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Stubborn residual rodenticide levels in barn owls still on the increase. Well what can I say, the title of this piece pretty much says it all.  Okay so here’s what we know, the last survey conducted of barn owls was in 2020, and yes I know that this seems like a long time ago – …

Well it seems the holiday season is nearly over for most of us BUT not for the Rats in Scotland apparently.  I read an article this week about Rats the size of Chihuahua’s (yes I did have to spell check that word) are terrorising a neighbourhood in Glasgow.  Apparently the work-shy holiday Rats are now …

Okay so lets first deal with one thing, although the daily mail and other such newspapers love to give the impression of Rats the size of labradors are roaming the streets, terrorising neighbourhoods and trying to steal your children, the reality of it is really quite different.  Rats vary in size, shape and colour, much …

We as a team complete lots of bird proofing projects, anything really from Netting, Bird Spikes, Solar Panel Proofing and even Bird Wire Systems and Avishock. However one thing we avoid especially with smaller sized clients is the Bioacoustics systems, that’s just a fancy term for the Noise scarers you must have heard on certain …

Okay so we’re halfway though the year already and with the recent warm temperatures I feel like I have spoken to clients about Ants more than I have spoken to my children about…well anything (apart from maybe Fortnite). With the increase in temperature comes the increase in insect activity and unless you’ve been living on …

Spring is here and so is the cute and gentle sounding brown tail moth caterpillar but the reality is very different.  Lets start with the basics; Brown tail moth caterpillars (see images) are approximately 4cm in length, a dark brown colour with a white line down each side, they are covered in tufts of long …

Okay so I know there’s some guy now out there with one, erm, ball which is swinging solo but my god this did make me simultaneously both laugh and wince at the same time.  Here’s the story, so an unnamed man (shocker) was rushed into Ipswich hospital after a relaxing afternoon sunbathing naked in his …

Okay so I read an article recently which was published in iScience which really made me pay attention as I am one of unlucky ones who is actually like a walking buffet to mosquitos.  In this article they conducted an experiment with 4 different blood types of volunteer, which is often sighted as a deciding …

Do wasps plague you in the summer? Do your arms hurt from the continual swatting? Do you end up eating inside on a hot day because of wasps? Read on for a few helpful hints…. Okay so lets start by saying I normally hate these kind of lists, you know the ones… “9 ways to …

For many people I have spoken to, much like the whole Covid thing, Avian Flu seems to slowly be disappearing from the media giving a perception that it, as a disease, is going away.  Unfortunately this is definitely not the case.  Since the beginning of February 2023 the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have …