Hi, has anyone any simple ideas for keeping birds off the boat, she will be moored from April till September and having watched videos of the disdain that birds show for the contraptions on sale I am very skeptical of buying one .
Any ideas would be appreciated
Birds
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spindlefist
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Re: Birds
Or a really big cat...
2016: dogfish, pollack,
2015: whiting, coalfish, turbot, pollack, ballan wrasse, conger, thornback, short spined sea scorpion , common blenny ,
2014 : dogfish, garfish, launce, common blenny, cuckoo wrasse, flounder, pollack, thornback ray,
2013 species:(15) Whiting, Dogfish, Three Bearded Rockling, bull huss, poor cod,turbot, flounder,pollack, spotted ray, thornback ray, launce, corkwing wrasse, long spined sea scorpion, common blenny,mackerel,
2012 species: Thornback, bull huss, Dogfish, pollack, Mackerel, bass, flounder, turbot, conger,
Species 09:(23) Conger, Whiting, Bass, flounder, Dogfish, dab, corkwing wrasse, pollack, bull huss(8lb 10oz~PB) , thornback ray(8lb~PB), dragonet, ballan wrasse, Blenny, Mackeral,long spined sea scorpion,pouting, coalfish, launce, codling, poor cod, starry smoothhound, 5 bearded rockling, shore rockling..
2015: whiting, coalfish, turbot, pollack, ballan wrasse, conger, thornback, short spined sea scorpion , common blenny ,
2014 : dogfish, garfish, launce, common blenny, cuckoo wrasse, flounder, pollack, thornback ray,
2013 species:(15) Whiting, Dogfish, Three Bearded Rockling, bull huss, poor cod,turbot, flounder,pollack, spotted ray, thornback ray, launce, corkwing wrasse, long spined sea scorpion, common blenny,mackerel,
2012 species: Thornback, bull huss, Dogfish, pollack, Mackerel, bass, flounder, turbot, conger,
Species 09:(23) Conger, Whiting, Bass, flounder, Dogfish, dab, corkwing wrasse, pollack, bull huss(8lb 10oz~PB) , thornback ray(8lb~PB), dragonet, ballan wrasse, Blenny, Mackeral,long spined sea scorpion,pouting, coalfish, launce, codling, poor cod, starry smoothhound, 5 bearded rockling, shore rockling..
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ushud2
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Re: Birds
Hi, I have a merry fisher and use a gull sweep and find it great. On an occasion when I have forgotten to put it on before leaving, the boat was well dashed when I returned a week later. Well worth the price!!
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ushud2
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Re: Birds
I use the 4 foot diameter and have it on the roof of the wheel house. Occasionally I find crap in the cockpit but a quick scrub sorts that. In my opinion bird crap on the wheel house roof and bow is the worst to clear!
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JimC
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Re: Birds
Not being a mooring person I would not have know what to call the "Bird Sweep". I see a lot of guys with a plastic owl - any good?
If all else fail you could put up a few signs:
If all else fail you could put up a few signs:
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