Pest Control in Watchet

Watchet is a small harbour town on the north Somerset coast, tucked into the cliffs between Minehead and Williton. The town has a long maritime history, with its harbour once busy with trade and now home to a modern marina. The older parts of town climb the hillside above the harbour, with narrow streets of colour-washed and stone-built cottages giving way to Victorian terraces higher up. These older buildings, with their thick walls, uneven floors and original timber structures, naturally develop gaps and cracks over time that mice can exploit. The proximity to the harbour and the stream running through the town also creates conditions that suit rats, which use the waterways and harbour walls as cover and feeding grounds.

The coastal cliffs and the steep terrain around Watchet mean that many properties are built on different levels, with retaining walls, cellars and underfloor voids that are harder to inspect and maintain. These hidden spaces can harbour pest activity for some time before it becomes obvious. The harbour area itself attracts gulls and seagull problems are a familiar complaint from residents and businesses close to the waterfront. Herring gulls nest on the rooftops and become aggressive during the breeding season, dive-bombing pedestrians and raiding bins.

Away from the coast, Watchet is surrounded by farmland that rises towards the Brendon Hills and Exmoor. This agricultural hinterland keeps rodent numbers healthy and mice move into town from the fields as the weather cools. Wasp nests are a summer fixture, appearing in the cliff faces, old stone walls and roof spaces of the town's older buildings. Our technicians cover the north Somerset coast regularly and we are well equipped to handle the particular mix of pest issues that a harbour town like Watchet presents.