Crows...bear with me

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Spanky-spangler

Spanky-spangler

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Last week, a murder of crows started to attack my Freelander 2 on the drive. The week started off ok with my car passing its mot with no advisories......then the corvids started their hate campaign against me.

I cant shoot them because i think my neighbours would freak out if i stood in garden with a shotgun! It almost feels like retribution because i've shot hundreds of crows and they want revenge.

They are attacking the rear wiper, and door window seals. Any ideas how to stop them? At the moment, i have a large sheet of cardboard on rear window to try to deter them and they still just pull it off and rip the wiper blade.

A friend suggested spraying WD40 on the wiper blades but they still do it. Everyone on my little road is fed up with the damage. A mock bird of prey would never work because i've seen crows mob buzzards who always fly away.


I wasn't sure where to post this so if i got it wrong, please move It.
 
Stick a plastic Hawk on the roof.

We had Herons nicking fish out of our pond, so stuck a plastic one next to it and they don't come down if there's competition. Crows might see Hawks as competition.

Alternatively, do what Aussies do to stop crows from attacking them. They put a load of cable ties around their cycle helmets pointing up/out - don't trim off the bits poking out - stops them getting close enough to do any damage.
 
We had a spate of this at my work car park a couple of years ago. Fortunately I was unscathed but loads of people had damage and one guy spent well over £100 on wipers. He took to putting carrier bags over the blades every day. I'm told one of the hunting lads came and dispatched the offenders.
 
Do you have very large tree or trees. You could be seen as a predator and they're trying to scare you off.
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Here is my Barrister Sir Reginald Fortisque-Smythe KC to offer advice for a fee.
 
kernowsvenski said:
We had a spate of this at my work car park a couple of years ago. Fortunately I was unscathed but loads of people had damage and one guy spent well over £100 on wipers. He took to putting carrier bags over the blades every day. I'm told one of the hunting lads came and dispatched the offenders.
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When a crow starts to damage things, despatching the offenders is the only cure.
 
My Niece had her rubber roof torn to shreds by crows which then resulted in leaks and damage.
They would take their stolen food up to the flat roof area and peck it and the roof to bits.
They had to change over to a fibreglass roof. The crows came from the local park that was just over the back fence.
Ruddy nuisance.
I have 3 rubber roofs here and so far no problems..... Touch wood.
 
DanClarke said:
My Niece had her rubber roof torn to shreds by crows which then resulted in leaks and damage.
They would take their stolen food up to the flat roof area and peck it and the roof to bits.
They had to change over to a fibreglass roof. The crows came from the local park that was just over the back fence.
Ruddy nuisance.
I have 3 rubber roofs here and so far no problems..... Touch wood.
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I say my good man, you seem to be bringing the forum standards to a new fetishism.
Rubber (suit normally stored in a shed).
A park frequent by rubber fetishist females (Birds)
Now you wishing to touch wood (a nob).
Have you discussed with Nig your perversion.
 
saxavordian said:
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I say my good man, you seem to be bringing the forum standards to a new fetishism.
Rubber (suit normally stored in a shed).
A park frequent by rubber fetishist females (Birds)
Now you wishing to touch wood (a nob).
Have you discussed with Nig your perversion.
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I tried, but it is hard to talk with a ball-gag firmly inserted between your chops.
 
hughdavies said:
When whacking them, be very discreet as nearly every bird is now on the protected list, including crows and magpies. Packam and the rest of the tree huggers will be watching.
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You can legally take crow and magpie under General Licence.
Just stick a bit of rape or some fruit trees next to it 😉
 
Crows, magpies, Jays, rooks etc are still on the general licence (which defra issue every year) so can be legally culled but only if dining on a field of cereal crop etc.

The plastic hawk idea wouldn't ever work. I've personally watched crows bully Buzzards which are 4x bigger than them. Crows simply, have no fear. The only thing they are fearful of is a human & gun. They might not know what a gun is but they know it means danger.

Technically, i could lawfully shoot them with a rifle (i have many different calibres) if one landed in my garden, because i have an open firearms licence. Provided, the projectile (bullet) does not leave my boundary i have committed no offence. But it would be madness to use a rifle in suburbia because of the risk of ricochets. A shotgun would safer but are incredibly noisy. Plod would be round here in minutes.

I literally have no idea how to stop this.
 
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