Pest Control Ticehurst

Pest Control in Ticehurst

Ticehurst is a pretty village in the TN postcode area of East Sussex, sitting on a ridge in the High Weald with views across the wooded valleys and rolling farmland that make this part of the county so attractive. The village centre has a cluster of period buildings along the High Street, including tile-hung and weatherboarded houses with a mix of shops, a pub and the church. The surrounding landscape of ancient woodland, pasture fields and thick hedgerows pushes right up against the edge of the village and that close relationship between homes and countryside shapes the pest problems. Rats live in the hedgerows, along the streams that wind through the valleys and around farm outbuildings. They are drawn to village properties by bird feeders, compost heaps, chicken runs and stored animal feed.

The older buildings along the High Street have the charm and the vulnerabilities of their age. Timber frames shift, tile cladding develops gaps and lime mortar pointing wears away over the centuries. Mice find these openings and use them and we deal with mice in the older properties of Ticehurst year-round. The surrounding woodland supports a healthy population of grey squirrels and the village streets with the most mature trees see squirrels getting into loft spaces regularly. The newer houses on the edges of the village can also see pest problems, with field mice moving in from the farmland that borders the development.

Wasp nests are a summer fixture across Ticehurst, appearing in the old wall cavities and roof spaces of the period buildings and in the sheds, outbuildings and fence posts of the newer properties. The warm, sheltered position on the ridge and the rich insect life in the surrounding woodland and hedgerows create ideal conditions for wasp colonies to thrive.