Pest Control Advice

Find practical advice about dealing with a wide range of home and garden pests. 

• Rats and Mice

• Bees and Wasps

• Foxes

• Birds, Pigeons and Seagulls

• Other Pests, including Squirrels

• Advice for Food Businesses

• Advice Leaflets

A-Z of Pests in the Home and Garden

We also recommend using the links from this page to:

• Pest Aware A-Z of Pests in the Home - a very useful site from the British Pest Control Association covering a wide variety of pests common in the UK
• Which? Gardening A-Z of Garden Pests - advice leaflets to download on a wide range of garden visitors often thought of as pests, including many that we do not deal with such as bees, birds, voles, slugs, snails, foxes, squirrels and badgers

Other Sources of Pest Control Advice

Go to these organisations websites using the links from this page:

• British Pest Control Association (BPCA) – represents commercial pest control companies. Includes a directory of members to search for a company online 
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) – advice on a range of wildlife control issues, including licences to control normally protected birds and animals
• Natural England – information on protected species, including bats and badgers, and a range of advice leaflets, including about pests we do not deal with - foxes, squirrels and birds
• East Sussex Wildlife Rescue – local information and advice on pests that we do not deal with - badgers, bats, foxes, gulls, squirrels and snakes
• NHS Health A-Z - advice about bedbugs, which we do not deal with - tell-tale signs of an infestation to look for, and how to get rid of them

• Directgov - advice on dealing with foxes, nuisance birds, invasive plants and harmful weeds

Advice on Insect Identification

Our Pest Control Officer can also help with insect identification if you bring a sample of the insect into our offices or post it to us - our contact details are below.

Advice for Food Businesses

You can find advice for food businesses on the legal requirements for control of pests, insect control and cockroaches on the Starting Up, Premises and Facilities pages in our Business section using the link from this page.