Andy Lakin
Well-known member
When I visited my local patch last week I came across a large strip of trees some very mature and an adjacent hedgerow that had been cut down to ground level. The area in question has been earmarked for extensive building work for a few years but so far no changes have been made until now. It didn't look to have been done very professionally at all and I am clueless why it has been done if not to clear the land ready for building.The mature trees are oak and appear really old they have been very badly trimmed and it isn't obvious wether they are being totally felled or just butchered.
All very depressing and I feel totally helpless regarding wether anything can be done to prevent further loss or postpone the rest of the work until after the nesting season at least. Can anybody point me in the right direction regarding the relevant laws/ regulations. They have had all winter to undertake this work and obviously I didn't want the loss of any active birds nests to result from this. I appreciate that the laws/ guidelines are heavily in favour of the developers but there must be some restrictions surely!
No wonder the status of the U.K's birds is so dire if this is typical. As well as this on my patch a massive housing estate is being built, morons on motorbikes go wherever they like including habitat for Skylark, waders etc.There was a very large fire last year and I phoned 999 to get 3 fires put out on some quality rough grassland. Also developers stripped some quality rough grassland down to dare earth where previously there was a very healthy population of skylarks and mipits. it's never ending!
Regards
Andy
All very depressing and I feel totally helpless regarding wether anything can be done to prevent further loss or postpone the rest of the work until after the nesting season at least. Can anybody point me in the right direction regarding the relevant laws/ regulations. They have had all winter to undertake this work and obviously I didn't want the loss of any active birds nests to result from this. I appreciate that the laws/ guidelines are heavily in favour of the developers but there must be some restrictions surely!
No wonder the status of the U.K's birds is so dire if this is typical. As well as this on my patch a massive housing estate is being built, morons on motorbikes go wherever they like including habitat for Skylark, waders etc.There was a very large fire last year and I phoned 999 to get 3 fires put out on some quality rough grassland. Also developers stripped some quality rough grassland down to dare earth where previously there was a very healthy population of skylarks and mipits. it's never ending!
Regards
Andy