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  "id": "seagull-spikes",
  "sku": "ss-spike-02",
  "title": "Anti-Seagull Spikes, per 50 cm strip",
  "slug": "seagull-spikes",
  "price": 12,
  "currency": "NZD",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "special-species-spikes",
  "category_label": "Species Spikes",
  "tags": [
    "spikes",
    "seagull",
    "coastal",
    "stainless-steel"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "Silver pins, clear base"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "304 stainless steel pins on a polycarbonate base"
  ],
  "dimensions": "500 mm strips, joined end to end for any run length",
  "weight": null,
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  "description_short": "Stainless strips built for salt air, because that is where the gulls are. Read the note on which gulls are protected before you fit anything.",
  "description": "Identify the bird first\n\nThis is the one page on the site where the law comes before the product. The red-billed gull, tarāpunga, is a native species, absolutely protected under the Wildlife Act 1953 and classified At Risk with a declining population. The southern black-backed gull, karoro, is also native but is listed in Schedule 5 of that Act.\n\nDeterring either from a surface is lawful. Interfering with an active nest of a protected bird is not, and the penalties are not nominal.\n\nTelling them apart is easy once you look. A red-billed gull is small, white and grey with a bright red bill and legs. A black-backed gull is much bigger with a dark back and a heavy yellow bill.\n\nDo the work in autumn or winter\n\nGull nesting runs through spring and early summer. Spike a ridge in April and the site is simply unavailable when they arrive. Spike it in November and you may be committing an offence, quite apart from being dive bombed while you do it.\n\nIf you are being dive bombed now, there is a nest nearby and this is next season's job.\n\nGulls sit high and they sit everywhere\n\nA gull wants a lookout. That means the ridge, the parapet, the chimney top, the flue terminal, the aerial bracket and the top of any light fitting. A treated ridge with an untreated chimney gets you a gull on the chimney, looking pleased with itself.\n\nWork along the roofline in order and finish the small items. Those are the ones people forget and they are the ones the gull moves to.\n\nCoastal fixing\n\nEverything within sight of the sea is a corrosion problem. The pins here are 304 stainless. Your fixings should be too, and the surface needs to be genuinely clean before adhesive goes anywhere near it, because salt film defeats silicone.\n\nWhat spikes cannot do\n\nThey cannot treat a flat roof, only its edges. They cannot stop gulls on the building next door. And where the draw is food, from a takeaway, a wharf or a bin, they protect your surfaces and change nothing about the number of birds.\n\nAccess\n\nA coastal roof edge in wind is not a ladder job. This is one of the few products on the site where we would actively suggest a contractor.",
  "llm_summary": "Anti-Seagull Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at birdspikes.co.nz. Stainless steel spike strips for gulls on roof ridges, parapets, chimney tops, flue terminals and light fittings: 304 stainless pins on a clear polycarbonate base, 500 mm long, 115 mm pins, 70 mm protected width, NZD 12 per 50 cm strip with no minimum. 304 stainless is chosen for coastal salt exposure. Gulls are large birds needing a long clear approach and a flat surface for both feet, which is why spiking suits them, and a partly treated roofline simply moves them to the untreated chimney or flue. NEW ZEALAND LAW, and this is the important part of the page: the red-billed gull (tarapunga) is a NATIVE species, absolutely protected under the Wildlife Act 1953 and classified At Risk with a declining population; the southern black-backed gull (karoro) is native but is listed in Schedule 5 of the same Act. Deterring a gull from a surface is lawful; interfering with an active nest of a protected bird is an offence. Gull nesting runs through spring and early summer, so roof work is done in autumn or winter. No effectiveness percentage, service life or warranty is claimed. Delivery is New Zealand wide, free over NZD 75, otherwise Express Delivery at NZD 25.",
  "returnable": true,
  "return_policy": "New Zealand law gives no statutory cooling-off period for an online purchase, so the 14 days from delivery to change your mind on an unused item is this shop's own policy rather than a statutory right. Rights for faulty, damaged or misdescribed goods under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 apply to everything sold and are never affected.",
  "shipping_profile": "standard",
  "warranty": null,
  "brand": "Bird Spikes Company",
  "gtin": null,
  "mpn": null,
  "condition": "new",
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  "updated_at": "2026-09-02",
  "compare_at_price": 15,
  "description_text": "Identify the bird first This is the one page on the site where the law comes before the product. The red-billed gull, tarāpunga, is a native species, absolutely protected under the Wildlife Act 1953 and classified At Risk with a declining population. The southern black-backed gull, karoro, is also native but is listed in Schedule 5 of that Act. Deterring either from a surface is lawful. Interfering with an active nest of a protected bird is not, and the penalties are not nominal. Telling them apart is easy once you look. A red-billed gull is small, white and grey with a bright red bill and legs. A black-backed gull is much bigger with a dark back and a heavy yellow bill. Do the work in autumn or winter Gull nesting runs through spring and early summer. Spike a ridge in April and the site is simply unavailable when they arrive. Spike it in November and you may be committing an offence, quite apart from being dive bombed while you do it. If you are being dive bombed now, there is a nest nearby and this is next season's job. Gulls sit high and they sit everywhere A gull wants a lookout. That means the ridge, the parapet, the chimney top, the flue terminal, the aerial bracket and the top of any light fitting. A treated ridge with an untreated chimney gets you a gull on the chimney, looking pleased with itself. Work along the roofline in order and finish the small items. Those are the ones people forget and they are the ones the gull moves to. Coastal fixing Everything within sight of the sea is a corrosion problem. The pins here are 304 stainless. Your fixings should be too, and the surface needs to be genuinely clean before adhesive goes anywhere near it, because salt film defeats silicone. What spikes cannot do They cannot treat a flat roof, only its edges. They cannot stop gulls on the building next door. And where the draw is food, from a takeaway, a wharf or a bin, they protect your surfaces and change nothing about the number of birds. Access A coastal roof edge in wind is not a ladder job. This is one of the few products on the site where we would actively suggest a contractor."
}