nesting birds etc?

[Clutchy]

Other than building companies I highly, highly doubt many tree surgeons have been fined in the last 5 years for disturbing nests on domestic or small scale commercial

 

 

I did a FOI request for 3 London boroughs on the number of fines given for TPO violations in the last 5 years and the answer was a big fat zero. 

Edited April 3, 2021 by Clutchy

[Lazurus]

Listening to all you very professional types, I think it is most likely it will be an uneducated diy`er who is most likely to fall foul of the law and prying neighbours. Not a well versed professional arborist 

[Paddy1000111]

On 02/04/2021 at 13:34, Mark Bolam said:

Nowt to do with the GL Paddy, all live birds nests are protected, regardless of species or pest status.

Ah okay, I just read through the act and it has exceptions. One of which is for pest species and for 

• An authorised person (eg a landowner or occupier) may kill or take, in certain situations and by certain methods, so called 'pest species' and destroy or take the nest or eggs of such a bird. This is permissible under the terms of General Licences issues by government departments (see Licences). 

Then, the GL licences make it possible to destroy nests if you read them 

[Mark Bolam]

It’s certainly possible, but I think licences have to be individually obtained from DEFRA.

The GL rules were in a bit of a muddle last time I looked, thanks to Packham et al.

The best solution for me is to have flexible ‘banker’ jobs we can drop onto so we don’t lose a day if we find a live nest.

 

Incidentally, and I know it’s not technically legal, but we have successfully relocated plenty of live nests into retained trees in close proximity if the situation allows.

It’s a common BS line that if you touch a nest the parents won’t come back to it.

[Paddy1000111]

Fair enough! I need to look into it more. Nothing more annoying than having to get a leylandii out with a pigeon nest in it. I've never had issues with "normal" birds, just bloody pigeons! 

[peds]

Found this wee fella on his own, wedged in a nook in a mauldy ould goat willow earlier today. Definitely keeping this tree now.

[nepia]

What is it - Inonotus?

 

 

 

 

 

😂

[peds]

I would have thought Plecotus auritus myself on account of the aures grandis, but there is a certain resemblance to Inonotus from some angles I suppose.