Walton Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in England, spanning the A244 road between Walton-on-Thames and Shepperton, and crossing the Thames in the section between Sunbury Lock and Shepperton Lock. The bridge is the first Thames road bridge to span both banks upstream of Greater London. The bridge is the sixth on the site. Prior to the first bridge, the site had a ferry dating back to at least the 17th century. Over 500 pigeons lived and nested on this bridge, although several spike and nesting works were carried out to no effect, causing enormous damage and droppings.
This amazing job was done by a British pest control company. Over the course of a week they cleaned the bridge, removed the spikes and installed 9500 trays with ByeBirds. After installation, only a couple of pigeons were making their way onto the bridge at night to an old nest, so it was necessary to install a second line of trays in that corner. Since this second line was installed, no more pigeons have been seen on the bridge. In addition, some ducks and swans were nesting on the ground just below the bridge, which also caused damage and dirt in the area. Once the ByeBirds application on the bridge targeting the pigeons was completed, the pigeons were also disturbed and stopped nesting there, moving to the forest and avoiding crossing under the bridge.
