Anti-Seagull Spikes | Seagull Deterrent Spike Strips | Seagull Repellent Spikes

Yes, better than on almost any other bird. Gulls are large, they need a clear approach and a flat surface to settle, and a spiked ridge gives them neither.

High and with a view: ridge lines, chimney stacks, parapets, dormers and flat roof plant. The same spots get used year after year.

Yes. Gulls are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and herring gulls are red-listed. You may deter them from a surface, but you may not harm a bird or damage an active nest.

No, that surface waits. It is an offence to damage or destroy a nest while it is in use. Fit once the nest is finished with, and then they cannot rebuild there.

Outside the nesting season, so the surface is already protected before the birds return.

Because gull problems are usually coastal, and salt air is what destroys ordinary exterior fixings. It matters more on this product than on any other we sell.

The pins are marine grade stainless and made to resist exactly that. Rinse the run with fresh water when you next have access and they will do better still.

On a ground floor sign or a low wall, yes. On a ridge or a parapet, that is work at height and we would rather you used a roofer.

Measure the run, divide by 50 cm and round up. On a ridge, measure the whole length, because gulls will simply use the untreated end.

If the parapet is wider than about 15 cm, yes. A single row down the middle leaves landing room either side.

If they are nesting on the deck rather than perching on the edge, netting over the area is the stronger answer. Spikes protect edges; only netting closes an open expanse.

Often, yes, and it is fairer to say so. They relocate to the nearest similar spot rather than leaving the street. Treating your roof properly is still worth doing.

Only indirectly. Diving is nest defence, so it stops when there is no nest to defend, which is what preventing nesting achieves for next season.

No. The pins are blunt. A gull lands, finds it awkward and leaves.

Yes, they are blunt enough not to injure a pet.

On a ridge tile, exterior adhesive is usual, because drilling a tile is a bad idea. On timber or metal, screws. Tell us the surface and we will advise.

Yes, and stacks are one of the commonest gull perches. It is height work, so treat it as a roofer's job.

Not if they are fitted with adhesive rather than by drilling tiles. That is the usual approach on a roof for exactly this reason.

Yes, tin snips. Work in short lengths around anything complicated.

They are made for permanent outdoor use in that environment. We do not publish a figure in years because exposure varies so much.

Clear debris once or twice a year. On the coast, a fresh water rinse when you have access helps everything up there, not just the spikes.

On a ridge line, barely. They are low profile and read as part of the roof detail from ground level.

Yes. All gull species need landing room. It is the very small birds, like sparrows, where spikes stop being the right tool.

Yes, the same strips work on pigeons, crows and other larger birds.

If the ledge will not take the base, yes. Gel is the product for surfaces a strip cannot sit on.

They will stay in the area. Protecting your roof still works, but a food source a few doors away keeps the pressure on the whole street.

No, we supply only. For roof work, use a roofer.

Free on orders over £75. Below that it is £22, and there is no minimum order.

Yes. You have 14 days from delivery to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, and everything we sell is a standard stock item so that applies to the whole range.

Email theteam@mybirdspikes.co.uk. Tell us the bird, the surface and roughly how long the run is, and we can usually answer in one reply.