Restaurant closed after EHO find ongoing Rat infestation
Reading the press today I saw that another restaurant (thankfully not in Tyne and Wear) has been fined for ignoring a long standing rat infestation. He even received advice from a pest controller two weeks prior to the incident and did nothing…
Interesting call out in Sunderland
I was asked to call into a house on Friday to checkout what the local council pest control had been treating but never solving.
After a quick look in the loft the source of the infestation was found to be old pigeon guano, packets of…
Giant rat attacks girls in Sunderland
This is a cutting from the Weekly World News from 1985.
A girls was attacked in the Sunderland bus station by a giant rat. Luckily a bus driver saw the incident and whipped out his adjustable flame butane lighter to fend off the rat by…
Another store fined over ‘severe’ mouse infestation – thankfully not in Sunderland
Morden Food Store on London Road, was closed and the owner fined after a member of the public called the Environmental Health Offices and tipped them off about pigeons that were roosting aove the fresh fruit outside the shop. The pigeons…
A mouse infestation closes Sainsbury’s in Bayswater
The Environmental Health Officers have closed down the Bayswater Sainsbury's because of a serious mouse infestation.
The Environmental Health Offices posted a notice on the entrance way into Sainsbury's that told the customers "The shop…
Poundland store, London fined £24000 for hygiene offences
Packs of biscuits that had been chewed/damaged by mice were put back on the shelves for sale
Environmental Health Offices found rat droppings in packets that were for sale
Poundlands pest control contractor had been in and carried out…
The Villainous Crow
I was out with the family on Sunday at Hardwick Hall in Sedgfield, County Durham. As we strolled around the park I noticed this fella trying to look nonchalant.
They are not usually a pest that causes damage to building through their…
Pigeon spikes in Washington, Tyne and Wear
Pigeon Spikes were fitted to the topside of the sign at the Galleries Health Centre in Washington, Tyne and Wear. Feral pigeons were roosting and causing a health and safety hazard with their droppings. Feral pigeons will roost anywhere that…
Netting at 55 degrees North
Pigeon proofing work has now been completed on a small area of the 55 Degree North building in Newcastle city centre. Feral pigeons took a fancy to the ledges of the fire escape after proofing works were carried out on a nearby building.
Feral…
Pigeon Control at The Groin, South Shields
This photograph is The Groin at South Shields, we were asked to fit pigeon netting to deny feral pigeons access to the old lighthouse.
In the background you can see our MEWP as we prepare to wash down the pigeon droppings prior to fitting…
