Bird Song Complaint. Seriously

[Centurion07]

jimmy156 said:

Noone should ever be told to discourage birds finding homes amongst human dwellings.

I'm going to suggest that your opinion might change if you ever have the pleasure of starlings or somesuch finding their way into your loft & making home directly above your bedroom.

[Negative Creep]

eldar said:

Negative Creep said:

I have a load of them near me (or could be Crows, I can't tell the difference) and yes tey are pretty noisy things but I know there's nothing I can do so it doesn't bother me

If its a load of them, it is rooks. Crows are loners.

That explains that. With so many around you don't see many smaller birds, which is a shame. The cat pays them no attention so I'd imagine he knows they're far too much for him to take on

[jimmy156]

Centurion07 said:

I'm going to suggest that your opinion might change if you ever have the pleasure of starlings or somesuch finding their way into your loft & making home directly above your bedroom.

Plenty of starlings and swifts (noisier when flying about) nesting in and around my place, doesn't bother me at all. The 3 or 4 nightingales that sing all night whilst they are over here are a true pleasure to listen too, and they sing ALL night. As are the two pairs of Tawny owls outside my bedroom window. I can honestly say my opinions couldn't be changed, i may be in the minority though. I find it a privilege when nature chooses to live in proximity with me

[Tannedbaldhead]

Centurion07 said:

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Centurion07 said:

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.

Why should he stop them ?

I would guess he doesn't have to but it depends on how many there are as to whether it's a case of "it's just nature" or he's made no effort to stop them at all & isn't bothered by the fact every single nook and cranny of his roof is stuffed with them.

As I mentioned earlier, it's no good saying it's ridiculous to complain about birds singing when for all we know the guy has been actively encouraging them to nest in his roof hence a larger than usual number. Without seeing the numbers involved it's difficult to say how much of a nuisance they are, but there IS a difference between a few nests here and there and the way it's been described in the OP.

The old boy hasn't been actively encouraging the birds. He just hasn't been actively discouraging them and to be honest why should he?

[Devil2575]

jimmy156 said:

Centurion07 said:

I'm going to suggest that your opinion might change if you ever have the pleasure of starlings or somesuch finding their way into your loft & making home directly above your bedroom.

Plenty of starlings and swifts (noisier when flying about) nesting in and around my place, doesn't bother me at all. The 3 or 4 nightingales that sing all night whilst they are over here are a true pleasure to listen too, and they sing ALL night. As are the two pairs of Tawny owls outside my bedroom window. I can honestly say my opinions couldn't be changed, i may be in the minority though. I find it a privilege when nature chooses to live in proximity with me

You may be in the minority but you aren't alone. I love to see nature making it's home around me.

[Centurion07]

Tannedbaldhead said:

The old boy hasn't been actively encouraging the birds. He just hasn't been actively discouraging them and to be honest why should he?

If they're not bothering him there's no reason he should, I was just pointing out I could see why maybe the new guy isn't impressed though.

[Smollet]

jimmy156 said:

Plenty of starlings and swifts (noisier when flying about) nesting in and around my place, doesn't bother me at all. The 3 or 4 nightingales that sing all night whilst they are over here are a true pleasure to listen too, and they sing ALL night. As are the two pairs of Tawny owls outside my bedroom window. I can honestly say my opinions couldn't be changed, i may be in the minority though. I find it a privilege when nature chooses to live in proximity with me

Same here. Atm there's a load of starlings making a right old racket outside but I'd rather have that than no bird song/noise at all. Also I don't think you are in a minority tbh.

[Nightmare]

Smollet said:

jimmy156 said:

Plenty of starlings and swifts (noisier when flying about) nesting in and around my place, doesn't bother me at all. The 3 or 4 nightingales that sing all night whilst they are over here are a true pleasure to listen too, and they sing ALL night. As are the two pairs of Tawny owls outside my bedroom window. I can honestly say my opinions couldn't be changed, i may be in the minority though. I find it a privilege when nature chooses to live in proximity with me

Same here. Atm there's a load of starlings making a right old racket outside but I'd rather have that than no bird song/noise at all. Also I don't think you are in a minority tbh.

also got swifts and starlings in the roof and doesn't bother me either - like any regular sound, your brain quickly relegates it to the 'familiar noise' section and it becomes background.

Less so when a swift and starling locked in combat bounce off the conservatory roof and go in the pond though - but it was quite funny.

[Devil2575]

Centurion07 said:

Tannedbaldhead said:

The old boy hasn't been actively encouraging the birds. He just hasn't been actively discouraging them and to be honest why should he?

If they're not bothering him there's no reason he should, I was just pointing out I could see why maybe the new guy isn't impressed though.

Has he tried using his horn? A quick toot may let the birds know that they shouldn't be making a noise...

[Devil2575]

Nightmare said:

- like any regular sound, your brain quickly relegates it to the 'familiar noise' section and it becomes background.

I lived about 50 yard from a railway line and it took me about 1 week to normalise the sound. I don't think the issue is the noise, it is people who have trouble sleeping. My wife is a very light sleeper and has trouble getting to sleep in the first place. Silly noises like a dripping tap drive her mad, but it's only because she's lying awake that's it's an issue. If she got to the bottom of why she sleeps so badly the noise problem would go away.