funnymunny
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Hi,
Just looking for some advice/information.
We live in a rural estate, and happily, our back garden, backs onto a small wooded footpath, running along the back of the estate. The garden boundary is separated with a fence (ours) and behind that a dyke.
My current problem is that there is a very tall tall tree (50ft high or more), which overhangs in our garden. The tree is home to a rookery which is home to a lot of crows. They are nesting at the moment and a lot of debris is being dropped into the garden. The debris consists of twigs, many of them quite large and even stones. The issue is that the debris is being dropped from quite a height and for me is mildly painful when dropped on me, but would be quite painful and sometimes dangerous if it fell on my 3 or 1 year old who love to be out in the garden at every opportunity (even weather no permitting!). I have been bombed but so far the children have escaped. The crows appear to use the dog for target practice as she is often spotted with crow pooh.
Anyway, I digress. The wood is not privately owned and I have seen what appear to be council workers or perhaps a CE scheme, maintaining the wood. My husband initially suggested contacting the council to have the tree cut down but I am very opposed to that as it is beautiful and has been there long long before we arrived. He then suggested that maybe the branches overhanging the garden be cut back. So my question is, would it be the council and if so do they have a woodland/tree surgeon dept.? And is it a reasonable request?
Oh and we have had several unsavory suggestions with regard to getting rid of the crows, none of which are pleasant and some of which I would imagine are highly illegal, so that's not really an option, unless someone knows a way to get them to move to the trees a few meters down the wood that don't hang over any houses?
Many thanks.
Just looking for some advice/information.
We live in a rural estate, and happily, our back garden, backs onto a small wooded footpath, running along the back of the estate. The garden boundary is separated with a fence (ours) and behind that a dyke.
My current problem is that there is a very tall tall tree (50ft high or more), which overhangs in our garden. The tree is home to a rookery which is home to a lot of crows. They are nesting at the moment and a lot of debris is being dropped into the garden. The debris consists of twigs, many of them quite large and even stones. The issue is that the debris is being dropped from quite a height and for me is mildly painful when dropped on me, but would be quite painful and sometimes dangerous if it fell on my 3 or 1 year old who love to be out in the garden at every opportunity (even weather no permitting!). I have been bombed but so far the children have escaped. The crows appear to use the dog for target practice as she is often spotted with crow pooh.
Anyway, I digress. The wood is not privately owned and I have seen what appear to be council workers or perhaps a CE scheme, maintaining the wood. My husband initially suggested contacting the council to have the tree cut down but I am very opposed to that as it is beautiful and has been there long long before we arrived. He then suggested that maybe the branches overhanging the garden be cut back. So my question is, would it be the council and if so do they have a woodland/tree surgeon dept.? And is it a reasonable request?
Oh and we have had several unsavory suggestions with regard to getting rid of the crows, none of which are pleasant and some of which I would imagine are highly illegal, so that's not really an option, unless someone knows a way to get them to move to the trees a few meters down the wood that don't hang over any houses?
Many thanks.