Feral Pigeons pose serious health risks, respiratory issues and risk from their droppings, more so if you find them in your home, such as your loft.
Here are some of the diseases transmitted from feral pigeons:
There are cases of serious illness but these are few and far between, this is not to say that the risk is not real though. The risk is much higher when pigeons have gained access and are nesting and fouling within a loft of warehouses where people could come into contact with their fouling.
Feral Pigeon droppings are also corrosive, it is important to note however that all bird droppings are corrosive and this is because when birds toilet uric acid is expelled, which is also released during mating and laying of eggs, the same tract does it all.
So, yes the acid will and does corrode various materials including buildings bricks, roofing tiles etc, but it is not as much as the droppings, but what is in with the droppings.
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