Network Rail facing investigation
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Network Rail facing investigation
Lets hope and pray there weren't any nesting birds using this shubbery.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9390434/Network-Rail-facing-investigation-for-chopping-down-trees-during-bird-nesting-season.html
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9390434/Network-Rail-facing-investigation-for-chopping-down-trees-during-bird-nesting-season.html
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Re: Network Rail facing investigation
That's a sad article, and no excuse for Network Rail, they should know when they can and can't do work. I hope they are severely fined and learn a lesson from it, think of all those poor little nesting birds.
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It is clearly defined when and when they can not cut back shrubbery Lai so there is no excuse for this. They say they checked daily for nesting birds but I don't quite believe that at all, I reckon they just wanted to get on with the job and hoped that no-one would report them, as the article says it probably goes on quite a bit without people reporting them. I think that unless you are a bird lover you may not be aware of the law on protecting nesting birds and when it is ok to cut back shrubs and trees.
I too hope they get a hefty fine for this one.
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I too hope they get a hefty fine for this one.
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No excuse on their part. As you say there are laws and they must be aware of them. If more people reported things like this then more could be done.
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Clearly track safety priority must come first, but there was no need to clear such a wide area. It really looks as though they decided to clear the lot to save coming back, and reduce costs, but the cost to wild birds could have been considerable. It would be difficult after the event to confirm or deny there were nests in the area, so I'm not convinced ther will be a positive prosecution, I'm also not sure that BTP should have been the lead investigation people in this case. Hopefully it will affect how they do this sort of thing next year
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