Nails on a TV aerial

Well, it'll destroy the electrical characteristics of the aerial. You can get the same stuff made from plastic - try that instead.

Normally I'd suggest putting the aerial inside, but since you've a tin roof...!

In article , Huge writes

Putting it inside word harm the reception more than...

Get an airgun, the bastards soon know where not to perch:!....

Cable ties, with the ends left on and sticking upwards.

Loosely wrap the aerial in a couple of layers of plastic garden netting?

Taut fishing line, along the length of the earial about 1 inch up.

What about one of those fake Owl decoy things sat next to it. Should keep the birds away from the area in general not just the TV aerial. (So I am led to believe)

Tie a neighbours cat to it? Pete

They only work for so long. once they are covered by bird crap they are no longer effective.

The local leccy board put a owl on a pylon - it seems to work. The birds no longer sit on the earth wire.

Plastic cable ties with the tails pointing upwards.

We found they were only effective (in a similar application) with starlings for about 6 months. After that it was back to square one.

What about that plastic comby strip stuff used under roof tiles at the fascia?

I wouldn't. It has the potential to collect water and maybe afect the polar diagram. Not a problem with analogue, but maybe just enough to tip a marginal digital signal over the edge.

LOL. I have visions of 2 pigeons sitting on a roof and pondering their plan of assault..

"you fly past and sht in his eyes and I'll knock 'im of the roof"

Anyone invented a fake owl with a head that rotates? I'm thinking some sort of solar panel charging a battery, and a small motor on a timer so that every so often the head turns by thirty degrees.

Next complaint will be the snow on the telly screen when the ageing motor crackles when turning...

Mungo :-)

P.S. Another idea: seemingly birds have an aversion to snakes. Buy a fake rubber snake and wind it round the aerial? It would make interesting footage to see a rubber snake fall off the aerial on a windy day into the path of your postman...

Probably get some neighbour complaining to the RSPCA that you're scaring the birds!

My mother had complaints from the neighbours about the havoc their cat was wreaking on the rabbits from the field opposite. Under pressure, she re-homed the cat. Two weeks later, the neighbours all asked her to get the cat back...

My late Grandmother who was always up for a laugh once expressed that she would have liked a Garden pond but at her stage of life it would be too much effort to maintain. Purchasing one of those decoy ducks from a field sports shop I placed it in a bucket of water and left it on her lawn. As it happened she did not venture into that part of the Garden so was unaware of her new pet when the RSPCA man came knocking. A neighbour had reported a Duck being kept in unsuitable conditions and it must be sick as it had not moved for days.

G.Harman