Pest Control Horseshoe Green

Pest Control in Horseshoe Green

Horseshoe Green is a small hamlet in the Wealden countryside of Kent, sitting among the farms and woodlands that characterise this part of the county. The settlement is little more than a few properties along a lane, surrounded by fields, orchards and hedgerows. The pest picture here is shaped by the farming landscape. Brown rats live around the farm buildings and in the field margins and they move along hedgerows and ditches between the agricultural land and the nearest homes. Any garden with fruit trees, a compost heap or poultry will see rat visits at some point during the year.

The older buildings at Horseshoe Green have the traditional Kent construction that develops gaps as it ages. Mice use openings around doors, windows and service entries to get indoors and the move from field to house through autumn is a pattern that repeats year after year. Once inside they settle in roof spaces, wall cavities and under floors and the peaceful character of the hamlet means a mouse problem can develop without much obvious sign until it is well underway.

Wasp nests turn up in outbuildings, under eaves and in the ground along hedgerows and banks through the summer months. The orchards and gardens in this part of the Weald provide food for wasps from midsummer right through to early autumn and colonies can grow large in the undisturbed corners of a shed or barn. Grey squirrels from the nearby woodland are another regular visitor, getting into roof spaces where trees overhang buildings. A hamlet like Horseshoe Green is a place where the countryside defines daily life and managing the pest pressures that come with it is part of looking after a property in this setting.