To have got batshit crazy re..neighbour

[Cally62]

So just before 1pm tree surgeons arrived at neighbours. I was upstairs pottering so saw them arrive from bedroom window. Thought that they were going to trim a huge tree in neighbours garden. I was wrong...they started to cut down a tree from other neighbours garden which was overhanging theirs. I immediately opened the upstairs window and shouted "Oi" had to shout a few times...as chainsaw was in full cutting mode. Random guy turned it off. I shouted that there were nesting birds in that particular tree...guy just laughed at me, turned the chainsaw back on and hacked away. I phoned the council...no one available due to covid situation. Tried local bird sanctuary...closed. Called a wildlife sanctuary for advice...was told to phone police. Took ages for the police to figure out that it was actually illegal to cut trees down with nesting birds...call logged. Then phoned the RSPCA...that took ages and I was cut off at one point. During this time tree butcherssurgeons had hacked down the tree and shredded everything. Suspect that the nest and any babies were also shredded. By 1.30pm the rspca attended...couldn't find any nests in hacked down tree or evidence of nests. Not only had the tree surgeons hacked down the tree super quickly they had shredded everything and gone within half an hour. Neighbour then went out and literally crawling around on her knees and cleared up the rest of the mess. So rspca have no evidence. I know that there were nesting birds in there 'cos I've been watching them all lockdown making nests and the past few days taking food in.
So...aibu to fucking hate my neighbour. f only I'd fucking taped the tree cutting and made the calls later. I wouldn't have saved the birds but the police and the rspca would have evidence to prosecute.

So they cut down a tree that didn't belong to the person who had employed them to do the work?

Regardless of the wildlife cost, that's illegal.

Wasn't there mention of this on another thread?

That’s disgusting.
How can anyone do something like that ?

Despicable behaviour,vile people obvs and I would highlight this on the tree surgeons social media in any way I possibly could

My neighbours think they can do anything they want...they have the attitude that makes them think they can do whatever they want whenever they want, without any regard for anyone or anything.
Those poor birds. I'm upset that nests were destroyed but also now the adult birds have had their habitat destroyed.

Were the owners of the tree aware they were doing this?

I would certainly put that publicly somewhere! That's disgusting. What are the owners of the tree saying?

That's awful!

Terrible

Good idea Griselda1

That's disgusting! Just cutting down someone else's tree is bad enough, those poor birds.

You don't know whether the neighbour whose tree it was gave permission for your ndn to cut it down. They may have arrived at an agreement over it. However, the tree shouldn't have been cut down if it did have nesting birds in it.

This is why I'm waiting until nesting season is over to cut down a tree next to my wall.

It's apparently bad luck to disturb a bird's nest. They'll have no luck for it.

And what did the neighbours who's tree it was say ?
Why didn't you tell the neighbours there was birds in the nest ?
Is it possible the birds left ?
I get why you're upset about the birds but it's not your tree .

I wouldn't go mouthing off on their social media as you have no evidence there were any nesting birds in the tree they cut down. It could be seen as slanderous.

My local council allowed a housing developer to chop down several very old and tall trees during nesting season. I complained but they weren't interested, said no further action would be taken. Assume money changed hands . Absolute wankers.

Bastards. I hope something dreadful happens to them.

Not only is it illegal, it's against the code of conduct of their professional body (the Arboricultural Association). I suspect they're not accredited, but if they were, they'd get chucked out if reported.

My DSS is a tree surgeon, and from April-September, they only cut down or remove branches on trees that are dangerous or diseased.

That's terrible OP. I love the birds and it's one of the little pleasures in our world at the moment. We had blackbirds who started a nest in our carport - but DH disturbed them and they abandoned the nest. I was so cross with him.

Did you get the details of the supposed tree surgeon - then you could pass them to the police or RSPB is probably better. They wont be a real tree surgeon I shouldnt think so they are probably working for cash in hand

Sorry, they managed to chop down a huge tree, chips it and leave within half an hour?

They certainly didn't look professional. My dd and her bf are staying with us atm, they went out for a walk whilst this was happening, they said that the truck the so called tree surgeons were in didn't look professional...they were in and out so quickly, didn't look in the tree for signs of nesting.
Also just googled the so called company...only a fb page that says pics to follow. Think it's a get the job done, grab the cash and fuck off as fast as you can outfit.
RSPCA have phoned the tree surgeons and was told that there were no nests and that no one mentioned nests... Cowboys.
Cowboy bird killing fuckwits.
Oh...said vile neighbour even put crumbs out for the birds whilst the rspca guy was there.
I totally despair.

@Cally62 calm down, you have done everything you could.

Same thing happened next door to me, I was very upset but council didn't want to know as it was being destroyed for executive housing, money talks.

That's terrible. Well done for doing everything you could OP.