Nothing to do with being 'politically correct' or not.
All wild birds, their young, their eggs and active nests are protected under UK law.
It is an offence to damage a nest intentionally while it is in use or being built and hedge cutting and tree felling is highly likely to damage nests or cause them to be deserted. The penalty can be a £5,000 fine and possibly imprisonment. This applies to all birds, including pigeons, crows etc.
Some birds' nests are incredibly tiny and impossible to see in a standing conifer.
We were having 5 conifers cut down last year and half way through climbing in the conifer the tree surgeons had to stop when a baby black bird fell out. They said they would do no more until the nesting season was over and i happily agreed. If you have seen birds in it i'd leave it.
I'd leave it even if you haven't. I'm suprised that a tree surgeon would consider removing them at this time of the year. I get any tree work done in February.
Yes, best to wait. I had planned to trim back our hawthorn hedge last week to help it thicken up even more but it's on hold now as somebody is feeding a brood of very vocal chicks in there. First nest we've had in there since it was planted as tiny whips 12 years ago. Great stuff.
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have to say this didn't occur to me when we chopped ours down last year, but it was in the heat of summer, and thank goodness theyre gone.
how do the police/council know what your doing? I live in a village and have never seen a policeman, (to be fair he did live abroad) would a neighbour complain to the authorities?
off course this year I felt dreadful as I remembered we had a blackbird that had a nest in one of the conifers, and kept coming back , looking for the tree. I will pay for that one im sure....
......how do the police/council know what your doing? I live in a village and have never seen a policeman, (to be fair he did live abroad) would a neighbour complain to the authorities? ......
Possibly ... people complain enough when farmers flail hedgerows at the wrong time of year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Against the law !!!! No, not sure really but defo politically (gardeningly) incorrect
Nothing to do with being 'politically correct' or not.
All wild birds, their young, their eggs and active nests are protected under UK law.
It is an offence to damage a nest intentionally while it is in use or being built and hedge cutting and tree felling is highly likely to damage nests or cause them to be deserted. The penalty can be a £5,000 fine and possibly imprisonment. This applies to all birds, including pigeons, crows etc.
Some birds' nests are incredibly tiny and impossible to see in a standing conifer.
More info here http://www.trees.org.uk/Help-for-Arborists/Treeworks-and-nesting-birds
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We were having 5 conifers cut down last year and half way through climbing in the conifer the tree surgeons had to stop when a baby black bird fell out. They said they would do no more until the nesting season was over and i happily agreed. If you have seen birds in it i'd leave it.
I'd leave it even if you haven't. I'm suprised that a tree surgeon would consider removing them at this time of the year. I get any tree work done in February.
pretty sure it comes under the " wildlife and countryside " Act.
I remember one year they had to leave a tree behind at Chelsea because a blackbird had nested in it.
Yes, best to wait. I had planned to trim back our hawthorn hedge last week to help it thicken up even more but it's on hold now as somebody is feeding a brood of very vocal chicks in there. First nest we've had in there since it was planted as tiny whips 12 years ago. Great stuff.
have to say this didn't occur to me when we chopped ours down last year, but it was in the heat of summer, and thank goodness theyre gone.
how do the police/council know what your doing? I live in a village and have never seen a policeman, (to be fair he did live abroad) would a neighbour complain to the authorities?
off course this year I felt dreadful as I remembered we had a blackbird that had a nest in one of the conifers, and kept coming back , looking for the tree. I will pay for that one im sure....
I'm not sure what marc means by 'politically incorrect'. More like common sense.
Possibly ... people complain enough when farmers flail hedgerows at the wrong time of year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.