How To Stop Birds From Flying Into Your Windows
Seeing wild in your garden is beautiful and also educational for your children. It also helps make you feel good that you can help birds and other creatures thrive in your back or front garden.
Here at St Helens Windows, we try our best to look out for our feathered friends, so we put this little guide together to give you some advice on helping to prevent injuries. Did you know that in the UK around 30 million birds can die a year flying into windows?
Here are all the tips you need to help prevent birds from flying into your windows.
Bird Crashes During the Day and Night
There is a wide range of reasons that birds will fly into windows. One reason will depend if it is day or night. During the day, a window can become reflective. Therefore, any birds flying towards a window may see the garden reflection.
Furthermore, birds will often see their very own reflection in a window and try to attack it. However, this doesn’t usually end with a fatality.
During the night time, nocturnal birds such as owls are more at risk. These birds will fly towards the windows with light. However, it is unknown why birds tend to fly at windows with lights on during the night. It seems that the problem is down to the light disorientating nocturnal birds which cause accidents.
How To Improve The Birds View
Big glass doors such as French doors, bi-folding doors, and large windows are some of the main culprits that cause such incidents. To test this, you will need to stand in your garden where the birds like to feed. Look at your windows and doors and see what you can see. If you can see a reflection of the outside garden, then that is also what the birds are seeing.
Now that you have noticed this problem, you may be thinking of how to help the birds. There is a simple trick that you can do without having to do anything with your windows. If you have a large garden, try placing or moving bird feeders as far away from the windows and doors.
Another idea is to place the bird feeders close to the window and doors roughy about three feet away. That will help prevent the birds from reaching high speeds and prevent them from hurting themselves if they fly into your windows.
What To Do If Your Windows Are A Regular Problem For Birds
If your windows have become an issue for birds and their flight paths, you can install screening or netting, placing these about three inches or more from the glass. Make sure it is durable enough to help birds bounce away from the windows without them becoming hurt.
Another method is covering your window glass in a film. A film allows you to see out but makes the windows less reflective and confusing for the birds.
External shutters is another choice, as you can adjust them easily to let light enter your property. That helps to prevent the birds from thinking its a safe fly zone. A cheaper option would be using internal blinds or having bars in your windows. As a result, this will break up the reflections in the glass.
Summary
There are a few methods here to help prevent birds from flying into your windows. You can use trial and error to see which methods work best for you. Start by using simple ideas, such as moving your bird feeders. If that does not work, you can then look into some of the other techniques available.
