Commercial: Farms
Pest control for farms and rural sites
Rats and mice take and spoil feed, and pigeons and starlings foul stores and sheds. We proof, treat and plan visits around the farm day and your biosecurity rules.
The problem
What goes wrong on these sites
Rats and mice nest in feed stores, straw and machinery sheds. They eat and spoil feed, gnaw wiring and spread disease into livestock areas. Pigeons and corvids take grain, and winter starling flocks can be very large around feed. Droppings contaminate stores and troughs. Food and shelter will always draw some pests, so the aim is to make the buildings harder to use.
Our approach
What we would do
A survey covers stores, sheds, yards and field edges. We proof doors, vents and gaps, and advise on feed storage and spillage. Rats and mice are trapped or treated on a regular round. Netting keeps birds out of open sheds where it fits. Where flocks gather around feed and livestock, hawk patrols make the buildings less comfortable for them. We agree a visit pattern and review it with you.
On site
We follow your biosecurity rules, clean boots and kit between sites and keep the hawk away from livestock where you ask. A risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) is supplied before the first visit.
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.
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
Bird control and proofing
Surveys, proofing, spikes, netting and hawk deterrence for pigeons and gulls.
Insect and wasp control
Wasp nests treated in eaves, lofts, sheds and gardens, plus other insect pests.