Rook nests

[drinksloe]

That's well put Drinksloe, as you say though, my answer was from a regular tree surgery angle.

I'm not sure how most of my customers would react when I pulled the Beretta and the 36g BB's out of the kit bag!

 

 

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Is that not wot they teach at the Jermany clarkson school of aboroculture??

 

Aye i thought that

Possibly there is ways round it, u'd have to check the licences but possibly ur allowed to destroy the nest by other means? Mibee long poles/drey poking sticks or just poke it with a branch before u drop the limb.

Most likely GL would be for conservation and say its to help the wee birds nest in the garden?

With some other bird species u can oil/prick their eggs so possibly u could claim u were doing that badly and branches accidently fell down too:confused1:

 

 

I know an ecologist on a big utility job goes well infront looking for rook/crow nests then speaks to landowner/keeper and gets them shot out before he comes to 'survey' the trees so no work is held up

[flatyre]

when you say active nests do you mean one that's being built, or one that has eggs in it?

[drinksloe]

I shoot nests out with eggs in them quite legally, pretty common practice for corbies and rooks, but u'll have to check the GL for where u are.

And abide by wot reasons they give u.

[stewmo]

They don't ever really want the trees gone Gary, they love trees.

They just want more light.

And don't get me started on all those leaves!

 

 

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Haha.

Though people do generally hate rookeries and would probably cut down a tree just to be rid of the noise

[Mark Bolam]

That is very true, although the rookeries generally pre-date the people....

 

 

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