Fleas
Of all the parasites found on our pets, fleas are the most common and apart from being unpleasant, they can cause harm, both to you and your pets. They are not confined to certain properties. It could be a flat in Bournemouth or Boscombe or a house in Charminster or Southbourne or a bungalow in Poole, Verwood or Christchurch. In some cases the owner or tenant may not even have a pet, but the previous occupier might have kept a pet and left behind a nasty surprise. The life cycle of a flea takes 2-3 weeks in a warm environment (eg a house with central heating) and consists of four main...
Read MorePEST CONTROL BOURNEMOUTH – QUEENS PARK AND CHARMINSTER
QUEENS PARK-BOURNEMOUTH As is the case for most areas in Dorset, Queens Park and Charminster were originally heathland and referred to as “the Great Heath”. The area was used as a place to cut turf, (turbary), for fuel until the 1800’s when it was nearly ended by legislation, but local protestors managed to regain five specific lots of land to carry on the practice. One lot of 147 acres was known as Lot 60 and this is now Queens Park. The other Lots ended up as Seafield Gardens, King’s Park, Redhill Common and Meyrick Park. In 1902 with the coronation of King Edward VII Lot 59 became King’s...
Read MoreLadybirds
There can be as many as 46 species of ladybirds living in the UK. Only 27 species actually look like ladybirds. They can be found just about anywhere in the Dorset area and this year I have seen them affecting homes in Bournemouth and Charminster as well as Poole and Verwood. Ladybirds only live for 1 year and the life cycle can be as follows: Between March and April the adults leave their respective overwintering sites to begin feeding on aphids. In May the male and females mate then in June the female will lay up to 1000 eggs which will hatch into larvae which will feed on aphids and then...
Read MorePest Control and Wasp Control Winton Moordown Talbot Village Redhill Ensbury Park Muscliffe
Much like Queens Park and neighbouring Charminster, Winton was heathland to the west of the New Forest and the area was known as “The Liberty of Westover” meaning west of the Stour. The principle land owner was the Earl of Malmesbury and the name appears on many of the deeds of houses in the area. It is surrounded by Ensbury Park, Muscliffe, Redhill, Moordown, Queens Park and Charminster and forms part of the borough of Bournemouth. Around 1850 two sisters called Georgina and Marianne Talbot purchased land and set about building an area which became Talbot Village, to the east they sank...
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