Bird nesting season vs potentially dangerous tree

[westphalian]

[emoji23] Edward. Even my autistic son would see that was tongue in cheek

[daltontrees]

20 hours ago, donnk said:

are you geniunely saying a pidgeon trumps the life of a human being ?

 

Only a grade A cretin public servant would side with a pidgeon on that and i'd want the twit with a A sat under that tree with his wife and kids until said bird was gone.

 

 

Read it again. I'm saying that felling a protected tree because it's dangerous doesn not exempt prosecution under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. That's the law, and that was Scottish Natural Heritage's position. No-one's saying it makes sense or that it's fair and reasonable, but that IS the law.

 

We couldn't move the pigeon, but we could move the people. It was fortunate tha the owner was able to reschedule some renovation of the hotel dining area and use another room for the guests meantime, so no-one was at risk. I put a Beaufort Scale threshold in place anad not even the workies were allowed in on windy days.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, EdwardC said:

Nobody, at least not to my knowledge, has ever accused me of having a sense of humour. Just for the record and the avoidance of doubt, I don't.

That’s a double bluff! I’m not buying it, some of your posts are real rib ticklers. 

[Gary Prentice]

21 hours ago, westphalian said:

I meant the tree was the danger. But...hear me out...you are cycling along...a woodie flies over the road, shits and it lands in your eye...blinds you and you ride into an oncoming lorry. They should be shot on site IMO

Is that scenaria being added to the highway code? 

[Gary Prentice]

10 hours ago, EdwardC said:

Managing trees is not always fell or leave the risk. Risk can be managed in many ways, but it is best managed with the cooperation of the parties involved. Managing client expectations is the hardest bit of arboricuture.

Ain't is just!

 

Nobody, at least not to my knowledge, has ever accused me of having a sense of humour. Just for the record and the avoidance of doubt, I don't.

That's a surprise 

[Gary Prentice]

19 hours ago, daltontrees said:

Read it again. I'm saying that felling a protected tree because it's dangerous doesn not exempt prosecution under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. That's the law, and that was Scottish Natural Heritage's position. No-one's saying it makes sense or that it's fair and reasonable, but that IS the law.

 

We couldn't move the pigeon, but we could move the people. It was fortunate tha the owner was able to reschedule some renovation of the hotel dining area and use another room for the guests meantime, so no-one was at risk. I put a Beaufort Scale threshold in place anad not even the workies were allowed in on windy days.

I wondered how you'd got on with that situation when this post started. 

 

So there's no over riding extenuating circumstance, what soever?