The council's environmental protection unit (EPU) can only take action if the farmer is not complying with the NFU Code of Practice for the use of Bird Scarers.

The main points of the Code of Practice are:

1. Place the scarer as far away from residential properties as possible, point them in the opposite direction and use baffles.
2. Avoid using auditory scarers within 200m of sensitive buildings before 7am (or 6am if sunrise is earlier)
3. Take note of the prevailing wind when siting scarers.
4. Use reflective or absorbent baffles (e.g. straw bales) to concentrate the sound onto the field and away from neighbouring properties.
5. Try not to use auditory scarers on a Sunday.

Please contact EPU for further information or to report a noise nuisance.