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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve Dudley" data-source="post: 1487762" data-attributes="member: 5172">I didnt want to interrupt Ian's flow (since I'm enjoying his report), but since its been raised. I went to see the tree-work being undertaken at the Scops Copse on the 13 May. I was told that no trees were being felled, but most/all were being reduced in height by 1/3 to 1/2. This has been done already in the past to some of the trees, but never on this scale.Reducing the height of the trees now may mean the breeding birds (usually 2 prs around here) will probably abandon the site for this year for other site(s) and I suspect no harm will be done to the owls. Since they are migrants, hopefully they'll leave for the winter and they or others will return to the Scops Copse next spring.One of the down sides is that when eucalyptus trees are reduced like this, they usually regenerate with bush growth and this may make finding the birds harder in the future.I've already rasied this, and other major scrub/woodland clearance elsewhere on the island during the breeding season with the Hellenic Nature Bureau, but there is little they can do really.And Sandra, don't be put off telling your own story your own way. One of the great things about birding, BirdForum and birders visiting Lesvos is that we aren't all the same and we each enjoy different ways/sides of birding and reading about it - you'll get your own fans!</blockquote>