Who does what with pidgeons ?

[dryadlad]

Thats why these forum sites are so good i dont fancy doin a bit of bird uhh for a bird !

[Dagmar]

The General Licences were really designed around agricultural activities and have simply not been expanded and altered to fit into modern requirements. Using WLF100088, or any other licence will cover some situations not all though. Because the Wildlife and Countryside act with its various ammendments was never designed around sensible working practise it is widely flouted in agriculture, away from the public eye. Arboriculture is different as much is not only in the public eye but keenly observed.

 

I'm not surprised that DEFRA have not responded, they will be cautious as they are wary of bad publicity and noone will want to be quoted on anything! Not for nothing were they recently referred to in a national newspaper as the 'cathedral of incompetence'.

[Lee Winger]

Pigeons are one thing, get the RSPB on your back for interfering with any other species and you'll wish you hadn't

[Andy Collins]

Well thanks for your input anyway Dagmar, at least I've been able to delve a little deeper into a topic I knew relatively little about, and maybe help some others to choose/review the way they deal with what is fast becoming a tricky subject.

[madclimber]

When it comes to birds nesting if i see any nests prior to work being carried out i tend to do a recce first. If the nest are vacant then ill carry on working but if they are occupied then i tend to leave the trees till the birds have flown. Sooner safe than sorry

[MattyF]

problem with pigeons is they nest pretty much all year...song birds ill leave or work around but its not been unknown for the odd undetected pigeon to acidently ..ahem ...go in the chipper

[Rentachimp]

you're not allowed to climb if the bird is nesting, but sometimes you just can't tell. Why punish us if we can't help it?

[Andy Collins]

I aint criticising the way anyone has to work, we've all been in the same situation, but its only fair to at least know how we stand in law. If you take all reasonable care to ensure that you dont blatantly throw a nest full of young to the ground in full view of the public, then cheerfully push it thru the chipper, you should be ok. Common sense HAS to prevail, unfortunately some are not blessed with that. I think, until Defra deem it convenient to return my calls, I shall keep a copy of that licence in my bag, to calm the do-gooders, and carry on as before. There is so much legislation out there nowadays, if we follow every single bit, we'd never leave the yard!!

[monkey]

pigeons are vermin.... an outrage they are protected on the nest - as all nesting birds are, crows-n-all.

 

i know plenty of farmers who blow their nests out with shot guns, a discreet chipping seems a soft option by comparison:)