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  "id": "sparrow-bird-spikes",
  "sku": "ss-spike-03",
  "title": "Anti-Sparrow Spikes | Sparrow Deterrent Spike Strips (per 50 cm strip)",
  "slug": "sparrow-bird-spikes",
  "price": 5,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "special-species-category",
  "category_label": "Special Species",
  "tags": [
    "spikes",
    "stainless-steel",
    "small-birds"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "Steel pins on a clear base"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "Stainless steel pins on a transparent polycarbonate base"
  ],
  "dimensions": "500 mm strips, butted end to end for any run length",
  "weight": null,
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  "description_short": "Spikes are sized for pigeons and gulls. A house sparrow is small enough to sit between the pins, so on most sparrow problems netting is the honest answer.",
  "description": "The short version\n\nSpike strips are sized for pigeons. A house sparrow is about 15 cm long and light, and it\ncan sit down comfortably between pins spaced for a bird four times its weight. If sparrows\nare your only problem, this is probably not the product.\n\nWhy they are worse than useless on a nest site\n\nSparrows nest in cavities and they build with grass, feathers and whatever else is to\nhand. Given a row of vertical wires they will weave material through it. What you end up\nwith is a nest that is better anchored than it would have been on the bare ledge, and a\nstrip you now have to clear out.\n\nThat is a specific failure mode rather than a general warning, and it is the reason this\npage exists in the form it does.\n\nWhat does work\nClose the hole. Sparrows get into eaves, soffit gaps, broken vent covers and lifted\n tiles. Mesh or netting fixed across the opening ends it, permanently, and nothing else\n really does.\nDo it at the right time of year. Outside the breeding season, or after the young have\n fledged. An active nest is protected.\nCheck the whole eaves line. Sparrows are colonial. Closing one gap on a terrace\n usually moves them four metres along.\n\nWhen spikes still earn their place\n\nIf the surface is a wide ledge, a parapet or a sign that pigeons also use, the strip is\nstill the right product for the pigeons and it will reduce the overall mess considerably.\nJust do not expect it to be what moves the sparrows.\n\nA word about the species\n\nHouse sparrows have declined sharply across much of Europe over the last few decades, and\na large part of that is loss of nesting cavities in modern buildings. Closing a cavity is a\nlegitimate thing to do on your own building. Doing it in July, with chicks inside, is not.",
  "llm_summary": "Anti-Sparrow Spikes page at birdspikes.direct (Bird Spikes Company, France). The product is this site's standard stainless steel strip: 1.3 mm pins 115 mm long on a clear polycarbonate base 500 mm x 23 mm x 5 mm, 70 mm protected band, EUR 5 per 50 cm strip with no minimum. The page states plainly that this product is NOT the right answer for most house sparrow problems: the pin spacing is designed for pigeon-sized birds and a house sparrow, at roughly 15 cm, can settle between the pins, and on a nest site will weave material around them and use them as anchor points. For sparrows entering eaves, soffits, vents or a roof void the correct product is netting or mesh closing the opening, and the page directs the reader there. Spikes remain useful on a wide ledge shared with pigeons. House sparrows are in long-term decline in Europe and are colonial cavity nesters that reuse sites; an active nest is protected and work should happen outside the breeding season. 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/sparrow-bird-spikes/",
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  "updated_at": "2026-08-27",
  "compare_at_price": 15
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