Wash Common residents have been up in arms about the potentially illegal destruction of a large hedge on the boundary of Park House School. The sizable hedgerow running along the secondary school’s boundary on Monks Lane opposite Sutherlands was destroyed to make way for a new fence during the half term break. However, many believe this could have been an illegal act as the hedge could have contained nesting birds. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 — the law that protects nesting birds and their eggs — it is illegal to intentionally damage or destroy a bird’s nest while it’s being us…
