Same old problem, so can I make a suggestion? !

Not sure where to post this particular thread so will leave it to you Mrs T.       but most people will see this if I post it in the Tea Rooms. 

I hear so many instances of gardening activities that involve hedge/shrub cutting back between April and September where birds have either begun to build a nest or later in the season when they have eggs or a brood in the nest.   In fact this morning, I observed activity next door where the handyman was hand shearing back some hedgerow and shrubs along the fence line where there is more than a good chance the Blackbirds, Dunnock and Robin have potential nesting sights or even nests.      Most folk who cut back hedgerows and shrubs don't mean any harm at all to the wildlife and a polite word in the ear is sufficient to highlight the Laws regarding birds and their nesting rights and thus stop any further disturbance to them.    

It seems to me that not enough members of the public are aware of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981,  and related Laws  and I feel it would be money well spent to perhaps have the RSPB create advertisements in say March to alert people to this important Law with perhaps a notice in the National Newspapers and better still a short TV advertisement which may reach the masses and warn them that they would be breaking the law if they were to cut back hedgerows/shrubs, etc, where there were birds nests.   Perhaps RSPB representatives visiting schools to not only talk about the delights that bird-watching can bring and the importance of nature in general but to inform youngsters of these laws so in turn they may chat with their parents and thus spread their new found knowledge;  we already have schools involved in creating homes for wildlife at the reserve areas, etc., so it seems sensible to include a little bit of information about the importance of the Wildlife/Countryside laws too.      As a Society that is there for the Protection of Birds its seems a very good reason to spend money on getting this information out there as I hate to think how many birds do abandon nests, eggs or even nesting sites due to this continuing problem.  

I know money is tight and the RSPB has to spend it wisely but if I were to ask the general public if they knew about this current Act of Parliament regarding the 1981 Law on  Wildlife and Countryside Act,  I am convinced that  9/10 people would not know of its existence.    Surely it is vital to get this message out to the wider public so that more birds are protected during nesting season ?        

There, I've said my piece  LOL,    Please do something get the message out there, even one notification in the newspapers and TV during March would help  !      Thank you :)