Naughty Naughty!!

[eggsarascal]

Try and get hold of the company that did that and report em to RSPB, RSPCA. Would be a hefty fine for them and maybe 6 months prison for bloke who felled the tree.

 

What, so you would report one of your own and get him imprisoned for what would probably/possibly be an accident/misjudgement.

[dumper]

Does anybody actually know someone who has been prosecuted and gone to prison for the crime

[Dave D]

Anyone working with trees or hedges in the summer months is going to find nests,

Halfway through a job (especially on leylandii) you cannot stop and walkaway.

I was taking out a load of leylandii the other day and found a goldcrest nest,

Luckily they were fledging and the mother continued to feed the surviving chicks, It was upsetting, but what can you do? I am not paid by a government body, so to misquote that northener " no workee, no payee"

 

you CAN stop and you CAN walkaway. i've stopped numerous jobs after finding nesting birds halfway through. maybe things are different in france to here. usually a polite explanation to the customer will do and we go back when the young have left the nest.

 

if you unwittingly started work on a preserved tree and a tree officer came out and told you of the preservation order would you carry on cutting?

Edited May 19, 2011 by Dave D

[Mark Bolam]

That's not the point mate.

 

Pro tree blokes take nesting birds into account.

 

Species irrelevant.

[Mark Bolam]

To Dumper, not DaveD, who is spot on as usual.

[tommer9]

Its nesting season....they should have done a better inspection of the tree before felling it.

I agree with Mark.

[Sam Thompson]

Stop and tell them youll come back in a month to see, then carry on if you can. Explain that it will not cost anymore and that they are saving three baby birds, they will think a lot of you if they are decent folk.

[Mark Bolam]

We have never lost a job by stopping because of nesting birds, after explaining what the crack is. We have lost 1/2 days work here and there, but it is made up for in reputation and good karma!

[Matthew Arnold]

Two years ago i saw an ivy clad Leylandii hedge being felled. It was on our boundary and alot of people were very upset. We asked the site foreman if a bird survey had been carried out. We got just "erm" for an answer.

[treequip]

Does anybody actually know someone who has been prosecuted and gone to prison for the crime

 

I know of a developer who got the full “you have the right to remain silent” speech from a police wildlife officer for bulldozing half an acre of small trees, nests and all.

 

I came close myself for dropping a couple of Pop’s that were too big for him, no nests in my trees and a documented survey by me got me out of the manacles:thumbup1: