Urban Pest Control Blog

Autumn sees a drop in temperature that causes many creatures to seek the warmth and shelter of indoors. This month we look at one such example – cluster flies.

Team Urban enjoyed a day of excellent food and fantastic entertainment as we attended Bournemouth Air Festival for our staff Summer Party.

September is the beginning of spider season in the UK, so it is only fitting that this month’s Pest of the Month is one of the eight-legged variety!

Urban Pest Control recently paid a visit to the beach where they posed for their new company photographs, courtesy of local photographer Paul Underhill.

Meet Betty, the newest member of our bird of prey programme. Betty will be helping us tackle bird control issues throughout Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.

Team Urban recently visited Old Town Infant School in Poole to assist them in controlling the local gull population with the installation of bird netting.

Keep your eyes peeled for our brand new sign in Wimborne. Local Poole company Insignia Signs created a fantastic sign for the Urban Pest Control headquarters.

Next time you visit South Coast Karting to enjoy some fast-paced fun, keep your eyes peeled for the brand new wasp nest removal Urban Pest Control banner.

April’s focus in on herring gulls. A common sight in coastal areas, these birds have a tendency to move inland and cause issues to homeowners and businesses.

This month we focus on ants. These insects are very adept at seeking out food sources, behaviour which can cause many issues at homes and business properties.

This month we take a look at mice. These rodents can cause issues at residential and commercial properties, causing damage, making a mess and spreading disease.

We are recruiting a new Pest Technician. If you are interested in joining Team Urban please view our job listing and apply today.

After winning a couple of rat blockers during a giveaway at PestTech 2022, we provide some more info on these fantastic rat control products.

Matt and Kelly from team Urban recently enjoyed a day out in Milton Keynes attending the fantastic PestTech 2022 event.

Andy from the Urban Pest Control bird team recently attended an accredited training course for powered access equipment, allowing us to work at heights safely.

Urban Pest Control is proud to officially be Google Guaranteed, offering extra peace of mind to our fantastic customers.

Company Directors Matt and Kelly joined Matt Towler from Lodi UK for a fantastic afternoon tour of the Jurassic Coast courtesy of Jurassic Jet Ski Tours.

Our clients approached us in need of effective bird control measures. We introduced them to the Bird Alert bird scarer system and their gull problem was very quickly a thing of the past.

Urban Pest Control were at the House of Commons for the National Pest Awards 2021 celebrating the best of the UK’s pest control sector.

We asked our customers to help name our lovely new Harris Hawk and they didn’t let us down! After countless fantastic suggestions, our beautiful hawk officially has a name.

Urban Pest Control were recently contacted by a pet food supplier based in Christchurch who had some concerns over the possibility of rodents accessing their property. Luckily for them we had the perfect solution in mind!

Last week Urban Pest Control were contacted by Caroline from Locators at Ferndown Industrial Estate as they had discovered a wasp nest somewhere entirely unexpected – attached to the engine hood within one of their Manitou Forklifts!

Mat, from our friends over at Evans Above Tree Care, discovered a wasp nest attached to the chimney breast in the attic of his home near Wimborne and knew that contacting Urban Pest Control was the best option when it comes to wasp control. We responded to his call the very same day and when we arrived we were greeted by a truly incredible wasp nest.