Wildflower meadow

[teabag]

What I dont understand is that there are rules for ploughing up permanant pasture ie EIA but natural england say they cant be inforced. Its so sad that this land will be lost.

[JumbleJulia]

Where is the meadow roughly? (county?) Maybe you can set up a protest on/nearby, try and raise awareness of the issue locally?

[teabag]

Its in south warwickshire

[Wild-Woman]

Perhaps you could raise the profile of the meadow by contacting the local media. The more people know about it the better.

[teabag]

yes, thats a good idea.

[stevecurtis]

Great shame,it seems to me that we have wildlife laws coming out of our ears, but no one seems to have the time?money?guts?to enforce any of them.

all the best Steve

[teabag]

Im wondering if a tree protection order may help as I think that two fields will be made in to one by pulling out the hedge and trees. How do I go about this please

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by teabag

Im wondering if a tree protection order may help as I think that two fields will be made in to one by pulling out the hedge and trees. How do I go about this please

Planning department of the local Council. They usually have a tree officer who will be able to offer advice. TPOs normally only cover trees. Hedgerows have their own set of regulations. You could raise your concerns and ask them to check the hedgerow for it's quality under the Hedgerow Regulations Act. It would need to be high quality in terms of species, culture, history etc. though.

Good luck.

Cheers,

Adam

[teabag]

Thanks,the wildlife trust grassland trust and butterfly conservatin people as well as natural england are all looking in to this now so I hope something can be done. fingers crossd anyway.