Large flocks can damage crops and their waste can spread invasive seeds and transmit disease.
Will starlings damage my roof.
After a while hunger may force them to venture off looking for food like through a crack between a bedroom ceiling and a wall.
House sparrows and starlings are the most likely candidates.
What s in my roof.
Only when you are certain that a nest is no longer in use can it be removed as active nests for all birds are fully protected by law.
Starlings only nest in cavities and are happy to use those provided by people stove dryer and exhaust fan vents for example are popular nest sites along with the bird houses we put up.
And as a result we are limited in what we can do to help homeowners who have birds nesting in their roof.
From my roof to the fields of the carse of stirling to the streets of the old town and the quiet pleats of the castle rock and ballengeich hill you will bump into starlings almost everywhere and in various quantities they hunt in packs from handfuls to dozens to hundreds and to autumn and winter dusks in occasional thousands.
Starlings are protected under the wildlife and countryside act 1981 which makes it illegal to intentionally kill injure or take a starling or to take damage or destroy an active nest or its contents.
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The starlings will not be returning to feed these.
Starlings are an agricultural pestilence that eat and damage crops.
But people also complain about starlings getting in the trash.
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It s important for us to say that there are in fact only a few bird species that will nest in your roof and most of them are fully protected by law.
Although they are noisy they seldom cause any damage and their nesting period is fairly short.
Starlings love nothing more than a cosy space in a roof or loft for their nests.
Wear gauntlets the nests can have fleas or lice in them.
And settling in numbers onto lawns where they are undoubtedly providing a service by.
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Farmers hate them so much that they ve developed all manner of strategies to keep them away from farms from special nets to covering fruit trees to gas operated exploders to scare birds.
Preventing the birds from gaining access to their nests may also be viewed as illegal by the courts.
They re loud and annoying and they re everywhere.
