Bird Control with the Purivox Carousel -Triplex V
Customer review of the Purivox Carousel -Triplex "V" for bird control in a 38 ha vineyard
ocation: | Martinborough (New Zealand) |
Purpose: | bird control |
Species which are causing damage: | starlings, blackbirds, thrushes and waxeyes |
Protection Area: | 38 ha |
With 38 ha of productive vineyard split into 20 individual blocks
varying in size from half to six hectares, the logistics of vineyard
management practices at Murdoch James Estate take some coordinating.
Late in summer, bird control takes priority for Steve Plowman who heads the four-strong vineyard team.
Steve
says: “Our blocks are on varied terrain – riverside, hillside,
cliff-side as well as flatter blocks – and there are lots of trees which
add to the property’s aesthetics and help create areas for beneficial
insects, but of course, are home to lots of birds."
“We cover all
vines with bird netting, but as all vineyard personnel know, it’s
extremely difficult to stop waxeyes in particular from getting inside
the nets. The tiniest hole will let them in. We get large flocks of
starlings here and blackbirds and thrushes are also in big numbers."
“We
found the gas bangers particularly good; they emit a good solid loud
bang and like all gas guns you need to move them fairly regularly. We
used the mirror pyramid which sits on top of the tripod guns – this is
very good – as the gas gun bangs, it rotates and the random flashing
from the mirrors was very effective."
Overall Steve says he has found the Purivox gas guns cost effective. “They’re well-priced and certainly do a very effective job.”