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Originally Posted by tigger  It may not be a native species... but round here any species is welcomed by the wildlife!
Jane |
Well that's not quite what i meant - you said it would be chopped down and I said as a positive, something that would provide a greater diversity of habitat to insects/birds etc
might be grown in it's place. Native trees/plants provide a greater abundance of food and nesting habitat than bamboo. I don't doubt the existing bamboo is doing a sterling job of providing roost cover. I was just giving an optimistic slant on what would happen if the bamboo was cut down.
Here, I have lived with a massive starling roost in the town for the past 30years - Starlings will re-locate very willingly if they loose their roost space. In 1987, we lost half the roost as a result of the storm. They re-located and the next roost was burnt down. The existing roost has got so large, some have re-located yet again starting new and smaller roosts elsewhere. There's never a shortage of roosting spaces in urban areas - it's nesting habitat that's short!
The law probably won't help you, but perhaps you could get the local press to do a cover - arguing that it shouldn't be destroyed on emotive grounds (I agree it's seems a shame for the Starlings) until the end of the Starling roost period which will be around end February to end of March. Perhaps the topical subject of 'cold weather' might influence people.