{"id":2575,"date":"2026-05-05T15:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:38:03","slug":"protecting-nesting-birds-and-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?p=2575","title":{"rendered":"Protecting nesting birds and wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" data-id=\"1288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r-800x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r-800x488.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r-100x61.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r-400x244.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r-164x100.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r-656x400.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r-1312x800.jpg 1312w, https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_7023r.jpg 1660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Song Thrush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nesting birds and wildlife are protected by the Wildlife &amp; Countryside act 1981 which prohibits the cutting of hedges between 1st March and 31st August.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore the Fongw team ceased cutting holly trees and bushes at the beginning of March and will resume again in September.<\/p>\n<p>The many low and sparse holly saplings can still be carefully cut, roots popped and cleared as these are unable to support nesting birds. This management is necessary to prevent the holly adversely impacting the development of our well structured woodland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nesting birds and wildlife are protected by the Wildlife &amp; Countryside act 1981 which prohibits the cutting of hedges between 1st March and 31st August. Therefore the Fongw team ceased cutting holly trees and bushes at the beginning of March &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?p=2575\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580,"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions\/2580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}