Birds nesting

[Stephen Blair]

No, they are pigs mate

[Jamie M]

You been looking at odd bird's avatar again?

[timberbear]

Under the NERC act, felling an adjacent tree next to a tree containing a nest could also be deemed as destroying a habitat used by the parent birds for the purpose of feeding there young. It's not only trees that should be checked but the surrounding areas, I found a long tailed tits nest with young in today in a patch of bramble that could have quite easily had five ton of beech dropped on it!

 

Not knowing that a nest was there is no defence any more!

[Old WoodChip]

If you find a nest mid job you can give Natural England a ring and they give you very good advice speicies dependant, the advice weve normally recieved is to move nest no further than 5 metres ,by phonig and getting advice at least you can show your not setting out to deliberatly destroy a nest. Also on there website is a guide to nesting times etc

 

They said you can move a nest:confused1: I dont think so and if they did make sure you get that in writing.

It is an offence to disturb any nest(used of course) or nesting birds so if I were you I would look into it more.

Best people to ask I think would be the BTO, Welcome to the BTO | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology they can advise of issuse like this, but above all stay within the wildlife & countryside laws, if you do happen to get convicted it will be against you when you have to fill in future forms and we all know how tight it is getting. It could be the deciding factor in winning a contract or not.

We have taken for granted so many birds and now finding the once common ones on a steep decline, sorry for the detailed moan but it is my passion:sneaky2:

Very nice to see some sensible advice here and some have already stopped cutting, good on you boys.

[Matthew Arnold]

We stop cutting the ivy clad stuff at the end of Feb as the pigeons will start to nest then. But we continue to fell the un/non ivy clad stuff until today. Unless it is an emergency job. We do have a big job coming up soon but all of the treess were ivy banded 5 years ago and have been banded every year since to keep them clear.

[Lorry thompson]

The nesting season is going out the window I think (with pigeons anyway) I seen pigeon chicks as late as November and we seen some in a conifer early feb this year and they looked not far off leaving the nest! We also attended a course lately regarding wildlife and pleading ignorant to nests etc doesn't wash no more so I would just stop work it's not worth it.

[Mark Bolam]

We've pulled off several jobs when we have found nests with eggs or fledglings in, and each time the customer was happy for us to come back and finish after the 'birds have flown'.

 

It's not great financially at the time, but word gets around that you are a pro outfit and I'm sure the birds appreciate it.

 

As an aside, I found dove squabs two years ago in January, completing the full twelve months when I've found nesting birds. Climate change? Whatever, the nesting season seems so extended now you can't just stop working. Good observation and common sense are key.

[Old WoodChip]

Owls can nest almost any time and are much easier to inspect if in a nest box, maybe encourage clients to try a box or two, it does nothing for the open nesters which is what you mostly come across but if you show you care it does go a long way.

 

Much better than the idiots turning up in a pickup saying we will do it for a tenner missus (then dump it all down the first lane or gate way they come across)!!

[Lorry thompson]

Mark them pigeons we found in Feb must have been born in Jan god knows what they must be on to survive the cold up here you know what it's like. Mating must be the only way the keep warm now haha

[Lorry thompson]

Owls can nest almost any time and are much easier to inspect if in a nest box, maybe encourage clients to try a box or two, it does nothing for the open nesters which is what you mostly come across but if you show you care it does go a long way.

 

Much better than the idiots turning up in a pickup saying we will do it for a tenner missus (then dump it all down the first lane or gate way they come across)!!

 

I'm sure someone on here said they offer free bird boxes on large trees sounds a good idea in the right area.