter bed and breakfast seen yesterday! Anybody else got them yet and any legal effective means of encouraging them to move on?
some details please? Heard of various balloons in the shape of hawks, real hawks and even food additives in the tmr but not lasers. No chance of being hunted down by the aviation authority?! Whilst they have no lasting result, I do enjoy using the odd rocket! 15 minutes of blissful absence of chatter although they have now recorgnised the woosh as the rocket goes up and leave before the bang, so a second rocket in quick succession sometimes catches them on the way back! Mind, I don't think the BT engineer up a nearby tree that I didn't know was there was very impressed!! and a non farming friend was was passing at the time thought something had blown up on farm!! As always around on farm, the starlings usually totally ignore you if they pitch in a tree, so I rather fancy trying a starting pistol! It would get around the 'woosh', it would just be a pain having to carry ear defenders all the time. and if worn in a holster cowboy style, how long before you were reported and the police turned up?!We have a Lazer thing that they don't like, if you scare them off quick now you might just keep the main lot away
Lol . Does that work for Mr stripey?I've always had a gas gun going off every 10 minutes as soon as maize is in the clamp,cows don't seem bothered by it and seems to work keeping the pests away
I'll second that about the laser. Sheds bloody full of them the nowsome details please? Heard of various balloons in the shape of hawks, real hawks and even food additives in the tmr but not lasers. No chance of being hunted down by the aviation authority?! Whilst they have no lasting result, I do enjoy using the odd rocket! 15 minutes of blissful absence of chatter although they have now recorgnised the woosh as the rocket goes up and leave before the bang, so a second rocket in quick succession sometimes catches them on the way back! Mind, I don't think the BT engineer up a nearby tree that I didn't know was there was very impressed!! and a non farming friend was was passing at the time thought something had blown up on farm!! As always around on farm, the starlings usually totally ignore you if they pitch in a tree, so I rather fancy trying a starting pistol! It would get around the 'woosh', it would just be a pain having to carry ear defenders all the time. and if worn in a holster cowboy style, how long before you were reported and the police turned up?!
Be careful if you have a starting pistol.I had an old one ,ex my grandad,needed fixing so took it to the local firearms dealer.One look at it and in the disposal weaponry it went .Apparently Police regard starter pistols as imitation firearms,personally I wouldn't like to be shot by plod!!!some details please? Heard of various balloons in the shape of hawks, real hawks and even food additives in the tmr but not lasers. No chance of being hunted down by the aviation authority?! Whilst they have no lasting result, I do enjoy using the odd rocket! 15 minutes of blissful absence of chatter although they have now recorgnised the woosh as the rocket goes up and leave before the bang, so a second rocket in quick succession sometimes catches them on the way back! Mind, I don't think the BT engineer up a nearby tree that I didn't know was there was very impressed!! and a non farming friend was was passing at the time thought something had blown up on farm!! As always around on farm, the starlings usually totally ignore you if they pitch in a tree, so I rather fancy trying a starting pistol! It would get around the 'woosh', it would just be a pain having to carry ear defenders all the time. and if worn in a holster cowboy style, how long before you were reported and the police turned up?!
Snap! Sudden explosion of flies 2 days ago. Thought they had gone for the season!Still got flys here biting the cows. Do starlings eat flys? Could be the lesser of 2 evils
Point taken but when I asked in shop last year they are now apparently colored yellow or red to distinguish from 'real' guns. Big difference in price between various models but difficult to make decision without firing one to hear how loud and they weren't very keen to demonstrate in the middle of a town!!Be careful if you have a starting pistol.I had an old one ,ex my grandad,needed fixing so took it to the local firearms dealer.One look at it and in the disposal weaponry it went .Apparently Police regard starter pistols as imitation firearms,personally I wouldn't like to be shot by plod!!!
Point taken but when I asked in shop last year they are now apparently colored yellow or red to distinguish from 'real' guns. Big difference in price between various models but difficult to make decision without firing one to hear how loud and they weren't very keen to demonstrate in the middle of a town!!
some details please? Heard of various balloons in the shape of hawks, real hawks and even food additives in the tmr but not lasers. No chance of being hunted down by the aviation authority?! Whilst they have no lasting result, I do enjoy using the odd rocket! 15 minutes of blissful absence of chatter although they have now recorgnised the woosh as the rocket goes up and leave before the bang, so a second rocket in quick succession sometimes catches them on the way back! Mind, I don't think the BT engineer up a nearby tree that I didn't know was there was very impressed!! and a non farming friend was was passing at the time thought something had blown up on farm!! As always around on farm, the starlings usually totally ignore you if they pitch in a tree, so I rather fancy trying a starting pistol! It would get around the 'woosh', it would just be a pain having to carry ear defenders all the time. and if worn in a holster cowboy style, how long before you were reported and the police turned up?!
get the 12bore out and make lots of noise with it in the flying rats general direction and keep at itStarlings! The first scouts are in! Little flock of 10 just sussing out the best winter bed and breakfast seen yesterday! Anybody else got them yet and any legal effective means of encouraging them to move on?