Hoglands
Hedge Netting 025
This is the scene on the road into a nearby village after workmen covered hedgerows in netting, on at least two sides of a large field, in preparation for the building of four hundred new homes, the same netting (only in green) was also used on a larger development close by. Increasingly developers are using this hideous hedge netting to get around the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) which prevents the disturbance of nesting birds. This allows them to rip up trees and hedgerows at a time of their choosing and avoids any costly delays that our wildlife might inflict upon them. Concerns have been raised about birds and mammals becoming trapped and the timing could not be worse for our native hedgehogs as they are emerging from hibernation. As the pictures show there are plenty of holes in the netting for wildlife to enter and then become trapped. Hedgehogs are particularly vulnerable to becoming trapped in netting because their backward facing spines prevent them from reversing out.
Hedge Netting 025
This is the scene on the road into a nearby village after workmen covered hedgerows in netting, on at least two sides of a large field, in preparation for the building of four hundred new homes, the same netting (only in green) was also used on a larger development close by. Increasingly developers are using this hideous hedge netting to get around the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) which prevents the disturbance of nesting birds. This allows them to rip up trees and hedgerows at a time of their choosing and avoids any costly delays that our wildlife might inflict upon them. Concerns have been raised about birds and mammals becoming trapped and the timing could not be worse for our native hedgehogs as they are emerging from hibernation. As the pictures show there are plenty of holes in the netting for wildlife to enter and then become trapped. Hedgehogs are particularly vulnerable to becoming trapped in netting because their backward facing spines prevent them from reversing out.