A timely reminder RE bird nesting

[Saw-sick Steve]

They are protected, I was talking to an expert on such things yesterday, it turns out that to shoot birds on the vermin list you have to have a good reason. You need to be able prove they are causing a genuine problem, IE stopping your work.

 

Fixed that for ya'

[Graham]

Fixed that for ya'

 

Glad that's been cleared up:001_smile:

[skyhuck]

Fixed that for ya'

 

If the tree is cause a real safety hazard, then yes you may be OK, but all other work will wait until they have finished nesting.

[Omniata]

I hate to say it but a group of pidgeons regularly scared the other birds from my parents garden...

They can't get the food from the feeders, so like bullies harass the other birds until they stop visiting...

 

So I went about using my .22 lever action to remove them, needless to say all the other birds have returned and I haven't seen a pidgeon since...

[Saw-sick Steve]

If the tree is cause a real safety hazard, then yes you may be OK, but all other work will wait until they have finished nesting.

 

err...it was a joke..

[Yorkshireman]

Its Over phew !!!! for this year anyway

[dave28]

Can anybody tell me how this relates to trimming of hedges.We have several campsites round here which are situated on working farms, they regularly trim hedges throughout the late spring and summer.I also have to keep hedges trimmed on a private estate to keep the electric fences clear.Thanks.

[pro bros]

wood pigeon nest most of the year as im sure you know but i dont think commercial forestry stops at any point please correct me if im wrong

[John Barleycorn]

I hate to say it but a group of pidgeons regularly scared the other birds from my parents garden...

They can't get the food from the feeders, so like bullies harass the other birds until they stop visiting...

 

So I went about using my .22 lever action to remove them, needless to say all the other birds have returned and I haven't seen a pidgeon since...

 

Pidgeons can carry nasty dieases. I know of the case of a liitle girl underwent major surgery for a growth on her neck around her jugular vein. It was touch & go, but she made it.

Turned out to be some form of bird tuberculosis, caught from the pidgeons that crapped all over the balcony where she played.

[armchairarborist]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xADBQyQbIts] hope this works, sat the camera on a pile of wood for 5mins facing a nest, skip to 1:44 to see them get fed..