How to get rid of pigeons?

tradhead

Hi everyone,

My boyfriend's bedroom window is facing the front garden, which contains a large monkey-puzzle tree. In recent times there have been a large number of pigeons landing in the tree and driving him mad with their noise (he works nights occasionally and hasn't been able to sleep because of them).

I did a bit of Googling and found suggestions like tying string across where they would land and spraying repellents but I don't know if this would work on a tree? Also as it's very tall I'm hoping there would be something that would work as a one-off measure, to save him going up and down a ladder every time!

Any help at all would be hugely appreciated

I'm not sure of this is in the right place so mods please feel free to move if necessary!

micraX

Shotgun.

Kevin McCloud

Stihl 441 and cut the tree down.

tradhead

micraX wrote: »

Shotgun.

I probably should have mentioned that he lives in a quiet cul de sac in Dublin surrounded by elderly neighbours :pac: But I appreciate the suggestion, and I know for a fact he has contemplated it when he's woken up by their cooing at daft o' clock in the morning!

tradhead

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Stihl 441 and cut the tree down.

Ugh, I'm such a girl...had to google Stihl 441 to see what it was :pac:

It's a lovely tree and a big feature of their garden, but I think they are contemplating pruning it (do you prune trees?) a bit so the little b***ards are a bit more exposed and might look elsewhere.

Kovu

You could try hanging cd's on it to flash in the light and scare them away. However the neighbours may think you're gone a bit batty decorating a tree in March....