Decent water pistol (or similar) for discouraging pigeons...

[suicidal_monkey]

Got a growing number of annoying pigeons near my place and looking for ways to persuade them to seek other places to sit. Had some joy with a garden-plant-spray-bottle-thing but it's effective range is a bit poor before the jet of water sort of fizzles out. I live in built up inner city so range needs to be limited: maybe effective and reasonably accurate to 5-10 metres. Enough to scare the birds off but not so much water that when it falls to earth 3 stories below it soaks pedestrians ...too noticeably

I remember having basic water pistols as a kid, though I don't recall noticing their range as often it was point blank :devil: ...was wondering if those pump-action (super-soaker?) ones are significantly better or if anyone has any experience of good/bad ones?

[BrotherTobious]

You could try this but upgrade the gun.

https://hackaday.com/2012/03/20/birdwatching-meets-a-computer-controlled-water-cannon-awesomeness-ensues/

[Jamoe]

Or get yourself a female Sparrowhawk, Pidgeon fanciers will hate you.

I think to get decent range on a water pistol you want the pumpstyle ones rather then the simple trigger ones. https://www.amazon.co.uk/SUPER-SOAKER-B4438EU42-Breach-Blaster/dp/B06Y1SWPCL

Apparently this one is 15m https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075Z3FBWC

and this comment killed me

[FONT=&]My 5 year old fired it at my 2 year old and knocked him over.[/FONT]


[FONT=&]Absolute beast.[/FONT]

[albert]

Or get a kite on a pole. Just let it flap around the edge of the garden and make sure the kite has a Falcon or something predatory on it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brown-Hawk-Scarer-Telescopic-Pole/dp/B01K4MJ2G6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Falcon-Scarer-Kite-Flown-Telescopic&qid=1591037797&sr=8-1

[DiseasedBunny]

Or get a kite on a pole. Just let it flap around the edge of the garden and make sure the kite has a Falcon or something predatory on it.

Jimmy saville?

[albert]

Did Saville hurt pidgeons as well?