Watch for the flight line before you search
A nest usually gives itself away by the coming and going long before you spot it directly. From a safe distance on a mild afternoon, watch for wasps returning again and again to the same spot on the roofline or a garden structure.
Eaves on the older terraces
Under the eaves of the Victorian terraces across East Ham, West Ham and Plaistow, a slipped tile or a gap at the fascia board gives a queen a way into the roof space in spring. These roofs are close enough to street level that a nest is often audible from the pavement well before it's visible.
Yards and sheds near the railway
Around Manor Park and the streets backing onto the railway line, yards, sheds and the scrubby ground along an embankment give a queen plenty of undisturbed places to start a nest away from the house itself. A nest low down in an overgrown corner can go unnoticed until someone starts clearing it.
What to do today
- Keep children and pets well away from the flight line
- Keep windows on that side of the house shut
- Leave the entrance alone and don't attempt to block it
- Clear fallen fruit and sugary drinks from the garden, which draw wasps in late summer
Why late summer feels worse
By August and September a colony is at its largest for the year, but the queen has largely stopped laying, which means fewer larvae are producing the sugary secretion the workers rely on. Short of that supply, workers go looking for sugar themselves, which is why bins and drinks suddenly draw so much more attention - and why this is the worst time of year to disturb a nest.
Booking wasp nest removal in Newham
A standard wasp nest removal in Newham is a £90 fixed price, guaranteed: if the nest is still active within 30 days we come back at no extra cost, and that applies equally whether the nest turns up near Manor Park - where terraced streets and multi-let housing close to the cemetery and the railway - or anywhere else nearby, so book wasp nest removal and tell us roughly where the entrance is, with the full terms on the Newham wasp nest removal page.
