{ "store": "Bird Spikes Company", "website": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk", "currency": "GBP", "count": 21, "products": [ { "id": "solar-panel-bird-proofing", "sku": "solar-panel-bird-proofing", "title": "Solar Panel Bird Proofing | Bird Mesh For Solar Panels | Bird Netting For Solar Panels - 30m roll", "slug": "solar-panel-bird-proofing", "price": 79, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "bird-netting", "category_label": "Bird Netting", "tags": [ "netting", "solar", "exclusion", "dropship" ], "colors": [ "Black" ], "materials": [ "Galvanised welded steel mesh with a black PVC coating; stainless steel fasteners" ], "dimensions": "Supplied as a roll with fasteners; measure the perimeter of the array", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/bird-netting/solar-panel-bird-proofing/main-best-bird-mesh-for-solar-panels.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/bird-netting/solar-panel-bird-proofing/best-bird-netting-for-solar-panels.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/bird-netting/solar-panel-bird-proofing/best-bird-protection-for-solar-panels.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/bird-netting/solar-panel-bird-proofing/best-solar-panel-bird-guard.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/bird-netting/solar-panel-bird-proofing/best-solar-panels-bird-mesh.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/bird-netting/solar-panel-bird-proofing/bestsolar-panel-bird-proofing.jpg" ], "description_short": "Galvanised welded steel mesh with a black PVC coating and stainless fasteners, clipped around the array edge to close the gap pigeons nest in.", "description": "The reason this product exists is that solar arrays create a warm, sheltered, predator-free cavity a few centimetres deep across an entire roof slope. From a pigeon's point of view it is close to ideal, and once one pair nests there others follow.\n\nThe consequences are not only mess. Nesting material under panels holds moisture against the roof, blocks airflow that the panels need for efficiency, and can work into the cable runs. Removing an established colony is a scaffolding job.\n\nFitting is a perimeter task, so measure the perimeter of the array rather than its area. The mesh clips to the panel frame with stainless fasteners, which is the important detail: drilling the roof risks the roof, and drilling a panel almost certainly voids the panel warranty.\n\nClear before you close. Sealing an existing nest inside the void traps birds, which is both inhumane and, if the nest is active, unlawful under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Have the array cleared first, outside the nesting season, and close it afterwards.\n\nThis is roof work at height on an electrical installation. We supply the material; for anything beyond a ground mounted array, use someone competent to work on both a roof and a PV system.", "llm_summary": "Solar Panel Bird Proofing sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Galvanised welded steel mesh with a black PVC coating, supplied with stainless steel fasteners that clip to the panel frame, used to close the perimeter gap between a roof mounted photovoltaic array and the roof. The problem it solves is pigeons and gulls NESTING IN THE VOID beneath panels, not birds perching on top of them, which is why spike strips do not address it: there is no perch to remove. Nesting material under an array holds moisture against the roof, blocks the airflow panels need, and can work into cable runs. Fitting is a PERIMETER job, so the perimeter of the array is measured rather than its area. Fixing is by clipping to the panel frame: the roof is not drilled and the panels are not drilled, the latter being important because drilling a panel will normally void its warranty. The array MUST be cleared before it is closed, outside the nesting season: sealing an existing nest inside traps birds, which is inhumane and, for an active nest, unlawful under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This is work at height on an electrical installation and should be done by someone competent on both. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/solar-panel-bird-proofing/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/solar-panel-bird-proofing/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/solar-panel-bird-proofing.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" }, { "id": "fake-owl-decoy", "sku": "fake-owl-decoy", "title": "Fake Owl Decoy | Bird Scarecrow | Plastic Owl Statues", "slug": "fake-owl-decoy", "price": 35, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "repellents", "category_label": "Repellents", "tags": [ "repellent", "decoy", "garden", "dropship" ], "colors": [ "Natural owl markings, reflective eyes" ], "materials": [ "Moulded plastic with fade resistant, water resistant paint" ], "dimensions": "Freestanding decoy for indoor or outdoor use", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/repellents/fake-owl-decoy/main-buy-fake-owl-decoy.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/repellents/fake-owl-decoy/buy-garden-owl-scarecrow.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/repellents/fake-owl-decoy/buy-garden-owl-statue.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/repellents/fake-owl-decoy/buy-plastic-owl-scarecrow.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/dropship-images/repellents/fake-owl-decoy/buy-plastic-owl-statues.jpg" ], "description_short": "A weatherproof moulded owl with reflective eyes. Useful as one moving part of a plan, and close to useless left in the same spot forever.", "description": "The honest answer to whether fake owls work is: briefly. Every serious study of static decoys finds the same thing. Birds respond strongly at first, then habituate, and the timescale is days rather than months.\n\nThat is not a fault in this particular owl. It is what a static object does. A real predator moves, hunts and leaves; a plastic one sits on the same post through every kind of weather without ever doing anything, and birds work that out.\n\nSo use it as a moving part. Relocating it every few days, turning it to face differently, and pairing it with something else that changes, such as scare tape or hanging discs, keeps the picture unfamiliar. That is the difference between a decoy that helps and an ornament.\n\nIt has a genuine niche in short term problems. A fortnight of soft fruit, a boat over a weekend, a balcony while you are away. For those it is quick, cheap and needs no fixing at all.\n\nWhere the problem is permanent, buy a permanent product. A spike strip on the ledge, or netting over the opening, works on day one and is still working in five years without anyone remembering to move it.", "llm_summary": "Fake Owl Decoy sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. A moulded plastic owl with reflective eyes and a fade resistant, water resistant finish, for indoor or outdoor use, with nothing to fit. HONEST EFFECTIVENESS POSITION: static decoys work strongly for a few DAYS and then birds habituate, because a plastic object that never moves or reacts is quickly identified as harmless. This is a property of static decoys generally, not a fault in this product. It remains useful when treated as a MOVING part of a plan: relocated every few days, turned to face differently, and paired with something else that changes such as scare tape or hanging discs. Its genuine niche is short term problems, for example a fortnight of ripening soft fruit, a boat over a weekend, or a balcony while the owner is away. It is NOT the right product for a permanent problem on a specific ledge, where a spike strip or netting works on day one and continues working for years without attention. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/fake-owl-decoy/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/fake-owl-decoy/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/fake-owl-decoy.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" }, { "id": "bird-netting-mesh-5m-x-10m", "sku": "bird-net", "title": "Bird Netting Mesh | Tree Garden Net | Reusable Protective Garden Netting", "slug": "bird-netting-mesh-5m-x-10m", "price": 79, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "bird-netting", "category_label": "Bird Netting", "tags": [ "netting", "exclusion", "garden", "solar" ], "colors": [ "Black" ], "materials": [ "Heavy duty netting" ], "dimensions": "Sold in cut sheet sizes; see the variants", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/main-buy-reusable-protective-garden-nets.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-commercial-bird-netting.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-outdoor-bird-netting-mesh.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-protective-tree-net.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-reusable-protective-garden-netting.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-tree-garden-net.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-tree-garden-netting-mesh.jpg" ], "description_short": "Heavy duty netting that cuts to any size and shape. The right answer for openings, roof spaces, fruit, and the gap under a solar array.", "description": "Netting is the strongest thing we sell, in the specific sense that it is the only product that makes a space physically unavailable. Everything else persuades a bird to go elsewhere; a net removes the choice.\n\nThat makes it the right answer in three cases. When the bird is small, because there is no gap to settle in. When the problem is a void rather than a surface, such as an eaves gap or the space under a solar array. And when the consequence of failure is expensive, such as birds nesting inside a roof.\n\nThe whole job is in the tensioning. A net fixed tight across an opening works and lasts. A net left slack sags into pockets, and a pocket is where a bird or a hedgehog can become caught, which is the one genuine welfare risk in this range and the reason we say re-tension it every season.\n\nMeasure the opening, not the perimeter, and add enough to fix at the edges. It is far better to trim a sheet than to discover you are 20 cm short across a gable.\n\nUnder a solar array, netting or purpose made mesh clipped around the panel edge is the standard method. Spikes do not address it, because the birds are not landing on the panel, they are nesting in the gap underneath it.", "llm_summary": "Bird Netting Mesh sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Heavy duty black netting sold in cut sheet sizes, cut with scissors to any size and shape and tensioned across an opening. Unlike spikes, gels, tapes and discs, which persuade a bird to go elsewhere, netting physically EXCLUDES: it is the only product in the range that makes a space unavailable. It is the correct product for openings and voids rather than surfaces (roof voids, eaves gaps, balconies, fruit cages, trees, open structures and the gap under a solar array), and it is the correct product for SMALL BIRDS such as sparrows, which can settle between spike pins but cannot pass through a net. It is reusable between seasons. The critical fitting point is tension: a slack net sags into pockets that can trap a bird or a small animal, which is the one genuine welfare risk in the range, so it is fixed tight and re-tensioned each season. Measure the opening rather than the perimeter. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 an active nest may not be disturbed. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/bird-netting-mesh/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/bird-netting-mesh/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/bird-netting-mesh-5m-x-10m.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" }, { "id": "bird-netting-mesh-5m-x-20m", "sku": "bird-net", "title": "Bird Netting Mesh | Tree Garden Net | Reusable Protective Garden Netting", "slug": "bird-netting-mesh-5m-x-20m", "price": 109, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "unknown", "category": "bird-netting", "category_label": "Bird Netting", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/main-buy-reusable-protective-garden-nets.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-commercial-bird-netting.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-outdoor-bird-netting-mesh.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-protective-tree-net.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-reusable-protective-garden-netting.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-tree-garden-net.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-netting/bird-netting-mesh/buy-tree-garden-netting-mesh.jpg" ], "description_short": "", "description": "", "llm_summary": null, "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/bird-netting-mesh/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/bird-netting-mesh/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/bird-netting-mesh-5m-x-20m.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" }, { "id": "anti-bird-spikes", "sku": "ss-01", "title": "Bird Spikes | Bird Control Spikes | Bird Deterrent Spikes (per 50cm strip)", "slug": "anti-bird-spikes", "price": 5, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "bird-spikes", "category_label": "Bird Spikes", "tags": [ "spikes", "general", "stainless-steel" ], "colors": [ "Silver pins, clear base" ], "materials": [ "Marine grade stainless steel pins on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base" ], "dimensions": "50 cm strips, joined end to end for any run length", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/anti-bird-spikes/main-bird-spikes-on-roof-Witherlea.jpeg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/anti-bird-spikes/best-bird-pest-spikes-system.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/anti-bird-spikes/buy-bird-spikes-for-house-gutters.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/anti-bird-spikes/buy-bird-spikes-for-roof-top.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/anti-bird-spikes/buy-bird-spikes-for-rooftop.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/anti-bird-spikes/pest-bird-deterrent-spikes-buy-online.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/anti-bird-spikes/where-to-buy-anti-bird-spike.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/anti-bird-spikes/where-to-buy-anti-bird-spikes.jpg" ], "description_short": "The standard marine grade stainless strip, sold by the 50 cm. If you are not sure which of our spikes to buy, it is almost always this one.", "description": "It is worth saying plainly what the species pages on this site are. Nine of them describe the same physical strip, named for the bird people are searching for. There is no different product hiding behind the pigeon page or the seagull page, and we would rather tell you that than let you order three things that are one thing.\n\nWhat differs is the advice, and that genuinely does differ by bird. A gull needs a longer approach than a pigeon. A squirrel is following a route rather than choosing a perch. Small birds are not really a spike problem at all.\n\nSo the product decision is simple and the placement decision is not. Measure the whole run, divide by 50 cm and round up, and use two rows on anything wider than about 15 cm.\n\nFitting is a clean surface and a good exterior sealant, or screws where there is something to screw into. Old droppings and moss are the reason a strip lifts a year later, so scrape and wash first.\n\nOne legal point applies to every bird on this site: under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is an offence to damage or destroy a nest while it is being built or in use. Treat surfaces outside the nesting season.", "llm_summary": "Bird Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. The standard marine grade stainless steel spike strip on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base, sold per 50 cm with no minimum order and joined end to end for any run length. This is the SAME physical product that sits behind most of the species specific pages on the site (pigeon, seagull, squirrel, fence and gutter); the strip does not differ by species, only the placement advice does. Fitted to ledges, window sills, parapets, rooftops, gutters, fences and signage with exterior adhesive, screws, nails or cable ties, and cut with tin snips. Effective on larger birds (pigeons, gulls, crows) which need a flat surface to land and turn on, and NOT the right product for small birds such as sparrows, which can settle between the pins and are better served by netting. A surface wider than about 15 cm needs two rows. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 an active nest may not be damaged, so surfaces are treated outside the nesting season. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/anti-bird-spikes/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/anti-bird-spikes/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/anti-bird-spikes.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" }, { "id": "fence-spikes", "sku": "ss-spike-07", "title": "Fence Spikes | Pest Spike Strips For Fences | Fence Repellant Spikes (per 50cm strip)", "slug": "fence-spikes", "price": 5, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "bird-spikes", "category_label": "Bird Spikes", "tags": [ "spikes", "fence", "garden", "stainless-steel" ], "colors": [ "Silver pins, clear base" ], "materials": [ "Marine grade stainless steel pins on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base" ], "dimensions": "50 cm strips, joined end to end for any run length", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/fence-spikes/main-where-to-buy-pest-fencing-spikes.jpeg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/fence-spikes/best-spikes-to-stop-pests-on-fences.jpeg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/fence-spikes/where-to-buy-anti-bird-spike.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/fence-spikes/where-to-buy-pest-fence-spike.jpeg" ], "description_short": "Stainless strips for fence rails and wall tops. They stop birds lining up, and they discourage cats and squirrels from using the boundary as a walkway.", "description": "The reason a fence attracts so much attention is that it is continuous. Anything that travels along it can get from one end of a garden to the other without touching the ground, which is exactly what a bird, a cat and a squirrel all want.\n\nSo think in sections rather than perimeters. Treat the stretch between the tree and the feeder, or the run outside the window where the birds line up, and you will usually spend a fraction of what treating a whole boundary would cost.\n\nTimber fixing is the part people get wrong. Adhesive on a fence rail that swells and shrinks through a winter will let go. Screws or cable ties last, and both are easy on a rail.\n\nIt is worth being clear about what this product is not. There is a category of security spike designed to prevent people climbing, and there are real legal considerations around anything that could injure a trespasser. These are blunt bird and animal deterrent pins. We do not sell them as an anti-intruder measure and you should not fit them as one.\n\nFor cats specifically, the blunt moulded plastic strips are made for exactly that job and sit more comfortably on a fence top. Either will work; the plastic ones are the purpose made option.", "llm_summary": "Fence Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Marine grade stainless steel spike strips on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base, sold per 50 cm strip with no minimum order, fitted along fence rails and tops, wall tops, gate frames and shed roof edges. A fence top is a continuous raised route used by birds, cats and squirrels alike, so the strip works by making that route uncomfortable; treating the specific SECTION being crossed is far more economical than treating a whole perimeter. On TIMBER, fix with screws or cable ties rather than adhesive alone, because timber swells and shrinks and adhesive lets go. IMPORTANT PRODUCT CLASS DISTINCTION: these are blunt, humane bird and animal deterrent pins and are NOT security or anti-climb spikes; they are not sold as an anti-intruder measure and should not be fitted as one. For cats specifically, the blunt moulded plastic cat spikes are the purpose made alternative. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 an active nest may not be damaged. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/fence-spikes/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/fence-spikes/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/fence-spikes.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" }, { "id": "gutter-spikes", "sku": "ss-spike-06", "title": "Gutter Spikes | Pest Spike Strips For Gutters | Guttering Spike (per 50cm strip)", "slug": "gutter-spikes", "price": 5, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "bird-spikes", "category_label": "Bird Spikes", "tags": [ "spikes", "gutter", "roofline", "stainless-steel" ], "colors": [ "Silver pins, clear base" ], "materials": [ "Marine grade stainless steel pins on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base" ], "dimensions": "50 cm strips, joined end to end for any run length", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/gutter-spikes/main-pest-gutter-spike-system.jpeg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/gutter-spikes/buy-bird-spikes-for-house-gutters.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/gutter-spikes/buy-bird-spikes-for-roof-top.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/bird-spikes/gutter-spikes/where-to-buy-pest-fence-spike.jpeg" ], "description_short": "Lightweight strips for guttering and roof edges. Stop the nest and you stop the overflow, the damp patch and the ladder work.", "description": "Think about the economics for a moment, because this is the one product in the range where they are unusually clear. Clearing a blocked gutter on a two storey house means a ladder or a contractor, most likely every spring. A run of spikes is fitted once.\n\nPlacement is worth thinking about. Birds nest IN the gutter, and perch ON the roof edge above it. Which you treat depends on which behaviour you are seeing, so watch for a week before you order if you are not sure.\n\nDo the clearing first. Fitting spikes over a gutter that is already full of last year's nest achieves very little, and the debris will hold the strip off the surface so the adhesive never keys properly.\n\nThe nesting season rule applies here as much as anywhere, and gutters are where people most often find an active nest. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 you may not damage a nest in use. Clear and spike outside the season.\n\nWhere the roofline has an open soffit or eaves gap that birds are getting into, spikes do not solve that. That is a void, and netting or a physical repair is what closes it.", "llm_summary": "Gutter Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Marine grade stainless steel spike strips on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base, sold per 50 cm strip with no minimum order, fitted along gutter tops, fascia boards, soffits and roof edges. The purpose is preventing nests in guttering, which cause blockages, overflow down the wall and damp, and which recur annually until the spot is made unusable. The strips are lightweight and add no meaningful load to guttering. Birds nest IN a gutter and perch ON the roof edge above it, so which surface to treat depends on the observed behaviour. Gutters must be cleared BEFORE fitting: debris holds the strip off the surface so adhesive cannot key, and spiking a full gutter achieves little. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 an active nest may not be damaged, and gutters are where people most often find one, so clearing and fitting happen outside the nesting season. Spikes do NOT close an open soffit or eaves gap; that is a void and needs netting or a physical repair. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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Cheaper than steel, far less visible from the ground, and the right call on a frontage you would rather not change the look of.", "description": "Choosing between the plastic and the steel is genuinely simple, and it comes down to two questions. How exposed is the site, and how much does it matter that nobody sees the fix.\n\nOn a sheltered domestic ledge where the neighbours will notice a line of steel glinting, plastic wins on both counts. On an exposed coastal parapet, or on a commercial job where somebody will specify the material, steel wins.\n\nEverything else is the same. Same 50 cm strips, same no-minimum ordering, same fixing methods, same principle of removing the flat landing space a bird needs.\n\nThe one practical difference in fitting is cutting. Plastic cuts cleanly with snips or a sharp knife, where steel needs tin snips, so working around brackets is slightly easier.\n\nIt is the same product as our cat spikes and our snake spikes in a different presentation, which is worth saying plainly rather than letting three pages imply three products.", "llm_summary": "Pest Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Hard injection moulded, UV stabilised plastic spike strips sold per 50 cm with no minimum order. This is the plastic alternative to the marine grade stainless strips and does the same job on the same birds by removing the flat landing space they need. The reason to choose plastic is APPEARANCE and cost: it is low profile and neutral, so it is far less visible from ground level than steel, which suits period frontages, shopfronts and domestic ledges. Choose the STEEL instead where the site is coastal or highly exposed, or where a specification calls for stainless. Cuts with snips or a sharp knife, fixed with exterior adhesive, screws, nails or cable ties. It is the same moulded product presented on this site's cat spikes and snake spikes pages. Effective on larger birds; small birds such as sparrows can settle between the points and are better served by netting. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 an active nest may not be damaged. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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Uncomfortable to walk along, incapable of injuring a paw.", "description": "A cat crossing a fence is doing a balance job. The top rail is narrow already, and a cat places each paw deliberately. A strip of blunt points takes the confidence out of that, and the cat simply goes round.\n\nThat is the whole mechanism, and it is why blunt works. Something sharp enough to hurt would be both unnecessary and, if it injured a neighbour's cat, a problem you do not want.\n\nPlacement beats quantity every time. Watch where they actually come over, which is usually one or two spots rather than the whole boundary, and treat those. Most people spend a fraction of what they expected to.\n\nOn timber, fix with screws or cable ties. Adhesive on a fence rail that swells and shrinks through a winter will let go, and a strip that lifts at one end is worse than no strip at all.\n\nOne honest limitation: a determined cat that has been using your garden for years will test alternatives. If it can jump from a shed, a bin or a branch it will, so look at what else gives it a way in before assuming the fence is the whole answer.", "llm_summary": "Cat Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Hard moulded, UV stabilised plastic strips with BLUNT points, sold per 50 cm with no minimum order, fitted along fence rails and tops, wall copings, shed roof edges and gate frames. They CANNOT injure a cat: the points are blunt and moulded and cannot pierce a paw. They work by making a narrow fence top awkward to balance and walk on, so the cat takes another route. Placement matters far more than quantity: cats usually cross at one or two specific points, so treating those sections is normally sufficient and inexpensive. On TIMBER, fix with screws or cable ties rather than adhesive alone, because timber swells and shrinks and adhesive lets go. A determined cat will test alternative routes, so a shed roof, bin or overhanging branch that offers another way in should be considered as well. It is the same moulded product as this site's pest spikes and snake spikes, presented for a different job. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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One hook and they are up, which is why they suit a garden, a balcony or a fruit tree.", "description": "A disc covers an area loosely rather than protecting a surface exactly. That is the honest difference between it and a spike strip. If your problem is pigeons on one specific ledge, a strip solves that ledge completely and a disc does not.\n\nWhere discs earn their place is the space a strip cannot address: over a vegetable bed, in a fruit tree, along a balcony, above a patio table, around a yard.\n\nHeight and exposure matter more than quantity. One disc hung where it catches wind and sun outperforms three hung in a sheltered corner, so put them where they will actually turn.\n\nMove them. This is true of every visual deterrent and it is the part people skip: birds habituate to anything that stays in the same place looking the same. Shifting a disc a couple of metres every few weeks resets that, and costs nothing.\n\nFor a stubborn problem, pair them. Discs and tape work on the same principle and reinforce each other, and where there is a structure involved the spikes or netting do the part that no visual deterrent can.", "llm_summary": "Bird Deterrent Discs sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Reflective hanging discs, supplied as a 53 cm hanging assembly with no minimum order, hung from a branch, bracket, wire, washing line or balcony rail. They deter birds by spinning in the wind and reflecting light from constantly changing angles, and most chime softly as they turn. They are a non contact deterrent and never touch the bird. They protect an AREA loosely rather than a specific surface, so they suit gardens, allotments, fruit trees, balconies, patios and open yards, and are not the right product for a precise problem such as pigeons on one ledge, where a spike strip is far more reliable. They need wind and light to work, so a sheltered corner is the wrong place. Birds habituate to any static visual deterrent, so discs are moved every few weeks and often paired with scare tape. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 an active nest may not be disturbed. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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Birds dislike the feel underfoot and stop using the surface.", "description": "The case for gel is simple: it needs no fixings. There is nothing to screw, nothing to glue a bracket to and nothing that changes the profile of the surface. On a listed frontage or a carved sill, that is often the only option anyone will approve.\n\nRun it as a continuous bead rather than dots. Birds will use a gap the way they use a bare half metre at the end of a spike run, and a broken line of gel simply teaches them where to stand.\n\nSurface preparation matters as much as it does with spikes. Old droppings and moss stop the gel keying to the surface, so scrape and wash first and let it dry properly before you start.\n\nBe deliberate about where you put it. It is sticky by design, which is the whole mechanism, so it does not belong anywhere people put their hands or anywhere you need to keep visually clean at close range. Ledges above head height are its natural home.\n\nIt is not permanent in the way a steel strip is. Dust and grit take the tack out of any gel over time, so plan on inspecting it once a year and running a fresh bead over the old one when it has crusted. Where you want something you can fit and forget for years, a spike strip is the better buy.", "llm_summary": "Bird Proof Gel sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. A clear, non toxic, petroleum based repellent gel applied with a standard caulking gun as a continuous bead. It deters birds from landing by making the surface unpleasant underfoot, and is the product for places a spike strip cannot be fitted: narrow window sills, round pipes, beams, and decorative or listed stone where nothing may be drilled or glued. Sold as a single tube covering about 3 linear metres, or a 3 pack covering about 10. Suitable indoors and outdoors in any weather. It is a deterrent and not a trap: nothing adheres a bird to the surface. It is not suitable for handrails, door furniture or anything people touch. Unlike stainless steel spikes it is not a fit-and-forget product; dust and grit reduce the tack over time, so it is inspected yearly and a fresh bead run over the old one. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 an active nest may not be disturbed. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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For gardens, allotments, fruit and open space, where a spike strip has nothing to fix to.", "description": "The mechanism is movement, not the tape itself. A length hanging dead still in a sheltered corner does very little. Strung where it can twist and catch the wind, it throws sharp flashes and rattles, and both of those read as danger to a feeding bird.\n\nThat is why it belongs in open space. A garden, an allotment, a fruit cage, an orchard, a balcony rail, a boat. On an enclosed ledge under a soffit there is no wind and the tape just hangs there.\n\nUse more, shorter streamers rather than one long run. Short lengths spin faster and change direction more often, and it is the changing that birds react to.\n\nExpect to move it. Birds habituate to anything static, and the honest position on every visual deterrent is that it works best when it changes: shift the streamers every few weeks, or add a second type of deterrent so the picture is never the same twice.\n\nIt is a seasonal, area-wide tool rather than a permanent fix for a specific ledge. Where you want something that works on day one and is still working in five years without attention, that is what the steel spike strips are for.", "llm_summary": "Bird Scare Tape sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Holographic reflective ribbon, silver on one face and red on the other, cut with scissors and tied between posts, canes, wires or branches or hung as loose streamers. It deters birds by movement: wind twists it so it throws sharp flashes of light and makes a dry rattling noise. Sold in single, 3 roll and 10 roll packs. It is a non contact deterrent and never touches the bird. It suits open ground such as gardens, allotments, fruit cages, orchards, balconies and boats, and is NOT suited to enclosed or sheltered ledges where there is no wind to move it; a spike strip or repellent gel is the right product there. Short streamers spin more than one long run and work better. Birds habituate to any static visual deterrent, so the tape is moved every few weeks or combined with another deterrent. The roll length is pending supplier confirmation because the live listing and the catalogue code disagree. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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Built for open sites where there is nothing to fix a spike to.", "description": "The reason this unit cycles rather than running continuously is the single most important thing about it. Any constant noise becomes background within days, and a bird that has learned a sound means nothing will feed underneath it. Varying the frequency, switching to audible calls, and then going silent for seven minutes all work against that.\n\nSite it where the sound has somewhere to go. Solid obstructions shadow it, so a unit tucked behind a building protects the building and very little else. Height helps, and so does pointing it across the area you actually care about.\n\nSolar means no cable run, which on a field or a pond is usually the deciding factor. It also means the panel needs light. Keep it clean and keep it out of full shade, because a filmed-over panel in a dull week is the commonest reason one of these stops working.\n\nBe clear eyed about what it is. It reduces bird pressure across an area. It does not seal anything. Where a specific structure matters, the honest combination is this unit for the open ground and spikes or netting on the structure, which is exactly what the manufacturer's own description says.\n\nWe are not publishing a decibel figure for it. The live listing quoted one that is not achievable by a solar garden unit, and we would rather show nothing than repeat a number we cannot stand behind. We have asked the supplier for a measured value.", "llm_summary": "Sonic Bird Repellent sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk, GBP 179. A solar powered electronic area deterrent combining three methods on an automated cycle: ultrasound (sweeping 16 kHz to 30 kHz in the first minute then cycling selected frequencies for two more), audible deterrent sounds for three minutes, then a seven minute rest, repeating. Startup emits a 6 kHz tone for three seconds. Powered by an integrated solar panel and rechargeable battery, so no mains run is needed. Intended for open sites with nothing to fix a spike strip to: farmland, orchards, fish ponds, grain storage, substations and yards. The cycling design exists because birds habituate rapidly to any constant noise. It is an AREA deterrent and does not seal or exclude anything; it works best alongside a physical barrier such as spikes or netting rather than instead of one. NO decibel figure is published: the live listing quoted a sound level that is not achievable by a unit of this type, so a measured value has been requested from the supplier instead. Effectiveness of ultrasound on birds specifically is scientifically contested, which is why the unit also uses audible sound and light. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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It fires when something arrives rather than running all day.", "description": "Motion activation is the whole design argument. A deterrent that runs all day teaches birds that the noise means nothing, and it drains a battery that has to be refilled by a small solar panel. One that fires on approach avoids both problems.\n\nSite it facing the approach rather than the roost. The sensor needs to see something arriving, so point it across the space birds cross rather than at the spot they end up.\n\nThe modes are worth using properly. Motion triggered is the default and the one that lasts longest on solar. Continuous has its place during a short, intense problem. Cycling frequencies is the setting to reach for when birds have started to ignore it.\n\nOn effectiveness, we would rather be straight than sell hard. Ultrasound is well evidenced on rodents; on birds it is contested, because most bird hearing does not reach far into ultrasound. This unit pairs it with a strobe for that reason, and the manufacturer's own line is that it works best as part of a comprehensive strategy. Our advice matches: use it across the open ground and use spikes or netting on the structures that matter.\n\nThe live listing lists several animals it deters that simply are not British wildlife. We have removed those rather than carry them across. In the UK the realistic targets alongside birds are squirrels, cats, foxes and rabbits.", "llm_summary": "Ultrasonic Bird Repeller sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk, GBP 399. A commercial, weatherproof, solar powered electronic area deterrent with MOTION DETECTION: it triggers ultrasonic output and a flashing strobe when something approaches, rather than running continuously. Selectable modes are motion triggered, continuous, or cycling through frequencies, and settings can be adjusted for the animals present. Motion activation both conserves solar charge and slows habituation, because a deterrent that fires only on approach is harder to learn to ignore. Intended for patios, gardens, balconies, yards, farms and commercial outdoor sites. It is an AREA deterrent and excludes nothing; it works best alongside spikes or netting on the structures that matter. Effectiveness of ultrasound on BIRDS specifically is scientifically contested, since most bird hearing does not extend far into ultrasound, which is why the unit also uses a strobe. Realistic UK targets alongside birds are squirrels, cats, foxes and rabbits; the manufacturer's original list named North American species that do not occur here and those have been removed. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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Cut with tin snips, fix with adhesive or screws, and the perch is gone.", "description": "Pigeons need room. They are heavy for a perching bird, they land with a shuffle rather than a drop, and they want a flat surface wide enough to turn on. That is why a ledge, a windowsill, a parapet and the top of a shop sign are the four places you will find them, and why a spike strip works so reliably on this species in particular.\n\nMeasure the whole run before you order. Divide by 50 cm and round up, because a bare half metre at the end is exactly where the birds will regroup. On a ledge wider than about 15 cm you will want two rows, one near the front edge and one near the back, since a single row down the middle still leaves landing space either side of it.\n\nFitting is a clean surface and a good exterior sealant. Old droppings, moss and flaking paint are the reason a strip lifts a year later, so scrape and wash first and let it dry. Where there is something to screw into, screw into it. On a curve, work in short lengths rather than bending one long strip into shape.\n\nThere is one thing to check before you fit anything. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is an offence to damage or destroy a nest while it is being built or in use. If there is an active nest on the surface, that surface waits until the nest is finished with. Outside the nesting season you are free to treat it.\n\nWhere a spike will not suit, say a sill too narrow to take a base or a decorative stone you would rather not drill or glue, the repellent gel does the same job by making the surface unpleasant underfoot rather than physically blocking it.", "llm_summary": "Anti-Pigeon Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Marine grade stainless steel spike strips on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base, sold per 50 cm strip with no minimum order and joined end to end to cover any run length. Fitted to ledges, window sills, parapets, rooftops, gutters, fences and signage to stop pigeons landing, roosting and nesting. Fixes with exterior adhesive, screws, nails or cable ties; cuts to length with tin snips; suits brick, render, stone, timber, metal and uPVC. The strips work by removing the flat landing space a pigeon needs to put down and turn around, so they are highly effective on pigeons, gulls and crows and are NOT the right product for small birds such as sparrows, which can settle between the pins and are better served by netting. Non lethal and blunt enough not to injure pets or squirrels. A ledge wider than about 15 cm usually needs two rows. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 an active nest may not be damaged, so surfaces are treated outside the nesting season. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. 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Built for salt air, because that is where the gull problem is.", "description": "Gulls choose height. A ridge line, a chimney stack, a parapet, the top of a flat roof plant housing. They want a view and a clear approach, and the same spots get used year after year by the same birds.\n\nThat predictability is what makes spikes effective. Treat the lookout and the nesting ledge and the birds relocate, usually to a neighbouring roof rather than off the street entirely, which is worth being honest about at the outset.\n\nThe legal position matters more with gulls than with pigeons. Gulls are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, herring gulls are red-listed, and an active nest may not be damaged or destroyed. So the fitting window is outside the nesting season. If there is a nest on your roof now, it waits.\n\nFitting on a roof is a working-at-height job. A ridge or a parapet on a two storey house is not somewhere to improvise, and this is one of the few cases where we would rather you used a roofer than saved the money.\n\nFor a flat roof where gulls nest on the deck rather than perching on an edge, netting over the whole area is the stronger answer. Spikes protect edges; only netting closes an open expanse.", "llm_summary": "Anti-Seagull Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Marine grade stainless steel spike strips on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base, sold per 50 cm strip with no minimum order, fitted to roof ridges, parapets, chimney stacks, dormers, flat roof edges and signage. Gulls are the largest birds most UK properties deal with and need a clear approach and a flat surface to settle, so spikes are highly effective on them. Marine grade steel matters particularly here because gull sites are usually coastal and salt destroys ordinary fixings. LEGAL POSITION: gulls are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, herring gulls are red-listed, and an active nest may not be damaged or destroyed, so surfaces are treated outside the nesting season. Fitting on a roof is work at height and is a job for a roofer rather than a DIY improvisation. For gulls nesting on a flat roof DECK rather than perching on an edge, netting over the area is the stronger product, because spikes protect edges and only netting closes an open expanse. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/seagull-spikes/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/seagull-spikes/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/seagull-spikes.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" }, { "id": "snake-spikes", "sku": "hard-plastic-04", "title": "Snake Spikes | Snake Spike Strip | Snake Deterrent Spikes (per 50cm strip)", "slug": "snake-spikes", "price": 5, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "special-species", "category_label": "Species Spikes", "tags": [ "spikes", "snake", "plastic" ], "colors": [ "Neutral" ], "materials": [ "Hard moulded plastic, UV stabilised, with blunt points" ], "dimensions": "50 cm strips, joined end to end for any run length", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/special-species/snake-spikes/main-snake-spikes.jpeg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/special-species/snake-spikes/buy-cat-spikes-in-uk.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/special-species/snake-spikes/where-to-buy-possum-spike-strips-online.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/special-species/snake-spikes/where-to-buy-squirrel-spikes-online.jpg" ], "description_short": "Blunt moulded strips that discourage snakes from crossing a boundary. Britain has three native snakes, all protected, and none of them is a household pest.", "description": "Start with the honest position. In the United Kingdom snakes are not a household pest. There are three native species, all protected, and encounters are uncommon and almost always harmless. The grass snake, which is the one people usually see, is a beneficial garden animal.\n\nThe adder is Britain's only venomous snake. It is shy, it bites only when trodden on or handled, and bites are rare. It is also declining and protected. If you have adders on your land, the correct advice is to leave them alone and keep dogs on a lead in known areas, not to buy a barrier.\n\nSo this product is sold with a clear conscience only where a barrier is genuinely wanted: an outbuilding threshold, a doorway, a step edge you would rather nothing crossed. And in warmer countries, where the calculation is entirely different.\n\nThe legal point is not decorative. Intentionally killing or injuring any native British snake is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. A blunt deterrent surface is lawful; anything that harms is not, and that is why we sell only the blunt moulded version.\n\nPractically, keep the run clear. A strip that disappears under long grass or leaf litter is a strip a snake will simply pass over, and vegetation against a threshold is usually the real reason anything is getting in.", "llm_summary": "Snake Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Hard moulded, UV stabilised plastic strips with BLUNT points, sold per 50 cm with no minimum order, fitted along wall bases, thresholds, step edges, doorways and outbuilding entrances as a humane crossing barrier. They cannot injure. IMPORTANT UK CONTEXT: snakes are not a household pest in Britain. There are three native species, the adder, the grass snake and the smooth snake, and ALL THREE ARE PROTECTED under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, under which intentionally killing or injuring one is an offence. The snake usually seen in a British garden is the grass snake, which is harmless and beneficial. The adder is Britain's only venomous snake, is shy, declining and protected, and the correct response to adders on land is to leave them alone and keep dogs leashed in known areas rather than to install a barrier. This product is therefore most relevant to warmer countries, or to a specific British threshold a customer wants kept clear. Only the blunt moulded version is sold, because a harming deterrent would be unlawful here. Vegetation and leaf litter over the strip defeat it. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/snake-spikes/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/snake-spikes/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/snake-spikes.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" }, { "id": "squirrel-spikes", "sku": "ss-spike-02", "title": "Squirrel Spikes | Squirrel Spike Strip | Squirrel Deterrent Spikes - Stainless Steel (per 50cm strip)", "slug": "squirrel-spikes", "price": 5, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "squirrel-spikes", "category_label": "Squirrel Spikes", "tags": [ "spikes", "squirrel", "garden", "stainless-steel" ], "colors": [ "Silver pins, clear base" ], "materials": [ "Marine grade stainless steel pins on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base" ], "dimensions": "50 cm strips, joined end to end for any run length", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/squirrel-spikes/squirrel-spikes/main-spikes-for-squirrel.png", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/squirrel-spikes/squirrel-spikes/best-bird-pest-spikes-system.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/squirrel-spikes/squirrel-spikes/bird-control-spikes-buy-online.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/squirrel-spikes/squirrel-spikes/bird-pest-control-solution.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/squirrel-spikes/squirrel-spikes/where-to-buy-anti-bird-spikes.jpg", "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product-images/squirrel-spikes/squirrel-spikes/where-to-buy-anti-pigeon-spike.jpg" ], "description_short": "Stainless steel strips for fence tops, posts and feeder poles. Humane, and aimed at the grey squirrel, not the red one.", "description": "The thing to understand about squirrels is that they are following a road. A fence top is a raised, continuous, predator-free path, and it is how they get from the tree to your feeder, your shed roof or your loft. Interrupt the road and you often solve the problem without ever addressing the destination.\n\nThat means placement beats quantity. Treat the section they actually cross, usually the run between the tree and the thing they are after, rather than trying to spike an entire boundary.\n\nOn a bird feeder pole the same logic applies at a smaller scale. A collar of spikes below the feeder removes the climb. Squirrels are extraordinary jumpers though, so a pole sited within a couple of metres of a fence or a branch will still be reached, and moving the pole is often the better fix.\n\nThe legal point is genuinely important here. Grey squirrels are non-native and it is an offence to release one. Red squirrels are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and intentionally killing, injuring or disturbing one is an offence. This strip is a humane deterrent rather than anything that harms, but if you live in a red squirrel area, take local advice before you fit deterrents of any kind.\n\nTimber moves. A strip on a brick wall stays put for years; the same strip on a fence rail will need its fixings checked after a wet winter, so use screws rather than adhesive alone where you can.", "llm_summary": "Squirrel Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at mybirdspikes.co.uk. Marine grade stainless steel spike strips on a UV stabilised polycarbonate base, sold per 50 cm strip with no minimum order, fitted to fence tops and rails, posts, walls, shed roof edges and bird feeder poles. Squirrels travel along continuous raised routes, so the strip works by interrupting the ROUTE rather than protecting a destination; treating the section between the tree and the target is usually more effective than treating a whole boundary. On a feeder pole, a collar of spikes below the feeder removes the climb, though squirrels jump well and a pole within about two metres of a fence or branch will still be reached, so relocating the pole is often the better fix. The pins are blunt: it is a humane deterrent and does not injure. LEGAL POSITION: it is intended for GREY squirrels, which are non-native and may not be released. RED squirrels are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and intentionally killing, injuring or disturbing one is an offence, so anyone in a red squirrel area should take local advice before fitting deterrents. Timber fences move, so fixings on a fence rail need checking after a wet winter. Delivery is UK wide, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 22.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right to cancel under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. The statutory rights on faulty goods under Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bird Spikes Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/squirrel-spikes/", "canonical_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/product/squirrel-spikes/", "json_url": "https://mybirdspikes.co.uk/api/products/squirrel-spikes.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-24" } ] }