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How to stop Swallows from building?

MidlandsM · 2010-05-31 12:18:10

I'm like birds and nature in general so the irony of my problem annoys me.:o I have a back door on the house and its the one thats used all the time. Directly and HIGH above, swallows keep trying to build in the eve. And if they suceed, I'll be SHAT upon when I'm coming and going into the house, you know the score:p So,…

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#32 10-06-2010 9:17am

ootbitb

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gman2k wrote: »

Run a length of fishing line tied between screws either end about three inches below your soffit.
They won't be able to land or access the soffit/wall junction with the near invisible fishing line in place. No harm done to birds with this solution.

PS, I had swallows nesting on my house last year, they had young 'uns in the nest before I spotted it, so I left them alone. They destroyed the side of the house however with droppings, and when they left there was a dead swallow there also!
Needless to say, they didn't get free accommodation from me this year!

too right, they should have buried the dead one:rolleyes:

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#33 10-06-2010 10:41am

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ootbitb wrote: »

too right, they should have buried the dead one:rolleyes:

:rolleyes: yeah, nice one

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