Town gets in a flap over High Street pigeon mess
Image source, Owen Sennitt/BBCImage caption, Pigeon droppings and feathers are making Mere Street look dirty, residents have saidCraggs has urged people to stop feeding the pigeons, with signs put up across the town - yet, he said, it has not stopped the problem. The authority hired a falconer and a hawk, but it failed to successfully deter the birds and the plan was hampered by opponents to the measure scattering large quantities of bird feed. Other options that have been mooted included giving pigeons contraceptives.
- ▪Image source, Owen Sennitt/BBCImage caption, Pigeon droppings and feathers are making Mere Street look dirty, residents have saidCraggs has urged people to stop feeding the pigeons, with signs put up across the town - yet, he said, it has n
- ▪The authority hired a falconer and a hawk, but it failed to successfully deter the birds and the plan was hampered by opponents to the measure scattering large quantities of bird feed.
- ▪Other options that have been mooted included giving pigeons contraceptives.
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Town gets in a flap over High Street pigeon messImage source, Owen Sennitt/BBCImage caption, Declan Craggs is urging everyone in the town to help tackle the mess caused by pigeonsByOwen SennittReporting fromin DissPublished3 minutes agoPigeons have been leaving a town's High Street looking dirty and efforts to deter the birds from congregating have failed, a mayor has said.Declan Craggs, the mayor of Diss, Norfolk, said Diss Town Council has tried using ultrasonic sound devices and employing a falconer's hawks to scare the pigeons away from Mere Street, but nothing has worked.While many locals agree with the council's actions, others feel the pigeons were being unfairly demonised.Earlier this year, Norwich City Council has also similarly struggled to find a solution for a large population…
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