The mess left by pigeons and the poor state of some buildings in Brigg town centre were discussed at Brigg Town Council's latest meeting.
Coun Jane Kitching warned: "The Conservation Area we are very proud of is deteriorating."
She raised general concerns about building maintenance, notably the upper floors.
Converting some of them to flats would be a welcome improvement, she suggested.
Coun Rob Waltham, who is the Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said they would set up another audit of buildings. But he pointed out that these had to be "pretty bad" for legal action to be taken. What one person thought acceptable would cause someone else to take umbridge.
Coun Ann Eardley felt some of the upper storeys were being allowed to deteriorate. Owners should be maintaining the whole building "not let it go to rack and ruin."
Coun Penny Smith raised the issue of "perishing pigeons" in the town centre, with their droppings littering the paving.
She said it was time their numbers were controlled.
"There are far too many of them; they are just dreadful!" she complained.
Coun Sharon Riggall thought the council's maintenance man might be assigned to clear up some of the mess, while Deputy Town Mayor Coun Brian Parker complained that small children were having to walk through it.
Coun Chris Dyson recalled his days as a senior manager at Scunthorpe steelworks when huge flocks of roosting starlings were dealt with in various ways.
One company had removed 1,200 just at the heavy section mill!
"It's a matter that can be dealt with," he assured fellow councillors.
However, Coun Carl Sherwood pointed out that when North Lincolnshire Council looked to control pigeon numbers in Brigg a few years ago it had met with some opposition. The authority was also required to catch the pigeons. "This is what you are up against," he told his colleagues.
Coun Rob Waltham, the Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said he would speak to environmental health staff about the problem.
N.F. ADDS: This is a topic Brigg Blog expects to prove a talking point for many people in the town. A few years ago when we reported a council debate about pigeons we were spoken to by an upset female resident who felt the pigeons had a right to be left alone. However, others who walk through pigeon droppings in the town centre take a very different view. What do YOU think? Pictured above: Pigeon "poo" in one of Brigg's alleyways.
3 comments:
A couple of simple ways to reduce pigeon numbers are:
1. Stop feeding them....clear/bin food litter.
2. Stop offering them shelter/nesting areas...ie maintain good building/roof repair.
Just culling pigeon numbers could create a more a severe problem.
Pigeons are not, repeat not 'just flying rats'; they don't carry the diseases that many people wrongly assume they carry.
True, their droppings cause a mess and their dried dropping dust in a dry roof area can cause lung problems...but as a flock they consume the food droppings about time and thus, deprive rats from food.....so be very careful what you wish for....pigeons, or rats?
Ridding the town of scraps of food droppings will have a more beneficial effect overall.
Today..Saturday...folks, perhaps innocently, feeding a flock of pigeons in Wrawby Street with sandwich bread scraps..
Perhaps if we can break this cyclic process, Brigg could resolve its own man-made dilemma.
Don't blame the pigeons for increasing their population- they are only naturally responding to the detrius left by man about the townscape.
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