{"id":2987,"date":"2010-04-07T14:18:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T14:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rentokil.ie\/blog\/\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:54:11","slug":"how-not-to-do-bird-control-as-demonstrated-by-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentokil.ie\/blog\/how-not-to-do-bird-control-as-demonstrated-by-the-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not To Do Bird Control – As Demonstrated By The Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t know about you, but I have a real bird control problem in my garden. But I wouldn’t want to take any advice from these movies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/span> The Bird’s :<\/div>\n\n\n
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The Hitchcock film \u201cThe Birds<\/a>\u201d shows us how not <\/em>to do bird control.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message learnt is to not buy lovebirds as pets, as their very presence will incite all other birds to viciously attack humans \u2013 if we are to believe the film, which, of course, we don’t. We certainly do not want to be outnumbered by birds – think of all the bird mess and potential spread of disease\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/span> Mary Poppins :<\/div>\n\n\n
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Next, we move on to the children\u2019s classic film “Mary Poppins” (one of my favourites) and the song called \u201cFeed the birds<\/a>\u201d. However lovely this song may be, it encourages people to feed birds \u2013 this is an absolute no-no! This will be completely counteractive to any bird control measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always, always clear away food leftovers when eating outdoors into bins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never leave your scraps in the open, unless you want an entire kit of pigeons<\/a> (did you know that a “kit” is the collective noun for a group of these birds?), to descend on you en masse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/span> Valiant :<\/div>\n\n\n
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Then there is the animated film “Valiant<\/a>” featuring WWII homing pigeons. The main character, Valiant, befriends a flea-ridden London pigeon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, you certainly would not want to encourage the close presence of pigeons, especially flea-ridden ones – this would not help your bird control cause. You should keep pigeons far away and be particularly weary of those that look \u2018dodgy\u2019. If they are flea-ridden, you certainly want to discourage them from coming near your home or pet, otherwise you will have a flea problem too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/span> Basic Pest Control Tips :<\/div>\n\n\n
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There are many other movies that pest control would have ruined \u2013 given the opportunity of course! So instead of the movies, I would turn to a professional pest control company for practical and effective advice on bird control. Here are some basics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n