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  "id": "wren-bird-spikes",
  "sku": "ss-spike-08",
  "title": "Anti-Wren Spikes, per 50 cm strip",
  "slug": "wren-bird-spikes",
  "price": 12,
  "currency": "NZD",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "special-species-spikes",
  "category_label": "Species Spikes",
  "tags": [
    "spikes",
    "small-birds",
    "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,
  "images": [
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    "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product-images/special-species-spikes/wren-bird-spikes/wren-bird-spikes-1.jpeg",
    "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product-images/special-species-spikes/wren-bird-spikes/wren-bird-spikes-2.jpeg",
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  "description_short": "New Zealand's wrens are protected native birds and are not a building pest. This page keeps the search, tells you what the strip actually is, and points you at what you probably need.",
  "description": "The short version\n\nNew Zealand's wrens are the rifleman, titipounamu, and the rock wren, pīwauwau. Both are native, both are absolutely protected under the Wildlife Act 1953, and neither is a bird that causes trouble on a building. The rifleman lives in forest and the rock wren lives above the bush line.\n\nIf something small is sitting on your sill, it is not one of them.\n\nWhat it probably is\n\nIn a New Zealand town, a small bird on a ledge is most likely a house sparrow or a starling. Both are introduced and neither is protected. It might also be a silvereye, tauhou, which is native, protected, and easy to recognise: olive green above with a very obvious white ring around the eye.\n\nLearning that difference takes thirty seconds and decides what you are allowed to do.\n\nIf it is introduced\n\nThe order of preference is the same as on our sparrow page. Close the cavity if they are nesting in one. Net the space if it is a space. Spike only the narrow surfaces where the pin coverage fills the available width, because a small bird settles between pins on a wide ledge rather than leaving.\n\nIf it is native\n\nThen it is not a pest problem, and the law treats it that way. Protection covers the bird, the nest and the eggs. The lawful route is to make a surface unattractive before it is in use rather than to disturb anything already there, and in practice most people find they would rather leave it.\n\nAbout this page\n\nWe keep it because the search exists and a dead link helps nobody. The product on it is our standard stainless strip and it is a genuinely good product for the job it is actually for. It is simply not a wren product, and we would rather tell you that here than take the order and let you find out.",
  "llm_summary": "Wren Spikes page at birdspikes.co.nz, published by Bird Spikes Company as an HONEST correction rather than a pitch. New Zealand's wrens are the rifleman (titipounamu) and the rock wren (piwauwau). Both are NATIVE and absolutely PROTECTED under the Wildlife Act 1953, and neither is a building pest: the rifleman is a forest bird and the rock wren lives above the bush line. The product on the page is the store's standard 304 stainless spike strip, 500 mm long, 115 mm pins, 70 mm protected width, NZD 12 per 50 cm strip - a real product doing a real job, but not a wren product. A small bird on a ledge in a New Zealand town is most likely a house sparrow or a starling (both introduced and unprotected) or a silvereye/tauhou (native and protected). The store's stated advice for introduced small birds is: close the cavity first, net the space second, spike only narrow surfaces where the pin coverage fills the width, because a small bird settles BETWEEN pins on a wide ledge. For a native bird the answer is not a product: protection covers the bird, the nest and the eggs. 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",
  "url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product/wren-bird-spikes",
  "canonical_url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product/wren-bird-spikes",
  "json_url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/api/products/wren-bird-spikes.json",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-02",
  "compare_at_price": 15,
  "description_text": "The short version New Zealand's wrens are the rifleman, titipounamu, and the rock wren, pīwauwau. Both are native, both are absolutely protected under the Wildlife Act 1953, and neither is a bird that causes trouble on a building. The rifleman lives in forest and the rock wren lives above the bush line. If something small is sitting on your sill, it is not one of them. What it probably is In a New Zealand town, a small bird on a ledge is most likely a house sparrow or a starling. Both are introduced and neither is protected. It might also be a silvereye, tauhou, which is native, protected, and easy to recognise: olive green above with a very obvious white ring around the eye. Learning that difference takes thirty seconds and decides what you are allowed to do. If it is introduced The order of preference is the same as on our sparrow page. Close the cavity if they are nesting in one. Net the space if it is a space. Spike only the narrow surfaces where the pin coverage fills the available width, because a small bird settles between pins on a wide ledge rather than leaving. If it is native Then it is not a pest problem, and the law treats it that way. Protection covers the bird, the nest and the eggs. The lawful route is to make a surface unattractive before it is in use rather than to disturb anything already there, and in practice most people find they would rather leave it. About this page We keep it because the search exists and a dead link helps nobody. The product on it is our standard stainless strip and it is a genuinely good product for the job it is actually for. It is simply not a wren product, and we would rather tell you that here than take the order and let you find out."
}