Gull Repeller

[Sundays_Child]

No gulls here, so I have no idea if this works or has been posted before, but on the off chance it's helpful:

http://www.birdgard.com.au/bird-pest-control-products/marine-pro-bird-control.htm

 

[sarabande]

here's another "cheepy" idea.

Costs about £9squid, and can be hoisted like a burgee.
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from good farm suppliers anywhere. Very "green" as it's electricity consumption is, err, nil.

 

[Poignard]

I have never been able to understand why some yachtsmen think seagulls are supposed to fear owls.

Do gulls know what an owl is? And if they did would they care?

I would have thought that any seagull would make short work of an owl if it came to a fight.

 

[Nick_H]

Some marinas here play wounded seagull noises through a PA system to keep the rest of the gulls away. It's quite effective, and keeps the boats clean.

 

[Nautical]

Anything is better than my attempt, set a line of tin foil strips tied to fishing wire strung across the boat so that they all flapped and whizzed around in the wind, that afternoon a big fat gull swooped down onto the cockpit canopy, yanked it off and flew away with the whole lot to a roar of laughter from the crew next door /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[Moonshiners]

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I would have thought that any seagull would make short work of an owl if it came to a fight.

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My Owl will have your Seagull anyday! Outside! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Sundays_Child]

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I would have thought that any seagull would make short work of an owl if it came to a fight.

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Absolutely correct! In fact history shows the Seagulls dispatching the Owls in the 1983 FA Cup semi final /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Starfishbooks]

Now everyone is on broadband, we dont get lots of cd's through the door any more. They used to work well stung together.

 

[billabongjpm]

Had a guy in the marina at Falmouth had one on his boat. Irritating as hell when you're woken up at stupid o'clock by his sodding bird scarer. It was OK for him, he'd buggered off home. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[nicks]

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No gulls here, so I have no idea if this works or has been posted before, but on the off chance it's helpful:

http://www.birdgard.com.au/bird-pest-control-products/marine-pro-bird-control.htm

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they have one of these at cowes red jet ferry terminal.......the guls sit on it, even when the think is making a racket !

 

[whisper]

The only thing that has worked for us is an overall piece of netting. Used to get "fowled" regularly before resorting to this.
Pain in the arse to set up and take off though - but worth it.

 

[spannerman]

Here in Norway we have found that the 2-3ft long rubber snakes kids buy from joke shops work very effectively, especially in bright colours i.e.red or yellow. just lay a few on the coachroof or deck and they seagulls will go somewhere else, and they're cheap too.
My friends use them to keep seagulls off their patio as they live right by the sea.

 

[celtic_mist]

I have one of these
http://www.gullsweep.com/
Seems to work

 

[Kawasaki]

Shoot one from time to time.
Lob it on the foredeck.
They smell a bit after about 2 days depending on climate.
Renew regularly.
Keeps the population down and the feckers away!