Finally spring has sprung and after what seems to of been a long winter the longer days and warmer weather will soon be with us. But unfortunately the weather isn’t the only thing that will change, the movement and lifecycles of various insect species will be once again upon us. Insects come in all [...]
Rats are commonly found within the equestrian setting, yards and stables tend to provide the ideal habitat for rodents. We were recently contacted by an equestrian yard in the town of Knaresborough, near Harrogate following a recent spike in rat activity. The rats had gained access into the tack room where thousands of pounds [...]
We are immensely proud to announce that Agripest Management has been nominated for the Harrogate Advertiser business awards 2016. The Harrogate Advertiser has been searching far and wide for the best in local Yorkshire business’s for a variety of categories. Through the different newspapers including the Harrogate Advertiser, Wetherby News, Nidderdale Herald, Knaresborough Post [...]
Whether it’s in the domestic or agricultural environment keeping an eye out for pest activity within your property or land can prove beneficial. We often find people choose to ignore the signs of pest issues, whether it is scratching in the loft or hoping that one mole hill doesn’t turn into several! Unfortunately leaving [...]
Agripest Management were contacted by a Wetherby department store after a customer had seen a Pigeon flapping in an upstairs window. We carried out a full investigation and found the feral pigeons were roosting within the disused areas of the town centre property and causing detrimental damage to the internal structure. This posed a [...]
Recently the pest control industry has had a bit of a shakeup, reducing the amount of pop up pest controllers and tightening up the rules on rodenticide use seems to be the big issue. As a professional pest controller we have seen a big change over the last 10 years within the industry, the days [...]
Is DIY pest control an effective solution? We at AgriPest are seeing a worryingly high amount of farms, business and domestic households that are attempting to carry out their own pest control. In a small number of cases we see DIY attempts that have been successful and applied in a way that is safe for [...]
Due to the recent storms and rising river levels the rodent populations are seeking safe, high ground. In this particular instance it was a wheat store near Boroughbridge that had become infested due to the river Ure levels rising rapidly. The recent floods that have affected York, Harrogate, Boroughbridge, Wetherby and surrounding villages will [...]
Since a young age the countryside has always interested me; at the age of 10 I would spend my weekends camping and studying the wildlife around my grandfather’s dairy farm. Until the age of 15 my ambition was to become an agricultural vet, at this time the foot and mouth outbreak (2001) had claimed the [...]
A Church near Harrogate, North Yorkshire Needed Some Pests Removing The Church environment suits the house mouse (Mus musculus) down to the ground. Commonly referred to as a brown mouse, they thrive in largely dark, solitary locations that are often left undisturbed. Me (Nick) carrying out initial checks, looking for the mice The [...]
