Bird Song Complaint. Seriously

[Monkeylegend]

Willy Nilly said:

How is anyone offended by birds singing?

You didn't watch Katie Price in the Eurovision song contest then?

[Willy Nilly]

Monkeylegend said:

Willy Nilly said:

How is anyone offended by birds singing?

You didn't watch Katie Price in the Eurovision song contest then?

good point, well made

[Mr GrimNasty]

Willy Nilly said:

How is anyone offended by birds singing?

Seagulls, screech/scream.
Great tits, very loud repetitive squeaky door.
Magpies/crows cackling/bickering.
Pigeons cooing and a guttural regurgitation sound.
Starlings and house sparrows are loud and it's not a pleasant sound.

So quite easily would be at the answer. There is nice bird song. But there is also a lot that will make your ears bleed or put your teeth on edge, just like a barking dog when it is incessant or at anti-social hours.

But of course a complaint about natural sounds is pointless!

If a householder is feeding birds excessively or not maintaining his property properly etc. and it is casing a vermin/health issue for other residents, that's the only reason anything will be done.

[PoleDriver]

He should be added to the (ever growing) list of idiots who move to a house:-
Next to a pub.
Near an airport.
Near a busy road
Near a church.
Near a school.
Near a race circuit

Then complain about the noise!
Idiots all!

[MoggieMinor]

There are loads more. The classic is 'lets buy that nice house that has just been built right next to the railway line that has been there since 1858' A few weeks later fire off compaints about the noisy trains...

[Boosted LS1]

Birds are birds, only a right dhead could really complain. Close the windows, use ear plugs or get used to it. In a while they'll stop singing. I've had to accept all sorts of chatter where I live but i'd definately miss them if they went or stopped.

[Tannedbaldhead]

Centurion07 said:

Tannedbaldhead said:

I can testify that It's a fair old racket...

So you're of the same opinion.

Tannedbaldhead said:

He has a pile of sparrow and starling nests in his eves (as does his next door neighbour), nests in a thick hedge between both properties and both have mature trees in which the birds sit and chirp to their even noisier offspring perpetually calling for food from the nests.

That doesn't sound like just the odd one or two nests/birds, which would be ridiculous to complain about, but more like a much larger number of birds that have been allowed to amass their nests there than you'd generally expect in a built-up area.

I wouldn't be too happy about it but it looks like there's not a lot he can do.

Good god! It sounds like you actually have some sympathy for the guy who is complaining. The gardens are well kept mature gardens surrounded by trimmed hedges with cherry trees within. The nests in the roof are situated in small gaps between the raised centres of the half pipe shaped roof-tiles and the roof-felt.




The roof is in perfect condition and has not been subject to any specification changes to aid and abet nesting since the time of construction. If a larger than average number of birds have amassed in the area that's just the way nature has taken its course.

[aw51 121565]

jas xjr said:

mph1977 said:

move to chernobyl ?

The exclusion zone is one of if not the largest undisturbed 'parks' in Europe if not the world ... m,uch of the wildlife seems relatively un affected

a similar effect is noted on some of the large military training areas / ranges ...

I may be under the influence of some strong medication



The point I was trying to make ,albeit badly, maybe they should move to where there are no birds.is there such a place?

I can see two antibiotics you're allergic too... If you'd just had either of those meds you'd not be posting now . Whatever is going down your IV line, we'd need a crystal ball or second sight (or something) to see .

[SVTRick]

Willy Nilly said:

How is anyone offended by birds singing?

The bloke would be better employed giving his wife a good seeing to rather than complaining to his neighbour about the birds

Or even better still someone else's wife its a lot more fun .......

[jas xjr]

aw51 121565 said:

jas xjr said:

mph1977 said:

move to chernobyl ?

The exclusion zone is one of if not the largest undisturbed 'parks' in Europe if not the world ... m,uch of the wildlife seems relatively un affected

a similar effect is noted on some of the large military training areas / ranges ...

I may be under the influence of some strong medication



The point I was trying to make ,albeit badly, maybe they should move to where there are no birds.is there such a place?

I can see two antibiotics you're allergic too... If you'd just had either of those meds you'd not be posting now . Whatever is going down your IV line, we'd need a crystal ball or second sight (or something) to see .

I keep asking for morphine but they will not give me any , the bds

[Centurion07]

Tannedbaldhead said:

Good god! It sounds like you actually have some sympathy for the guy who is complaining.

Without seeing for myself, the way you made it sound in the OP means yes, I do have some sympathy for the guy because of the following:

Tannedbaldhead said:

The roof is in perfect condition and has not been subject to any specification changes to aid and abet nesting since the time of construction. If a larger than average number of birds have amassed in the area that's just the way nature has taken its course.

Having the odd nest here and there is obviously nothing to be complaining about, but the way you've described it, it sounds like the guy has made no effort to stop an UNUSUALLY large number of birds nesting in his roof.

As a poster above described, there can be a vast difference between a pleasant bit of birdsong in the morning from a couple of nests here and there, and a full-on cacophony of noise generated by 10x the number of birds one would expect to find in close proximity to housing.

[Type R Tom]

Work for a council long enough and you'll get used to this sort of complaint. Like living in a city centre but complaining about traffic levels or living near a school where the kids make too much noise on their way there.

There are an awful lot of people out there that feel they want all the pluses of living somewhere but none of the down sides!

[irocfan]

easy answer (and natural)... buy a few cats. Job done

[citizensm1th]

buy some crow scare's then everyone can complain

[Mike_Mac]

Never mind the dawn chorus - every, and I mean every, morning some big light appears from behind my neighbour's house and wakes me up - every sodding morning!

I'll need to write a letter to the council - someone should really do something about it...

[Jim1556]

PoleDriver said:

He should be added to the (ever growing) list of idiots who move to a house:-
Next to a pub.
Near an airport.
Near a busy road
Near a church.
Near a school.
Near a race circuit

Then complain about the noise!
Idiots all!

This ^ +1000 Almost wish I could spend a day answering the phone to these pricks!

'Hello, I've just moved here and would like to complain about [insert any of the above]'

'You fking moved there, you knobhead!!!'

'Click, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr' The end!!!

Mike_Mac said:

Never mind the dawn chorus - every, and I mean every, morning some big light appears from behind my neighbour's house and wakes me up - every sodding morning!

I'll need to write a letter to the council - someone should really do something about it...

[Smollet]

irocfan said:

easy answer (and natural)... buy a few cats. Job done

I doubt cats would stop the dawn chorus. They might needlessly kill a few birds but sod all else will happen.

[Aretnap]

Mike_Mac said:

Never mind the dawn chorus - every, and I mean every, morning some big light appears from behind my neighbour's house and wakes me up - every sodding morning!

I'll need to write a letter to the council - someone should really do something about it...

Good idea. They'll fob you off at first, but if you keep writing to them they'll eventually see to it that the light comes on at a more reasonable time. You'll have to be persistent though - it might take until about October.

[sim72]

Smollet said:

I doubt cats would stop the dawn chorus. They might needlessly kill a few birds but sod all else will happen.

We have cats. They occasionally kill a bird. The dawn chorus here (edge of a village, backing onto farmland) is rock-band noisy ... and it's great. I lay in bed this morning about 4.30 listening to a song thrush and a blackbird having a bit of a sing-off. Then I went back to sleep. OP's neighbour is a knob.

[Riley Blue]

I wish I had bird song to wake me, it's usually the sound of a dustcart going to pick up one of its crew who lives down the road. Perhaps I should complain to the council and ask them to start work later.