The Byrds Greatest Hits?
-----Original Message-----
From: paul hughes [mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk]
Sent: 06 January 2009 15:13
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Re: TPOs and bird poo
how about hanging some cd's from the branches? This will surely scare the
birds off and the flashing sunlight should draw the publics attention to the
visual amenity of the tree!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Needs" <aneeds@xxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk>
To: "UK Tree Care" <uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: TPOs and bird poo
Liam - I've had experience of this.
It is tricky finding a way of ridding a tree of birds however one sensible
piece of advice I was given was that pigeons are birds of habit, perching
after eating and then emptying their bowels on take off. If the birds are
disturbed when they are perched and digesting they quite understandably get
a bit annoyed! Should this disturbance become regular they'll find a new
place to digest.
It might be worth suggesting banging pans or catapulting soil at them until
they find a new branch to sit on!
At the end of the day however, if the tree is protected and the works will
be detrimental to the public amenity, the owner will have to find another
solution or at least prove that there isn't one!
Good luck,
Alex
"Liam McKarry" <Liam.McKarry@xxxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk> 05/01/2009 15:48 >>>
I've just had a bizarre conversation with a member of the public
regarding her wanting to remove a large number of branches from a TPO'd
tree because of all the bird poo being deposited.
Now in my limited experience of bird poo there was quite a lot - she
feels that there are health implications and wants to use that as a
reason to cut the branches back (way in excess of 30% reduction) - other
than the aforementioned problem there is no other reason for the work.
Anyone have any experience of this one before?
Liam McKarry
Arboricultural Planning Officer
Environmental & Protective Services
Colchester Borough Council
PO Box 889
CO1 1LP
Tel: 01206 282469 (AM Only)
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