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The Spotlight Kid
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 Posted - 18 Jul 2009 : 17:51:53
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Had a call to remove two Jackdaw nests from a loft in an old rectory. I expected it to be a straightforward case of putting them into a bin bag. I had suggested to the lady on the phone that a spraying and fogging might also be advisable too but she refused any use of chemicals and just wanted the nests removed. When I got in the loft I couldn't believe the size of these structures. They were both three feet across and two feet high. Like two very neat and tidy bonfires. The amount of work involved to take all those sticks in just seems pointless to lay three or four eggs. It will be a half days work to remove them probably in those big builder's sand bags.
Anyone else seen anything like this? |
Edited by - The Spotlight Kid on 18 Jul 2009 17:53:02
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ABPest
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 Jul 2009 : 17:53:30
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Tree's feet, are they whats normally known as roots? 
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The Spotlight Kid
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Posted - 18 Jul 2009 : 18:05:41
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 Thanks Adrian I did notice on my first read through and corrected it. |
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ABPest
Senior Member
United Kingdom
445 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2009 : 21:57:52
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Touche
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Fenn Man
Hyperactive Member
Ireland
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Posted - 19 Jul 2009 : 02:16:14
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Three by two?! Ye don't know ye born yet, Spotted One! Come visit Co. Leitrim some time; Home of the Jackdaw!
I honestly shudder to think what tonnage of Ash twigs these completely mental birds must shift, per season. And they'll stop at Nothing! They're simply hard wired to plonk twigs into a void. And they'll work their little bums off in that single minded effort, until they have their nesting platform the regulation two foot or so beneath the entrance level.
Plus side of all this, of course, is that it's '95% +' a simple ~ as ye say ~ Bonfire. The sheer density and depth of twigs, and the speed with which they sling them down there, making it really little more. They don't mess or infest the bulk in any way. All they're doing is ferrying twigs and dropping them in.
Thus, I'd suggest, if the client is rabidly anti 'chemicals'? Just mask up to remove the actual nest, from the top. Seal that up and dispose of. But the 'Bonfire'? It's pretty much just that, really. A rubbish disposal job.
Or, over here; A fantastic source of stove kindling!
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Gamekeeper
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Jul 2009 : 10:08:31
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Here you go, knew I had pics somewhere;
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