Hi there
Three years ago we had a 'bad' experience dealing with our Blue Tit box. The box was attached onto the trunk of the tree which was growing in our neighbours garden.
The two adult birds had a nest of chicks, and they where doing very well indeed. I was really pleased with their progress day by day.
Our 'then' neighbour decided to get a Tree surgeon in to cut back the branches of the same large mature evergreen Conifer close to our fence. We where not told by our neighbour of the impending situation. It put us in a quandry of all sorts when we found out about the unknown situation coming our way.
Anyway the Tree Surgeon arrived (out of the blue) and started to chainsaw the Tree branches burying the Blue Tit box still attached onto the trunk of the same tree. The noise and the mess stopped the adult birds from feeding their young.
I knew I had to help the blue tits and their young. I was in a panic no knowing what to do so I went up to the Tree Surgeon that what he was doing was wrong as it was the height of the nesting season, and illegal and he could be in trouble for what he is doing.
He just laughed at me. I said he was breaking the law as it is disturbing nesting birds.
Our neighbour told us not to interfer with the removal of his tree. I said look, you are cutting down a mature evergreen tree which has nesting birds in and around it. He was adament he was in the right. This caused all matter of conflict between us.
Then the fence between our gardens collapsed under the weight of all the branches, and we had to report him to our landlord.
On top of that issue the Blue Tit box attached to the tree trunk was removed by myself and placed closeby. The Blue Tit parents where going frantic wondering where their babies had gone. The stress calls from the blue tits was so upsetting. I was really upset about the way this whole situation was handled in this order
1. By our direct neighbour who refused to listen to us.
2. By the Tree surgeon (the time of year for cutting Trees was wrong)
3. The stress it caused the Blue tits and their youngsters.
4. The damage it caused to the mutual fence and we got billed for it.
I was fuming, and the Tree surgeon peristed that we where partly reponsible for the damage to the dividing fence. I said we are not, and you are going to bill our neighbour etc...
What a nightmare. Neighbours sometimes they are just the most subborn thoughtless people on earth!
Our neighbour had no concept of birds at all, and it shows how worlds apart some people can be towards their natural surroundings.
Thankfully this happened a few years back now. Funny how we remember these incidents!
Anyone had a similar experience of sorts they want to share here
Three years ago we had a 'bad' experience dealing with our Blue Tit box. The box was attached onto the trunk of the tree which was growing in our neighbours garden.
The two adult birds had a nest of chicks, and they where doing very well indeed. I was really pleased with their progress day by day.
Our 'then' neighbour decided to get a Tree surgeon in to cut back the branches of the same large mature evergreen Conifer close to our fence. We where not told by our neighbour of the impending situation. It put us in a quandry of all sorts when we found out about the unknown situation coming our way.
Anyway the Tree Surgeon arrived (out of the blue) and started to chainsaw the Tree branches burying the Blue Tit box still attached onto the trunk of the same tree. The noise and the mess stopped the adult birds from feeding their young.
I knew I had to help the blue tits and their young. I was in a panic no knowing what to do so I went up to the Tree Surgeon that what he was doing was wrong as it was the height of the nesting season, and illegal and he could be in trouble for what he is doing.
He just laughed at me. I said he was breaking the law as it is disturbing nesting birds.
Our neighbour told us not to interfer with the removal of his tree. I said look, you are cutting down a mature evergreen tree which has nesting birds in and around it. He was adament he was in the right. This caused all matter of conflict between us.
Then the fence between our gardens collapsed under the weight of all the branches, and we had to report him to our landlord.
On top of that issue the Blue Tit box attached to the tree trunk was removed by myself and placed closeby. The Blue Tit parents where going frantic wondering where their babies had gone. The stress calls from the blue tits was so upsetting. I was really upset about the way this whole situation was handled in this order
1. By our direct neighbour who refused to listen to us.
2. By the Tree surgeon (the time of year for cutting Trees was wrong)
3. The stress it caused the Blue tits and their youngsters.
4. The damage it caused to the mutual fence and we got billed for it.
I was fuming, and the Tree surgeon peristed that we where partly reponsible for the damage to the dividing fence. I said we are not, and you are going to bill our neighbour etc...
What a nightmare. Neighbours sometimes they are just the most subborn thoughtless people on earth!
Our neighbour had no concept of birds at all, and it shows how worlds apart some people can be towards their natural surroundings.
Thankfully this happened a few years back now. Funny how we remember these incidents!
Anyone had a similar experience of sorts they want to share here
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