Pest Control in Wooler

Wooler is a small market town at the foot of the Cheviot Hills in north Northumberland, surrounded by open moorland, farmland and the wooded valleys that run down from the hills. This remote rural setting means pest problems here are closely tied to agriculture and the natural landscape. Rats are a fact of life around the farms and steadings that ring the town and they move into Wooler itself through the fields and hedgerows, drawn by bird feeders in gardens and any food waste left accessible. Rat control is one of our regular calls from properties on the edges of town where gardens border open farmland.

The town centre is built around a traditional high street with a mix of stone-built houses, shops and pubs, many dating back hundreds of years. These older buildings have thick stone walls with plenty of gaps where mortar has weathered away and mice take full advantage of every opening. Field mice and house mice both turn up in Wooler properties and the line between the two is blurred in a town this close to open countryside. Mice numbers pick up noticeably in October and November as the cold weather drives them indoors to find warmth and food.

Wooler is popular with walkers heading for the Cheviots and the surrounding countryside and the holiday cottages and bed and breakfasts around the town can pick up pest problems between guests if they sit empty for stretches during the quieter months. Wasp nests turn up in outbuildings, sheds and the roof spaces of older properties each summer and the abundance of mature trees and stone walls throughout the town gives queen wasps plenty of sheltered spots to start building. The Wooler Water running through the town also draws rats to the gardens and properties along its banks.