I took part in a BBC Radio interview this morning. Apparently foxes have been digging up a bowling green in Bognor. My suspicion is that they are using a bonemeal fertiliser on the grass which is attracting…
One of the problems with being a pest controller is finding the energy to deal with the pests that you get in your own home - I little like decorators who never get around to their own houses. Around Autumn…
Every year in the Autumn, our 8-legged Arachnid friends that have been living quite happy outdoors all Summer, start to move indoors. It is therefore not surprising that Cleankill (along with most other pest…
Here's a blog by Director Jon Whitehead (on the left in the photo) after his experience on The Alan Titchmarsh Show.The day started a little strangely, I was due to be picked up at London Bridge station, to be…
On the evening of the South London Business awards, Jon and I were quite stunned when we heard we had won... at least two of the 10 finalists in the green category had beaten us at previous awards and were big…
The stories about the decline of bees in the news this week reminded me to tell you about a lucky escape for a swarm of bees last week. We received a call that there were wasps swarming at an office block we…
Having been fined £200 by Haringey Council recently for not having a no smoking sign in a brand new van being driven by a non smoker, I have also had a further £240 of hidden taxes applied to my company to…
Last week I posted in a huff on facebook that we had just been hit with a £200 fine. It was for failure to display a ‘no smoking’ sticker in one of our sign written vans. When I did so, I was not expecting the…
The business of pest control can mean working in all sorts of unfavourable conditions, be it crawling in a cramped wasp-infested loft space, investigating a rat problem in a dark and dingy basement or braving…
We’re often called by people who suspect they have a rodent problem, the signs are there but they haven’t seen them.One of the biggest tell-tale signs is the smell - rodents have a very particular musky smell…
We’ve done a few bits of telly in our time, and often get called by local news teams for our opinion on pesty problems. We met Sarah Beeney last year on her show ‘Help! My House is Falling Down’ and we were…
Christmas comes but once a year and unfortunately now’s the time that people may be discovering they have had some unwanted visitors move in among the tinsel and baubles.Both rats and squirrels will have…
During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. At Cleankill we felt we needed to join the other 360,000…
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! The Gulls will SOON be back to their nesting places!
Under the Countrtyside and Wildlife Act 1971, we are not allowed to touch nests, once they have been built or in the…
It can not be disputed that the sound of our feathered friends chirping is most of the times pleasing to hear.
However if they take over the balcony of your flat, and their friendly calls are overshadowed…
A pair of white storks nesting in Norfolk could be the first in the UK to breed from a traditional nest for nearly 600 years.
The birds are nesting on a chimney at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens near Great…
The 40 year old bridge collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 100 commuters.
Experts say the build-up of pigeon poo ( Guano ), helped the steel beams to rust faster. Pigeon droppings contain ammonia…
It’s not often you hear about the predatory nature of birds but this is someting that is being used to some effect to control Seagulls at a UK University
Seagulls nesting with int the grounds of …
