Petition to Save Nesting Birds

admin January 25, 2016

Niall Hatch of Birdwatch Ireland talks to Noel McGuinness about a proposed change in the Wildlife Act which would allow the burning of vegetation in March and the cutting of hedgerows in August. This would have a serious impact on a range of wildlife species and habitats, especially highly-threatened nesting birds and pollinators found in our hedgerows and uplands. Niall says the Bill to facilitate the changes will be fast-tracked through the Oireachtas prior to the forthcoming General Election. For this reason Birdwatch Ireland, The Irish Wildlife Trust, An Taisce and the Hedgelaying Association have launched a petition asking the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, TD, not to make changes to laws protecting nesting birds. See

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