crapping birds (feather)

Get a Hawk.

I wonder if a plastic type placed near the car would work?

Run a thin nylon fishing line an inch above each wire. Perhaps attach the line with loops every yard or so.

Or even a recording of one played at random times (though that might require a fair bit of work - I recently build a "guard dog" on that principle: PIC, ISD4004, power amp).

You could do what I've been doing for the past few years (same problem as you) that is buy a good silicone based polish I use autoglym but Mer is probably just as good and give the car a really good going over every three months It doesn't stop the birds crapping but it makes it easier to get off and stops the acids from eating into your paintwork.

I was told there is actually a polish that is made for this kind of problem but as my autoglym is half full I haven't investigated.

An alternative - you could run the barrell of a gun along the wire with a photo-electric cell that detects the bird landing then pulls the trigger, complicated, possibly illegal, but there's nothing like retribution to put a smile on you face.....although perhaps disposing of dead birds that have landed on your car might be a problem!

You can buy rotating bird scarers from a local farm supplies shop. Do a google on 'hawkeye bird scarer'. I put one in the garden this year as blackbirds were eating the strawberries before I could pick them. Not seen any birds in mine or neighbours gardens since. Even those annoying magpies which squawked all day and night seem to have packed up and moved elsewhere.

Dave

You can buy rotating bird scarers from a local farm supplies shop. Do a google on 'hawkeye bird scarer'. I put one in the garden this year as blackbirds were eating the strawberries before I could pick them. Not seen any birds in mine or neighbours gardens since. Even those annoying magpies which squawked all day and night seem to have packed up and moved elsewhere.

Dave

I had a similar problem. I threw some insulated cable up and over the wire they perched on and when they were sitting (perching) comfortably, I gave it a sharp pull. After a few times they never came back. Sounds stupid but what the hell it worked and cheap too.

Alan

I once had the same problem. I read , I can't remember where, that the phone company was obliged to move phone lines that went over my property to another person's property, if I requested it. Which I did. So they moved them! HTH.