Birds!

[MaxJ]

Yes mate, upon re-reading that doesn't really say what I meant so no slur intended. What I meant was that I think before something has a chance to defend itself/escape, I would not be happy to harm it. Of course, when the woodies are fully fledged and adult, they bring their own demise upon themselves by tasting so good

 

I agree with you, they ought to be given the chance to escape... so they can grow up into good eating specimens!!

[felixthelogchopper]

I agree with you, they ought to be given the chance to escape... so they can grow up into good eating specimens!!

 

Absolutely fella

[Bolt]

climbed a horse chestnut on monday. 3 different nests all jackdaw eggs 11 in all. all of them were stone cold. so carried on.

 

 

A very intersting tale-and-all, but unless I am mistaken, a criminal offence was committed.

 

Maybe you should have posted :- "My Uncle Ed climbed a horse chestnut on monday. 3 different nests all jackdaw eggs 11 in all. all of them were stone cold. so he carried on"

[armchairarborist]

another one today, spiked up conifer to dismantle, crown lifted to about 12ft, then spotted nest after flappy wood pigeon flew off scared, couple of eggs so left branches up to 3ft below them, try again in about 8wks or so..

[alex_m]

no birds today! woohoo!

[Paul Barton]

A very intersting tale-and-all, but unless I am mistaken, a criminal offence was committed.

 

Maybe you should have posted :- "My Uncle Ed climbed a horse chestnut on monday. 3 different nests all jackdaw eggs 11 in all. all of them were stone cold. so he carried on"

 

Not really? He might not have disturbed them at all?

[rapidlee]

Not really? He might not have disturbed them at all?

 

well there were 9 trees in all and this was the last 1 i had been watching the tree all week and there was no coming and goings of jackdaws. they were nesting in the rotting old tree in the field about 50m away.

 

so if i was to climb the tree in winter and the eggs were in there would that be a criminal offence

[Grizzly]

We were reducing hedges from 15-20' down to 5' last year and all hedges had to be examined prior to any cutting. Any nests had to be marked and we had to leave 2' either side of the nest to act as cover till the chicks had fledged.

 

One company I worked for refused to cut any hedges till July when pretty much all nests were empty.

[David Humphries]

Monkey-D's bird of the day............

 

 

 

.............Blue tit fledgling.

 

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[matt.p]

''Or do you just stick them through the chipper?'' WTF its a criminal offence to disturb nesting birds and to cause harm to ANY animal. you need to read the Animal Welfare Act.

 

And its morally wrong too. And if you put it on hear that you do chip birds or other animals you will get a call from the police...