Pest Control Olney

Pest Control in Olney

Olney is a pretty market town on the River Great Ouse in north Buckinghamshire, known for its wide High Street, the Cowper and Newton Museum and the annual pancake race. The town has a historic core of stone and brick buildings around the market place, with modern housing estates spreading to the south and west. The river is a major influence on pest activity. Rats live along the Ouse and its flood meadows and from the banks they move into gardens and buildings along the edge of town. The older properties near the High Street and the streets running down towards the river have cellars, old stone walls and the kind of gaps that rats have been using for centuries. We carry out rat control in Olney throughout the year and the areas nearest the river always see the most activity.

Mice are common across both the old and new parts of town. In the older buildings, aging mortar, gaps around window frames and spaces under floorboards give mice easy routes in. On the newer estates, gaps around utility entries and where garage doors do not sit flush are the more typical entry points. Whatever the building type, a good mouse control result depends on proofing those gaps as well as dealing with the mice inside.

Wasps are a reliable summer pest in Olney, nesting in loft spaces, garden sheds and in the ground around the parks, playing fields and allotments. The riverside meadows also provide nesting sites. We deal with wasp removal throughout the season. Squirrels turn up in the leafier parts of town, getting into roof spaces from mature trees in gardens and along the river. The gnawing damage they do to wiring and timber makes squirrel control something that is best not left too long.