Illegal hedge cutting by council during nesting season
Richmond Park
·47 contributorsMerton Council is requiring residents to cut hedges during the nesting season when it is illegal to do so under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, disrupting bird breeding.
Sarah Olney
Member of Parliament
Forced hedge cutting harms nesting birds
Council puts money before wildlife
Public money replacing green spaces
Council should choose greener approach
Councils should not harm wildlife
Cutting hedges during nesting is cruel
Councils can trim overgrown footpaths
Council can do work and bill landowner
Thanks for sharing hedge law info
Law applies only to farms and hedges
Rules only cover longer hedges
Clarifies legal rules for hedges
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Illegal hedge cutting by council during nesting season
Richmond Park
Merton Council is requiring residents to cut hedges during the nesting season when it is illegal to do so under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, disrupting bird breeding.
47 contributors
Sarah OlneyForced hedge cutting harms nesting birds
Council puts money before wildlife
Public money replacing green spaces
Council should choose greener approach
Councils should not harm wildlife
Cutting hedges during nesting is cruel
Similar motions
Council hedge cutting violates wildlife protection law
Richmond Park·47 supporters
Hedge Pruning in Finchley
Finchley and Golders Green·4 supporters
Hedge causing obstruction in Brentford
Brentford and Isleworth·8 supporters
Grass cutting in Dunstable
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard·1 supporter
Shrub Pruning in Finchley
Finchley and Golders Green·2 supporters