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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Longland" data-source="post: 3657216" data-attributes="member: 137696">HmmmmmTricky one this.  We would all agree I am sure, that whilst not wishing harm on any wild creature, none of us would want for eg rats running around our houses and gardens as they are classed as vermin and carry disease (Leptospirosis bacterium which causes Weil's disease...... V nasty).  Pigeons also are known to carry disease and their dried poo if inhaled can result in some very nasty respiratory diseases such as Psittacosis.so perhaps it is far better to discourage rather than exterminate.  I admit that the fact that this appears to have been done for "convenience" of a few people who don't like washing their cars (lets face it who does?   I do not appreciate big dollops of Gull/pigeon poo rotting my paintwork either but it is nothing a sponge and a bit of auto glym does not solve) rather than on health grounds is a bit galling.I wonder if they  checked with the environment agency that there were no tree preservation orders or such like before bunging the spikes on?</blockquote>