Providing pest control services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Midlands, West Sussex, Wiltshire. Est. 1985.
Resistance to Rat Poison: In my experience this (resistance to rat poison) is over exaggerated. Resistance to rat poison is often blamed when treatments fail when in fact there are other reasons why treatment failure occurs. If after c couple of weeks rat poison is still being consumed and rats are still present then immediately …
One of the more unusual types of work carried out by myself at PestUK is known in the trade as ‘bird work’. Bird work usually refers to the job of installing different types of netting and spiking onto existing building or structures, usually to stop pigeons from fouling the area below. In my time …
UK Pest Calendar: Pests are with us all year round and we’ve put together this useful image to show you what to expect when! As you’d probably expect there is not a lot of pest activity during the dormant winter months, and then with spring approaching some pests start becoming more active.The types of pests …
Local Authority or Council Pest Control: Much has been made of the Government cutbacks effecting pest control services. I have had a lot of dealings with Council run pest control services, in fact I started my pest control career back in 1978 with Wokingham District Council. First I must point out that just because a …
Urban Foxes Are They Dangerous?: Foxes are now a topical subject due to the recent ‘attack’ on a child by a fox. We have had more than the usual number of enquiries about foxes and yesterday actually set a fox trap in a garden and got called back twice due to the neighbour’s cat being …
Wasp Nests: A few years ago I had an unusual wasp job. The wasp nest was built in a car. There is nothing unusual about this (I have done nests in boats, cars, televisions, toilets etc) the unusual factor is that the owner of the car commuted to work on a daily basis. Normally if …
Water Damage Caused by Squirrels I was called out a few years ago to deal with a squirrel problem in a loft of a house in Lower Earley. It was a very cold Winters day. I arrived and the upstairs was a mess, the ceiling had caved in, there had been a flood, water had …
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