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Warning: Solar installation & protected birds!
aeromint
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Hi,
Just bear in mind when you agreed on a date to have your solar panels, to make sure that there are no protected birds nesting nearby such as swifts etc!
Our scaffolding had just finished being erected, when we were visited by the police as a kind n/bour reported us for disturbing the swifts. The police told us that they would need to notify the council. I contacted the Council, to find out if they were going to follow up. The person, I spoke to said that the council would not pursue it as the nesting season had nearly finished, but it if it been been at the height of the nesting season, then they would have been obliged to visit (luckily for us we did not accept a date in July then!) and possibly have asked to delay, which might have mean't additional charges.
Luckily for us, there were no nests left, and, from start to finish, installation took only 3 days
I just thought I would share this experience with you, so that you can bear it in mind, cos it is not the 1st thing you think about when accepting a date from your solar installers.
Just bear in mind when you agreed on a date to have your solar panels, to make sure that there are no protected birds nesting nearby such as swifts etc!
Our scaffolding had just finished being erected, when we were visited by the police as a kind n/bour reported us for disturbing the swifts. The police told us that they would need to notify the council. I contacted the Council, to find out if they were going to follow up. The person, I spoke to said that the council would not pursue it as the nesting season had nearly finished, but it if it been been at the height of the nesting season, then they would have been obliged to visit (luckily for us we did not accept a date in July then!) and possibly have asked to delay, which might have mean't additional charges.
Luckily for us, there were no nests left, and, from start to finish, installation took only 3 days
I just thought I would share this experience with you, so that you can bear it in mind, cos it is not the 1st thing you think about when accepting a date from your solar installers.
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