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Help! Advice or support please - our birds love our threatened Fife hedge!

Saveourhedge
24/02/2019 13:42

Hello - I am a long admirer of the work your community work does and really enjoy the Big Garden Birdwatch weekend a few weekends ago (so did my niece and nephew!).

We are currently in public consultation with our local council in Fife Scotland about a lengthy hedge that runs between our access road and a larger road - they want to significantly reduce the height of the well established Hawthorne hedge as they claim it is difficult for bin lorries to go up our street (they have to pull the wing mirrors in apparently - I've watched the lorries and it doesn't seem to be the case).  We feel the council are being very heavy handed in their solution of "just chop it down".  We are very concerned about the pollution issues and the impact on the wildlife - both adorable sparrows and a number of migratory birds (apparently one from Serbia has nested in our trees). 

Can anyone give me any advice or if any one is local and also concerned - could you support us in our consultation this coming Thursday??

Any help would be much appreciated.

with thanks

  

  • 24/02/2019 13:57
    Hi Alan - thanks so much for your reply, we have a band of concerned residents but a facebook group is a great idea. We've discussed about getting the press involved as well. Oh what a terrible situation for you too - a hedge massacre is never going to be good!! Is nesting season for sparrows spring time (April ish?)
  • 24/02/2019 20:04
    If you do set up a Facebook group, it probably won't take much searching to find like-minded members who've been thru what you are about to "suffer" and may well have good advice. Good luck :)
  • 25/02/2019 10:39
    Start a campaign! It's surprising what you can achieve with a bit of people power. There may well be a local arboriculturalist who can suggest a rather less drastic solution. Definitely get some video footage (just on your phone) of the bin lorries driving down the road without putting the mirrors in.

    The Sheffield Tree Action Group developed out of a small campaign to save some trees threatened by a bus lane... and turned into a massive campaign with national coverage because the council just kept on not listening on this and other tree issues. Fortunately, the tide has now turned against them!