Commercial: Airports and airfields
Bird control for airports and airfields
Gulls and pigeons around hangars, terminals and open ground. Discreet bird control from a falconer who has worked on airport sites.
The problem
What goes wrong on these sites
Open grass, standing water and buildings full of ledges and roof steel draw gulls and pigeons. Birds near aircraft are a safety risk, and roosts in hangars and terminals foul equipment, vehicles and walkways. Food waste from catering and cargo areas keeps them coming back.
Our approach
What we would do
We start with a survey of the buildings and the ground the birds use. Hangars and terminals are proofed with netting and spikes where it fits. Our own trained Harris’s hawks and falcons do the rest, with no poison. Visits are planned with your team and recorded.
On site
We follow your airside rules, work under the permits and escorts you arrange, and wear the PPE you require. A risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) is supplied before the first visit, and visits are planned around your operations.
How a job runs
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Step 1
Survey
We look at the problem on site, inside and out, and find where the pests get in.
You get A plain read of the problem. The site visit is free.
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Step 2
Plan and price
The method and the visits, and for businesses a risk assessment and method statement (RAMS).
You get A written price before any work starts.
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Step 3
Treatment or installation
Bait and proofing, nest treatment, spikes, netting or a flown hawk, whichever the site needs.
You get The work done by Steven himself.
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Step 4
Check
We come back and check it has worked.
You get A short note of what we found.
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Step 5
Prevention
The fix that stops it coming back: proofing, housekeeping and, for businesses, planned visits.
You get Advice in writing, and a visit plan if you want one.
References
Jobs in this sector
We have worked on airport sites. Client and site details are kept private.
Risk assessment and method statement
Paperwork before the first visit
Every commercial site gets a risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) before the first visit. It is written for your site, not copied from a template.
- Site hazards
- Moving vehicles, plant, public areas and how we keep clear of them
- The method
- Proofing, bait placements, netting, nest treatment, and a trained hawk only where one is used
- People
- Staff and public briefing, exclusion areas while we work, induction requirements
- Timing
- Visit times agreed around your operations
- Law and welfare
- Nesting season limits, licences where they apply, and bird welfare
- Waste
- Registered waste carrier (Environment Agency, upper tier, CBDU606377), so guano and nest material can be removed and disposed of legally.
- Insurance
- £5 million
Ask to see an example RAMS when you book a site visit.
Related
Services for these sites
Gull control
Gull deterrence and roof proofing, planned before the nesting season.
Bird control and proofing
Surveys, proofing, spikes, netting and hawk deterrence for pigeons and gulls.
Bird spikes and netting
Spikes, netting, wire and solar panel mesh, chosen for the building and fitted by us.