"Nests can't be moved or destroyed while they're being built or still in use - apart from under certain exceptions to allow the control of certain birds for specific reasons under licence. Any disturbance could kill or injure wild birds and their young - or cause parent birds to abandon their nest, eggs and young. The RSPCA said: "Birds are at their most vulnerable when nesting. ![]() "Fortunately, it won't be long before the eggs hatch – and the young are away not long after hatching, so hopefully these gulls will do better with the thin blue line than they often do in the deep blue yonder." Apparently they have been there for a few days but I haven't seen any signs of eggs yet." Read more: Town's hilarious Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration acronym 'mishap'Ī local resident said: "Clearly the police haven't had to use the car for a while, as it must have taken the seagulls some time to build a nest. They have been observed coming and going from it as they prepare to lay and incubate their eggs. The herring gulls have propped up their nest against the long blue strobe light fixed to the roof. The bizarre incident has taken place in the car park next to the police station in the seaside town of Bridport, Dorset. But as the nesting season for seagulls runs until July, the squad car could be out of use for some time. Instead they have coned off the patrol car to keep members of the public away from it.Ī spokesman for the RSPB said they were reassured that the birds would be safe while under police protection. Officers are unable to clear the clump of twigs and branches because - as they well know - it is illegal to damage or destroy a birds' nest under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. A local police car has been put out of action after a pair of protected seagulls started nesting on its roof.
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