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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billsbirding" data-source="post: 1859099" data-attributes="member: 73025">I have an example... House Martins nest in the eaves of a house a couple of roads down, work was being done on the house, and as far as I can see it was blocking the House Martins from getting to the nest, and is probably providing quite a bit of stress. However, despite this, the building work was still going strong and as far as I could see no prosecution carried out.We are birdwatchers and are constantly noticing the birds around us, but a non-birdwatching house holder might have no idea that birds are nesting in their house because they don't notice them, and so would not be aware of this when it came to getting building work done. The builders aren't going to care because they're just glad to get a job, and I'm pretty sure that in this way, as Fugl said, many a nest is lost without any prosecution.</blockquote>