Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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(Clive in Kent) wrote:


Need to get rid of (permanently!) 2 big, fat, greedy wood pigeons
and a verminous grey squirrel out of my garden.


AIUI and IANAL killing the squirrel is legal (subject to restrictions on
gun usage this thread)


The pigeons are another matter being wild birds. ISTR that they have to
be a public health hazard and you have to drive the bureaucracy
correctly.

I believe you are correct - you have to be able to show that you've
tried to discourage them until you're at your wit's end, now you come to
mention it.

This is a likely an unintentional effect of legislation. Current
thinking goes that over time, all deterrent methods have been shown
to be ineffective, and the only thing that dows work is to shoot
them and put them in pies^W^W^W^W^W.