Bird Song Complaint. Seriously
Discussion
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.
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.
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.
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 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 ...
The point I was trying to make ,albeit badly, maybe they should move to where there are no birds.is there such a place?
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 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 ...
The point I was trying to make ,albeit badly, maybe they should move to where there are no birds.is there such a place?
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.
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!
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!
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!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!
'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...
I'll need to write a letter to the council - someone should really do something about it...
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.I'll need to write a letter to the council - someone should really do something about it...
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.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff