2 X Woodside Large Realistic Owl Decoy With Rotating Head Bird/Pigeon/Crow Scarer

I bought these as a last resort (before having to consider more lethal forms of control!) to deter wood pigeons from perching on a series of wooden garden arches supporting growing roses. If they had just used the arches as a convenient resting place, there would have been no problem, but the little pests used them for a leisurely dump after a breakfast of someone else's vegetables, and I was getting fed up with cleaning up mounds of pigeon poo. They worked brilliantly for a while, but pigeons are an intelligent bird, and once they realised that the owl perching on the arch next to them wasn't going to tear them apart, they ignored them! Easy solution - move the owls around! The owls are well made, and the fact that a small, clear plastic vane on the back of the head catches any breeze and causes the head to move makes them very lifelike. Well worth a try in urban or village gardens where neighbours might object to someone taking shots at pigeons with an air rifle! They are also quite decorative and add a little touch of something different to a garden.

These need filling with either sand or pebbles to make them sturdy. Make good garden ornaments

Doesn’t work at all! Doesn’t deter pigeons, crows or magpies.

I bought these because I needed to keep crows, magpies etc away from my cherries, my ducklings and their food. They look good from the front but they look totally unrealistic from the back and side with its pink back. I’ve never seen a pink owl before - and neither have the birds that I’m trying to keep away so they are not scared of it. Even Robins and smaller birds show no sign of fear and often land straight on their hezds. With regards to the head movement the only time that I saw it move was when my grandson took great delight in spinning it around - it stays still even with hilltop winds . Verdict - great garden toy for children but has had no effect on real birds.

Not exactly Owl colouring, but certainly eye catching. The Owls seem to be well made and are great value for money at the price. Delivery was very quick considering I ordered on a bank holiday weekend.

Early days but this really seems to work! No more pigeons perching on my balcony railing. And the two owls (they come as two) look convincingly lifelike. I will try and weight them and then rotate them in our garden. So far so good!

The movement of the head does not return to the front of the owl when a breeze swings it Round. So I had to add a small washer retained by a self tapper screw. This added weighting directly below the mouth, which ensures one of them at least does not stick with the face /beak at the back of the head. The second one does not respond on the same way, it still, despite the weight will not return to the front. On closer inspection it looks like the spring inside the head may be askew.

We put tgese up in our garden in view of the chimney whete seagulls were. It seened to deter them coming back

J'utilise les deux hiboux sur le rebord de la fenêtre pour éviter que les pigeons Viennent faire leurs excréments.

Lieferung erfolgte schnell. Die Eulen wirken auch sehr schön. Daher einen Stern. Nun was hat es gebracht? Nichts! die Raben halten kein bisschen Abstand. ca. 4 Tage hat es gedauert, da lag der Kopf abgerissen auf meinem Beet. Es sah schrecklich aus! Leider keine Kaufempfehlung!

I tempi di consegna sono stati un pò lunghi e purtroppo uno dei due gufi é arrivato senza un occhietto ma il venditore ha tempestivamente risolto il problema spedendomene un altro (che é arrivato integro). Svolge perfettamente la sua funzione ... niente più balconi e marciapiedi devastati dalla pupù dei piccioni! Ormai il ns. gufo é diventato parte della famiglia! Lo consiglio!!!

chasse aux pigeons

N'a pas éloigné les pigeons, en plus montée sur le toit, femme seule