PROPOSED measures to prevent pigeons pooing in Chester historic Water Tower in Boughton have been given the green light. Last month we reported that construction and property consultants Summers-Inman, on behalf of Severn Trent Water, had submitted a listed building consent application to place anti-bird netting on gaps where pigeons have been getting into the 19th century, Grade II-listed water tower, at the Boughton Water Treatment Works. Those plans have now been approved by Cheshire West and Chester Council. In a design and access statement, Summers-Inman said that an inspection was carried out at the site and found pigeons were entering the building through several locations.
From left: Rebecca Davies, Kacey Charlesworth-Hayes aged six, Joey Lyamgohn aged five and Jusmen Lyamgohn aged nine outside the former Century Oils site where an urban woodland was cut down by a developer (Image: Joe Burn)
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City leaders have ordered a developer to stop chopping down trees after an urban woodland was felled as part of a housing scheme.
Dyfed-Powys police along with National Wildlife Crime Unit are keeping vigilant to try catch bird egg thieves Rare bird eggs stolen for private collections and illegal trading is becoming a menace for British wildlife. Brits are well known to be bird lovers but there’s a minority out there trying to make profit out of our flying friends. Every year around Easter Dyfed-Powys Rural & Wildlife Crime Team team-up with the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) and police forces and partner agencies across the UK to prevent this practice. Developed in Scotland 24 years ago, Operation Easter targets egg thieves by sharing intelligence across the UK to support enforcement action.
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DYFED-POWYS Police intend to swoop down on the thieves of wild birds eggs as part of a national operation. They say that whilst the taking of wild bird eggs is a serious crime, it remains the pastime of some determined individuals . Whole clutches of eggs can be taken from some of the UK’s rarest birds to store in secret collections, with potentially devastating impacts. “Operation Easter has been running in the UK for the past 24 years, said Sergeant Matthew Langley, of Dyfed-Powys Police. The Dyfed-Powys Rural and Wildlife Crime Team is working in close partnership with the National Wildlife Crime Unit to play our part in the UK wide operation.