Crows attacking my house!

[lawtoni]

Thanks in advance for any ideas you might have
4 am- daybreak every morning for the last week, hoards of crows attacking the windows!

These suckers are giving it hell, waking up the whole household and making quite a mess of the window sills as well as smearing the glass itself.

Google tells me, they see themselves in the reflection and try to fight the 'other' bird. Closing curtains does not help

What can I do?!
Poison? tried some rat poison mixed with bird seed on a couple of window ledges but to no avail.

Any help gratefully appreciated

[BadBull]

Your way of sorting it is to kill them?

[SamR380]

What colour are your curtains? A paler colour would make reflections harder to see. You could try hanging white paper behind the glass.

Poison seems a bit extreme.

[lawtoni]

if a rat was causing similar damage and lack of sleep would we question poison?

I'm all ears tho, all I want is the damage to stop and for my wife and kids not to be woken up at 4am, all suggestions welcome!

[lawtoni]

SamR380 said:

What colour are your curtains? A paler colour would make reflections harder to see. You could try hanging white paper behind the glass.

Poison seems a bit extreme.

Mainy white on the outside facing side

Edited by lawtoni on Monday 21st June 13:18

[markjmd]

Solution's a bit obvious, isn't it? Fit wooden exterior shutters, like they have on most houses on the continent.

[Promised Land]

lawtoni said:

if a rat was causing similar damage and lack of sleep would we question poison?

I'm all ears tho, all I want is the damage to stop and for my wife and kids not to be woken up at 4am, all suggestions welcome!

But by law you’re not allowed to just sprinkle poison out in the open, only an idiot would do that, it should always be covered in a box or trap.

Even if it’s on an upstairs window cill, mixed with bird seed do you not think other species of birds would be drawn to it?

[Evoluzione]

Hang an old sheet etc over the outside of the window.
Did you really need to be told that?

[lawtoni]

markjmd said:

Solution's a bit obvious, isn't it? Fit wooden exterior shutters, like they have on most houses on the continent.

thanks for that

[APontus]

Shotgun. They don't fight much after that.

[jagnet]

lawtoni said:

hoards of crows attacking the windows!

Find out who's been hoarding them and ask them to stop.

[lawtoni]

APontus said:

Shotgun. They don't fight much after that.

i wish i had one!

this will upset the snowflakes that say we should dispose of pests as you can see from previous replies

[hyphen]

jagnet said:

lawtoni said:

hoards of crows attacking the windows!

Find out who's been hoarding them and ask them to stop.

+1

[monkeychild]

I've heard it's murder.

[APontus]

monkeychild said:

I've heard it's murder.

If the OP doesn't have a shotgun, he should get someone else to finish the bird off and send him the bill.

[lawtoni]

Evoluzione said:

Hang an old sheet etc over the outside of the window.
Did you really need to be told that?

house has 25 windows, this is not really a workable solution

[s p a c e m a n]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401268646625

[FourWheelDrift]

lawtoni said:

What can I do?!
Poison? tried some rat poison mixed with bird seed on a couple of window ledges but to no avail.

lawtoni said:

What can I do?!

About 4 months in jail and a £7000 fine, it's illegal to kill corvids in the UK. "Crows, jackdaws and rooks are protected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 and the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11570...

https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/east/posts...

[Sporky]

Fire is obviously the answer.

[jagnet]

monkeychild said:

I've heard it's murder.

I heard it was ravens. Just a conspiracy?