Hi Annie
Sounds a bit of a nightmare finding a sewage pipe – lucky it wasn’t in use. Totally agree with you about the music.
I haven’t actually seen any of these netted hedges – just pictures of them. I think it is outrageous. It seems some of these people haven’t even got planning permission yet. The builders claim to plant …. new trees. But that’s a complete nonsense. It will take tens of years for a newly planted tree to provide the same resources to wildlife as a mature one would. Not to mention the amount of carbon dioxide which the mature one is absorbing. Some hedgerows may even have been in existence for hundreds of years. A newly planted hedge may be better than nothing, but in no way adequately replaces a mature one.
That is before even considering all the creatures that can potentially be caught in the netting. I heard they are supposed to check the netting a few times a day, but do they really. And what would they do if they found a trapped animal/bird/bat. Would they have the knowledge/expertise to know how to release it without injuring it even more – I somehow doubt it.
Not to mention the visual impact. It’s supposed to be a green and pleasant land not a covered in orange netting land.
Not sure if you are on Facebook, but if you signed the Petition you should have had an email asking for your views before the debate on 13th May. Unfortunately I’m not on Facebook, but hopefully there will be lots of people who are who will stand up for the hogs as well as the other wildlife. I don’t often wish I was on Facebook, but this would probably be a good time to be!
Sorry, I know I’m preaching to the converted, but it just makes me so angry that people can cause all that, just for the sake of trying to cheat the law.
Anyway, hope the rest of your building work goes smoothly and that your garden is soon reclaimed by hogs.
