Do you net your vineyard? Is it worth the time, cost and inconvenience? Are there alternatives that can be used effectively?These are compelling questions.Most winegrowers use bird netting of some form, simply because they need to or because it has been...
Laser beams have been used for a number of years as effective bird deterrents. With specialist lasers designed for deterring birds, birds perceive the beam as a solid object. Providing the beam is moving, birds view this as a threat...
Bird distress and alarm calls, along with predator and man-made harassment sounds, are well known bird deterrents. Birdzout Bioacoustic units build on the success of the past, combined with advances in technology, to create bird sound deterrents that are far...
Struck with a major seagull problem on the roof of their new building, PlaceMakers Oamaru were needing a quick solution.As the roof area was large and relatively flat with the birds able to perch over the entire area, physical bird...
It's almost winter and a rodent population explosion is expected this year. After a long warm summer and the cold finally setting in, large numbers of rats and mice are seeking warm places to spend the winter. Our homes, buildings...
Customers are reporting high success rates with live capture traps, with some reporting capture rates at least 10 times greater than kill traps and other trapping methods. Grant Ryan, from The Cacophony Project, conducted a trial over a 4 week...
A long warm summer, leading to high seeding in New Zealand forests and a population explosion of rats, stoats and other predators; that's the Department of Conservation's prediction for this year. The Mega-Mast Is the term given to this years high seeding....
Through word of mouth, we heard of these traps, and contacted Pestgard, who supplied a sample of the trap.
“We have, since October 2012, now purchased over 750 of these traps, and have found the trap to be of high quality and easy to use”
How do electronic rodent repellers work and do they really work? Are questions often asked.
The short answer is yes they do work, but it helps to understand the different features and functions on rodent deterrents and what can be expected from them.
