In message , Sian
writes
We have lived in this area for over forty years and, over the last three
years have noticed a rise in the garden tick population.

We live near heathland and there have always been deer around so there must
have been ticks but it is only in the last there years, as i mentioned,
thatthey have become a problem.

The cats pick them up. We pick them up. And I am getting concerned.

Is there ANYTHING we can do to protect our animals and ourselves, apart from
moving, which we don`t want to do!!

My thanks for anything you can suggest and my apologies if this is a subject
that has been discussed before. I am new to the group.

Sian.

This it the resource on ticks that we use as H&S information at the
moment -
http://www.bada-uk.org/pdfdocs/outdo...its_groups.pdf
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Robert