What can i do.
Sparrows in roof uk.
And as a result we are limited in what we can do to help homeowners who have birds nesting in their roof.
For smaller problems such as sparrows nesting within your roof the problem must be tackled by scaring the birds out and then finding and blocking up any holes that could be deemed large enough for them to re enter your loft space.
When i had to replace some of the soffit boards a few years ago there was quite a lot of nesting material to remove though.
But feral pigeons swifts swallows jackdaws and barn owls are also known to nest in roofs.
After establishing that the nest is indeed empty you can remove any debris and seal up small holes that the sparrows use to gain access.
We have sparrows nesting in our roof void and the house design means it s easy to lift up the tiles from above and see where they ve been sleeping.
They don t make a wet mess and it s just dry straw they ve dragged up there free insulation is anything i guess because they quite literally don t shit where they sleep.
We have had sparrows starlings blackbirds and others nesting in our roof many for years without any problems.