The Big CheeseFlying Falcon Decoy – Realistic Bird Scarer – Wind-Action System Pigeon Deterrent, Wildlife & Bird Deterrent, Pest Control Product – Gardens, Lawns & Outdoor Area – Wingspan 21 inches

Works - - just ordered two more to add to one for front and one for back bought and used last year. Thing is that you've got to move them to different positions or the birds learn to ignore. Last year the fat ground pigeons stripped leaves off a lovely Flowering low tree till I got a couple of these.

1. Doesn't work. I swear the pigeons sat on the fence near it, laughing.2. After two days the string snapped. OK, so I can replace a bit of string.3. Next day the suspension wire snapped, so no way to re-hang it.Total waste of money. Not fit for purpose.

The media could not be loaded. Seems ok for build quality, but not very effective at preventing pigeons, which was the main reason I bought it. I think the pidgeons have accepted it as one of them, and to be honest I can't blame them, the model does look more like a pigeon than anything else, just wrong colours.

The string broke within 2 hours and had to replaced with a stronger piece. The metal hanging bracket lasted 3 days until it broke. The Hawk itself is doing its job, using a spit ring hooked on my washing line. Real pity the rest is so poorly made.

String broke within 12 hours, replacement string would be sufficient from seller as what it comes with is not up to the job, only choice given is to return to seller the whole item, but there is nothing wrong with the item itself, just the string holding it.Could the seller please supply me with a new string so I can hang it back up!Rating 4 star as the string broke.Helping to keep feral pigeons off our garden furniture.

Our gardener had just finished over seeding the lawn, by the time he closed the patio door I counted 18 pigeons feeding on the newly sown seeds.Horrified at the prospect of wasted time and seed I immediately checked out potential deterrents available on Amazon.The “ Big Cheese-Swoop flying falcon” looked like a probable solution and by the following day, It was protecting what remained of the seed plus the necessary replenishment.To mount the falcon; a 3m length of 15mm copper pipe with a 15mm 90 degree bend on the top of the 3m pipe. Now attach 50cm of 15mm copper - inserted into the 15mm 90 degree bend, thus forming the horizontal. Next, the wire that comes with the falcon is inserted into the open end of the 50cm horizontal 15mm pipe which is then crimped using pump pliers.Finally, the assembled falcon is attached to the hook at the end of wire supplied with the falcon.The bottom of the 3m copper pipe is then firmly inserted into the lawn.“Success”, the grass seed has now germinated and the lawn is looking good.From the moment that the falcon was set to task in the garden - not one pigeon, crow or magpie trespassed into our garden,One tip - the string supplied with the falcon is so thin that it snaps as soon as the wind starts to blow so apply some heavier duty string prior to erecting thqe pipe and falcon.Now that my lawn is green and all of the seed has germinated the falcon has come down.Within several minutes of taking the falcon down there were 3 - 4 pigeons wadding around in the garden.I was sceptical at first when putting my trust into the wings of the “Big Cheese Swoop Flying Falcon”.I wish everything was so simple- 100% successful.The falcon is now tucked away in his box until the next time he is needed..If aayou are having problems with any of the aforementioned birds then I would certainly recommend that you give this product a go.

With this bracket, it is an utter waste of money. I hung mine a week ago and it came down (neighbours garden) last night - winds 15-20Mph. The bracket snapped as expected with a piece still screwed to the wall. There is NOT A SINGLE CHANCE that this can survive in any type of wind. Mine was situated on a wall surrounded by walls left and right and therefore was only exposed to the wind in one direction.Whilst up, it was effective at deterring pigeons. As such, I have repurchased the item (from a cheaper seller) and a separate bracket (think hanging wall bracket type) as the idea works.Please change your bracket - it is not fit for purpose. Customers - do not hang with this bracket. The birds wing snapped - possibly from hitting the ground when it snapped away from the bracket, so you will be wasting money using this bracket.

The media could not be loaded. Highlay recomend this I have be botherd we craws and seggels pop up two nigh defo working ! Say better string holding bird string came away two thin ! Bough bracket off amozon as well