Landowners and occupiers have a responsibility to ensure that your roadside hedges do not.

Restrictions on cutting hedgerows are set out in Section 40 of the Wildlife Act as amended by the Wildlife (Amendment) Act and the Heritage Act These Acts stipulate that it is an offence to destroy vegetation on uncultivated land between the 1st of March and the 31st of August each year.

This information has already been circulated to local authorities. May 28, It’s important to know when it is tree cutting season to avoid legal trouble. In Ireland, it is against the law to cut, burn or destroy trees (along with hedges) between March 1st and August 31st.

This is due to the fact that the natural nesting and breeding season for birds and other wildlife occurs during this time period, so felling trees can put these bird species- many of which are. It Is illegal from 1st March 1st – 31st August, To Cut, Grub Or Otherwise Destroy Vegetation, Including Hedgerows & Trees, on Land Not Tilled For Agricultural Use or To Burn Upland shrubclean.barted Reading Time: 4 mins.

Mar 07, It is an offence to 'cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy hedgerows on uncultivated land during the nesting season from 1 March to 31 August, subject to certain exceptions'. What is the law?Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

Cutting, burning, or destruction of hedges is restricted during nesting and breeding season between the 1st March and the 31st August, in order to protect nesting birds except for certain exemptions. (Section 40 of the Wildlife Act as amended by Section 46 of the Wildlife Amendment Act ).

These restrictions apply not only to private land-users but also to local authorities, public bodies and. A landowner may not cut down the tree or enter on to the land of the tree owner without permission.

It is unlawful to ring bark (a process involving the complete removal of a strip of bark from around the entire circumference of either a branch or trunk of a tree) or otherwise injure trees in such a manner as to cause them to die or decay. Jul 09, Robert Beggs from the Sustainable Land Management Branch at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) said: “Under DAERA’s Cross-Compliance rules, hedges, trees or scrub cutting Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

Feb 28, February 28th, Last May, TCD and UCD were found cutting trees and hedges on their campuses during the closed period designed to protect nesting birds and other wildlife. Environmental lawyer Dr Andrew Jackson explains why we should all respect the closed period from 1 March to 31 August, and how we can help wildlife during these months. There seems to be a widespread misconception that the laws prohibiting vegetation cutting during the breeding and nesting season Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.

Oct 26, TWO MEN paid fines and costs removing shrub near electric lines almost €1, after pleading guilty at Drogheda District Court of cutting down trees during the nesting shrubclean.barted Reading Time: 2 mins.