paul-s

not the female kind

theres about 4million little ******* outside my window that start tweeting/squawking\kawwwing\schreeking and generally waking me up and p1ssing me off at the very crack of dawn..****, blackbirds, magpies, other little poncy brown useless things.

i am at the point where i cant sleep with the window open and am dreaming about torturing the ****s

aside from going to buy an air rifle + scope what can possibly be done?? (huge net, napalm). anyone else had a similar problem??

cookstar

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Are you allowed to shoot these type of birds, if on your own property?

paul-s

im wondering what the rules are about this too

cookstar

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Start shooting and claim ignorance if anything happens

scoobynut555

Get a cat, should get rid of the birds, then you can shoot the cat

paul-s

next doors got a cat but it does f-all apart from sleep 23 hours a day.

It sounds like a rainforest outside my window !

cookstar

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How cruel

Abdabz

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Turbohot

I can understand Paul's problem.Athough I think it is great way of waking up with birds chirping,rather than waking up at odd hours with city commotion e.g. cop cars,ambulance passing by or, a train etc.
Paul,in Carribean, I stayed with some friends in country where a rooster used to scream his heart off from 4 O'clock in the morning and,a man with a chainsaw was out at about 6 AM to cut some trees down in his farm!Torrential rain would ragingly attack the roof almost every damn morning!That was just unbearable!
Find yourself lucky and get yourself a cat.

Chelspeed

Retire at 20:00 and get up at 04:00? Beat the f***ers at their own game.

Around February I always decide I'm not getting up until it gets light. It's unnatural sticking rigidly to an arbitrary clock based timetable when the world doesn't. This time of the year it doesn't seem such a good idea.....

Shark Man

Double glazing, ear plugs and air conditioining.



And shoot the wood pigeons, because they crap everywhere.

stilover

I just had to spend a couple nights in Scarborough, for a corporate function, and those ******* Seagulls kept me awake all ******* night

Got about 2/3 hours sleep each night. Absolutely knacked. Got back Friday lunch time and was in bed by 9pm Friday night.

You have my sympathies mate.

When I lived in a Village, and the Magpies woke me up at god knows what time in the morning, a couple shots off with the Air rifle soon made the move else where.

paul-s

I think the air rifle option is looking best

you dont realise until it happens how much it messes with your life. Not getting enough sleep, moody/grumpy, thus need to go to bed early. I will not be outdone by a magpie *gets into rambo mode*

paul-s

I know what you mean about the seagulls too, was up by the coast a couple weeks ago for the night and they started really early. dont half make some noise too !!

oik

Close the window?
Use earplugs

No, I know, buy a rifle and attempt shooting at them!

Besides, as per usual, Turbocrybaby has suffered far more than you ever could, so think yourself lucky, son

Trucker Ted

What about the big plastic birds of prey you get to keep the wee blighters away,seen them in the garden centres. Don't know how well they work though!

Or what about getting Worzel Gummidge!

skoobidude

Paul-s, I have the same problem mate. Lots of trees and bushes around my property - just what birds like! Have to have window open this time of year, but at around 5am the birds start chirping.
Thing is, the besteds go quiet by around 6am which is fine but I'm normally awake by then!
Keep the window open all night and just shut it as soon as you here the birdys. I just use a single sheet without a quilt to stay cool.

Nick

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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LOL

Live with it and consider yourself lucky - you'll soon grow used to it. Getting yourself all wound up is bound to increase your anxiety and ensure that you sleep less.

Besides, your birds are lazy - went for a P the other night @ 03:00 and there was some bird giving it large & it was still dark!!! Obviously put his clock foward an extra hour listening to PSL

We're lucky to have a couple of dozen house sparrows living in our house as well (don't pay rent dammit). As well as tweet their little socks off, they scrabble around in between the slates and the wood constantly. I think there's 3 different nests around my bedroom.

However, the thing that annoys me most is next-door neighbours kids bursting out to play in the garden @ 07:30 on week-ends - wakes me up that does

Turbohot

lol

Neutral Cruiser

pmsl. Yep i've had this problem before. Waking up when the Sun comes up and therefore the birds go for it, is no joke. Drives you potty. Should die down in a about a month mate.

Shark Man

You should try living on a finca full of dogs (woof variety, before anyone thinks it ).

One starts, they all start, think I've counted close to 50 different barks with audible range. The sound of birds chirping in the morning is a pleasent notice that your night of sleepness is over

Turbohot

This is very true

Leslie

Live and let live!

Les

ricardo_wrx

I get magpies that hop around on the flat roof above my bedroom, open the window very slow and be quiet. Find your longest leather belt with a big metal buckle and do an Indiana Jones style whip on the roof! You should see the f**kers fly! They have only been back once since. They obviously learn its not a safe place to be.

If that fails get some old fashioned mouse traps. Not sure if thats legal either?

Simon C

Your stuffed mate. Of the birds you list, the only 1 you can shoot is magpie, defra have even taken Starlings off the open license.

So your going to be left finding another alternative.

Castrol

Take a white plastic bag and slit it to make 1in strips most of the way up. Pin it to the eaves/windowsill or whatever. Worked for a neighbour many years ago.

Cheers

fast bloke

Get blackout curtains for your entire garden - that'll confuse the *******

Rabid

Shoot them, that's what I do and even though it doesn't make them stfu it does provide me with a sense of well being knowing I probably bagged one of the ******* that woke me up last time.

You'll find that if you buy a bird table and put plenty of food on it for them that you can up the number you get significantly.

Leslie

So you are a killer as well Rabid!

Les

rgv_stu

larson trap for the magpies and crows