Bird Scarer Flying Kite Crops Farm Protector Bird Hawk Flying Kite with 4m Telescopic Pole

Easy to assemble . Flys well doing its job at keeping the birds away . Tears easy in high winds , but I have repaired the tear & it still works .

The kite is supposed to frighten birds off, to stop them eating grass sead, but they just sit looking at it, while eating the seed it's supposed to keep them off, wast of money.

Used to protect garden apple trees from blackbirds and jackdaws. I estimate that it was 90% effective in keeping jackdaws from the apple crop, about 50 -60% effective against blackbirds. The best deterent I have found to reduce fruit loss due to birds as it is not practical to net the trees. I bought one last year and a second one this year. Well designed and made; however, an improvement would be if the kite was attached to the end of the rod through a swivle (when tied on direct the chord eventually broke, also the chord sometimes wraps around the pole).

When it's working in the wind it's a moving fluttering deterrent, and I've not seen any of the expected pigeons near my newly seeded lawn area. BUT: 1) It's the usual sort of telescopic rod arrangement that you pull out and twist to lock in place. However, for the life of me I cannot get the top section to stay up for more than a day. It collapses down after a time, which unfortunately means that I either have to have the line to the kite quite short or the bird catches the ground if the line length is set to full pole length. 2) As per other reviews of many of these things despite the rotating attachment at the top of the pole, the string does get wound round the pole until the kite will no longer fly. As a result of the two above issues I basically have to go and reset the scarer each morning. On the plus side, however as stated I have not had any pigeons, but I do also have lots of the reflective tape deployed and the small rotating windmills

Amazing! We have seen no seagulls since installing 😊

Initially it was a great hit. The pigeons stayed away but soon got used to the fact that the bird was not a threat. I kept repositioning it around the garden with limited effect. The ideal is great and I did not suffer from tangled string or any other reported issue. So my only problem is that the pigeons failed to stay away and would happily land on the ground just a metre or two from the bird.

What a piece of kit

Broke apart within 24 hours. I was able to carry out some repairs and get it flying again. Unfortunately, this did not last very long. Any wind stronger than a breeze it falls apart.

Niente più volatili sulla mia barca! Grazie

Is not really flying as it should

Superbe conception ça fonctionne parfaitement. Bon ça fonctionne quand il y a du vent seulement, donc inefficace si pas de vent. Mais à la moindre petit brise il s’envole et fait fuir tous les animaux du coin (pigeon, palombe, tourterelles, héron, piaf, etc.). C'est du solide. Il s’emmêle un peu les pinceaux si trop de vent donc à surveiller de temps en temps pour le démêler.

It was efficient in scaring away the pigeons, but the 'bird' broke after two days... it was windy but I'd expect it to last longer. Too bad. Now I have to search for other solutions.

La perche de 4 m etait clairement trop courte. Je l'ai inseree dans une perche de piscine de 4m50 à 20 €, et fixé le tout dans un pied de parasol inciné avec des poids dessus. Ça fait parfaitement le job. Peut etre bougé facilement sans efforts. Pour ce qui est du role effarpucheur de pigeons, je tiendrai au courant.