The best control methods for bird control are threefold
1 - Habitat Management
2 - A well trained, highly skilled wildlife controller with an off road vehicle, a digi-scare system, a BSC pistol, a shotgun, a scoped rifle and the freedom to go anywhere around the airfield (outside of the Cleared & Graded Area) at will, on and off 'road'.
3 - ATCOs who understand the danger of birdstrikes and will do their utmost (within reason) to facilitate the wildlife controller to enter runway and ILS restricted areas whenever necessary for wildlife control.
CAP 772 is the current manual on wildlife management but in my opinion it's a poor cut and paste job done in an attempt to slim down the manual. It's predecessor was a much more comprehensive manual and contained far more information that the wildlife controller needed to know in the interim between being a fresh out of training controller until they became an experienced controller.
I therefore recommend trying to get your hands on a copy of the now withdrawn CAP 680.
Last edited by Burnie5204; 2nd Oct 2014 at 21:20.