A town council in Northumberland has been forced to keep the town's
Christmas tree up, four weeks after the close of the festive period,
because a bird's nest was discovered in among the branches.
The bird and her three eggs have left council officials at a loss after
they were discovered just as staff were about the remove the tree from
outside Concordia Leisure Center in Cramlington. After consulting the
RSPB, the town council has been forced to tell irritated residents that
there is nothing they can do about the tree.
Adam Harvey, administrative assistant at Cramlington Town Council, said:
“We went to take it down and I got a call from the people due to take
it down saying there was a bird’s nest with three eggs.
They said due to the law they could not do anything about it.” The
council has been receiving complaints from residents about the tree
still being up, but now officials are having to say there is nothing
they can do until the birds are hatched and have flown the nest.
“I can’t see them myself but I have been trying,” said Adam. “I called
the RSPB and they said unfortunately we could not do anything until they
had left the nest and that can take up to three weeks. We are not
neglecting our duties so it will be a little longer than the festive
period that we have our tree,” he said.
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