Pest Control Tatsfield

Pest Control in Tatsfield

Tatsfield is a village in the TN postcode area perched on the North Downs near the Surrey and Kent border. Despite being within the M25, the village has a remarkably rural feel with open farmland, patches of woodland and the steep scarp of the Downs dropping away to the south. The surrounding countryside shapes the pest activity. Rats live in the hedgerows, field margins and around farm outbuildings across the area and they are drawn to residential properties by bird feeders, compost heaps, stored animal feed and fallen fruit. Properties with larger gardens and outbuildings on the edge of the village tend to see rat activity first, as the animals move in from the fields.

The older houses in Tatsfield include period cottages, farmhouses and some substantial properties set in generous grounds. The traditional building materials develop gaps over time, with worn pointing, spaces around original windows and cracks in rendered walls providing the entry points that mice need. The chalk and clay soil on the Downs can cause movement in foundations and that shifting can open up new gaps in the structure. We deal with mice in Tatsfield through the cooler months especially, when field mice from the surrounding land move towards the warmth of buildings. The wooded areas and mature trees around the village support grey squirrels and squirrel problems in loft spaces are a regular call-out in the streets with the most tree cover. Wasp nests turn up through the summer in roof spaces, outbuildings and wall cavities. The chalk grassland and woodland on the Downs support a rich insect life that keeps colonies growing through the season.