{
  "id": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "sku": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "title": "Fake Owl Decoy | Bird Scarecrow | Plastic Owl Statues",
  "slug": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "price": 49,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "repellents",
  "category_label": "Repellents",
  "tags": [
    "repellent",
    "visual",
    "decoy"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "Natural owl colouring"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "Moulded plastic"
  ],
  "dimensions": "Life sized decoy with a rotating head",
  "weight": null,
  "images": [
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    "https://birdspikes.direct/dropship-images/repellents/fake-owl-decoy/fake-owl-decoy-2.jpg",
    "https://birdspikes.direct/dropship-images/repellents/fake-owl-decoy/fake-owl-decoy-3.jpg",
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  "description_short": "The head turns in the wind, which is what separates this from an ornament. It still needs relocating, because birds work out a static owl faster than people expect.",
  "description": "Why most decoys fail\n\nBecause they sit still. A bird takes a few days to establish that the owl on the corner of\nthe roof has never once moved, and after that it is a perch rather than a predator. We have\nall seen a pigeon sitting on one.\n\nThe spring loaded head is the thing that helps here. Wind turns it, the silhouette changes,\nand the bird stays uncertain for longer.\n\nThe habit that actually matters\n\nMove it. Not once, regularly:\na different position every week or two\na different height where you can\na different orientation, so the profile from the birds' approach changes\n\nThat single habit is the difference between a decoy that works for a season and one that\nworks for a weekend. It costs nothing and it is the thing people skip.\n\nWhere a decoy suits\nFlat roofs where there is nothing to fix a strip to\nBoats, pontoons and masts\nGardens and allotments, especially during a specific crop\nBalconies, where a spike strip would look worse than the birds\n\nWhere it does not\n\nAnywhere birds are already committed. A decoy trades on suggestion, and a pair that has\nnested on your roof for three years is not going to be suggested out of it. That is a spike\nor a netting job, and we would rather point you there.\n\nPractical notes\n\nWeight the base on an exposed site or it goes over in the first gale, which teaches the\nbirds more about the owl than anything else could. Rinse the dust off occasionally and check\nthe head still turns freely, because a seized head is a static decoy again.",
  "llm_summary": "Fake Owl Decoy sold by Bird Spikes Company at birdspikes.direct, in France. A plastic owl decoy with a spring loaded head that rotates in the wind, EUR 49, free standing with no power and no fixings, weighted at the base on an exposed site. It is a VISUAL deterrent for open situations: flat roofs, gardens, boat decks, pontoons and balconies. Its effectiveness depends on being RELOCATED every week or two, because birds habituate to a static decoy quickly; the rotating head slows habituation but does not remove it. It can discourage birds that are prospecting a site and will NOT move birds that are already nesting there. Where a permanent unattended answer is needed, spikes on the perch or netting over the opening are the appropriate products. It is silent, which suits sites with close neighbours. This is a dropship line and is fulfilled outside the warehouse. Delivery across France is free over EUR 35 and EUR 15 below it.",
  "returnable": true,
  "return_policy": "Statutory 14 day right of withdrawal from delivery under Directive 2011/83/EU, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. Nothing sold here is made to a consumer specification, so no exception applies to any product. Faulty or misdescribed goods are separately covered by the two year legal guarantee of conformity under Directive (EU) 2019/771.",
  "shipping_profile": "standard",
  "warranty": null,
  "brand": "Bird Spikes Company",
  "gtin": null,
  "mpn": null,
  "condition": "new",
  "url": "https://birdspikes.direct/product/fake-owl-decoy/",
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  "updated_at": "2026-08-27",
  "compare_at_price": 59
}