Thread: My pigeon problem solved

I had a problem with pigeons, using my waterfall as a daily spa for them to wash in, the most I saw at one time was six pigeons, happily washing themselves and after chasing them off, the pond looked like it had an oil slick across the top so I had to find a way to deter them. I tried several different types of bird scarers but nothing seem to work until I found this.

https://www.diy.com/departments/pest...2304640_BQ.prd

and it worked a brilliantly. It’s marketed as a cat scarer, but seems to work just as well on pigeons and I would imagine anything else it detects. It’s sprays, a short burst of water across the waterfall, only for about two seconds but enough to scare the pigeons off. It took a bit of time Setting it up and getting it in to the right position, but once they are it certainly did the job.

I’ve installed it temporarily at the moment to see if it works, when I know it definitely works then I will plumb it in with 25mm MDPE.
Soaking the neighbours is interesting though. Hadn’t thought of that