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Officers are unable to clear the clump of twigs and branches because - as they well know - it is illegal to damage or destroy a birds' nest - Graham Hunt
Officers are unable to clear the clump of twigs and branches because - as they well know - it is illegal to damage or destroy a birds' nest - Graham Hunt
A police car has been put out of action after a pair of protected seagulls started nesting on its roof.
Officers are unable to clear the clump of twigs and branches because it is illegal to damage or destroy a birds' nest under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Instead, they have coned off the patrol car in the seaside town of Bridport, Dorset, to keep members of the public away from it.
A spokesman for the RSPB said they were reassured that the birds would be safe while under police protection.
However, as the nesting season for seagulls runs until July, the squad car could be out of use for months.
The herring gulls have propped up their nest against the long blue strobe light fixed to the roof. They have been observed coming and going from it as they prepare to lay and incubate their eggs.
uk.yahoo.com/news/seagulls-nesting-police-car-puts-110612671.html
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