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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GDK" data-source="post: 1859214" data-attributes="member: 21712">I would suggest that your approach inevitably leads to a lack of responsibility and care in land management.  With good planning prior to a project starting the conflict between nesting birds and development can be effectively removed.  And that is the bottom line in nearly all cases, certainly in the UK.  There are plenty of examples of development in the UK where effective planning has not caused problems or led to delays and not affected individual bird nests; and many Councils and public bodies here are now managing their land and projects/habitat works with nesting birds and timings in mind. Its about changing mindsets to priorities, and then these laws can be adhered to with the expedient approach that you expect in project management, with a lot less of the adverse consequences you also seem to accept.Just to provide you with some common ground though, I would agree that changing mindsets can sometimes mean being pragmatic, for the greater good of conservation.Thanks</blockquote>