Thursday 20th. March 2014

I would like to take this opportunity to answer a comment made on my

 

last post regarding the advisability of hedgelaying , given the early

 

Spring with birds already nesting , having mentioned finding nests on

 

the post .

 

We three hedgelayers involved , are also avid wildlife enthusiasts and

 

conservators , putting in many hours each week to create habitat ,

 

surveying and doing general wildlife enhancing management , and

 

would not even think about destroying what we work towards .

 

To the commenter , and to anyone else worried about the situation ,

 

I can confirm that the full length of the hedge , which is only just

 

coming into leaf , was meticulously inspected by one of the layers

 

in the afternoon of the day before we started laying , and needless

 

to say , no nests or signs of nesting were found . If any had been

 

found , the hedge would not have been touched , and we would

 

have returned in the Autumn to do the job .