Pest Control Telham

Pest Control in Telham

Telham is a small hamlet in the TN postcode area of East Sussex, sitting on the ridge between Battle and Hastings. The area has a handful of properties along the road and surrounding lanes, with farmland, hedgerows and patches of woodland on all sides. This is the kind of landscape where the 1066 battle was fought and the rolling countryside is still very much rural today. Rats live in the hedgerows, field margins and around the farms scattered across the area. They move towards residential properties when food is available and the usual rural attractants apply: bird feeders, compost bins, stored animal feed, chicken runs and fruit trees. The outbuildings and garden sheds that most properties have out here provide rats with shelter close to the house.

The older buildings around Telham include period cottages, farmhouses and some larger rural properties, alongside more modern homes. The traditional buildings have the gaps and imperfections that come with age in this part of Sussex, with weatherboarded walls, tile-hung facades and original brickwork that develop openings over time. Mice use these to get inside and the surrounding farmland provides a steady supply of field mice looking for warmth and food as the seasons change. We find that proofing the entry points is always the most important part of any mouse job in a rural property, because without it the problem returns. Wasp nests are common in summer, appearing in roof spaces, sheds and old wall cavities. The warm, south-facing slopes along the ridge and the rich insect life in the surrounding hedgerows create good conditions for wasp colonies.