Droppings collector

Cleaning the floor of the loft can be a laborious task, Many have turned to metal mesh so that the birds droppings fall through to the ground under the loft. Others prefer deep litter. My choice is a solid wood floor. It can be scraped clean, disinfected occasionally and generally not that much work. One thing that can be done to make it a little easier is to cut a trap in the floor, fit it with a pan or bucket. With a long handled scraper so that I can stand as I clean. The bird droppings are moved into the collector. Once full the pan is emptied into a compost. Under the perches and heavy dropping areas I use trays constructed similar to the nest box trays that are tipped in the collector, cleaned with a hand scrapper, the droppings are easily sent to the pan. On the other end of the loft, where I have more room the droppings go into a larger plastic garbage container that is emptied into the compost twice a year. This is shown below.
The trap door over the pan is lifted with the corner of the scraper and set aside until the loft is cleaned. Yes I washed the pan with clorox water before taking the picture. Everyone likes to present the best image they can.

For the newest section of the loft I have room to use another method. The loft ends at a stone retaining wall where there is the height to use a full size garbage can held in place with an elastic strap.

A rectangular hole cut in the garbage can lid a little larger than the shoot,with a hinged cover attached to the loft so that the pail won't half fill with water when it rains. That can make for a stinking, very heavy mess. A lesson learned the hard way!