The RSPB are urging gardeners to check hedges and shrubs very carefully for nesting birds before doing any trimming at this time of year.
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RSPB are urging gardeners to exercise caution and restraint as they prepare, in their thousands, to tackle the annual Spring garden tidy-up. This is particularly relevant to wildlife gardener's since we are constantly being urged, for very sound reasons, to forego the autumnal tidy up for a bigger Spring clean. Before cutting back any shrubs or hedges, gardeners should check them
very carefully for nesting birds. It is surprising how inconspicuous birds can be - especially when they are incubating eggs. Nests can be made and eggs laid very rapidly - without alerting even the most observant gardener - so check those shrubs first!
