Hawking FAQs
Do the birds of prey kill the birds that are causing the problems?
No, the predatory bird is used to disrupt the established patterns of feeding or roosting by the nuisance species, forcing it to seek an alternative site.
How are these birds trained?
The birds we use for pest control are trained from an early age to recognise the handler as the "sole source of food". This means we are able to fly them in distracting circumstances without posing a problem to the general public, or non-nuisance species. We also match the correct predatory bird with the correct location, ensuring minimum impact on the environment, the public and our birds.
Are my staff or the general public at risk from an attack?
No the birds we use for this service are trained to a high degree of tolerance, they are undisturbed by people or machinery.
Don't the birds just return once we have left?
When done correctly the nuisance species is forced to alter behavioural patterns. These patterns are deep set and have occurred through the lack of any deterrent. It is true that to begin with the problem returns once we have left however over a period of usually two weeks a new pattern forms which can then be maintained with routine follow up treatments.
Hawk with doorman in London
