Hedgerow destruction.

[jpc]

Excellent article about the above in the journal.ie
There's another prior article.
What are people's thoughts?
Road side hedgerow need to be maintained.
But the destruction of the hedgerows in farmland is another story.

'Whole ditches disappearing overnight': hedgerows falling foul to larger farms

Noteworthy finds biodiversity in a battle with some farming practices – and a low level of accountability demanded by the Department of Agriculture.

www.thejournal.ie

 

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Hedgerows and boreens should be national monuments

 

[The Field Marshal]

Many hedgerows are little more than dirt collectors and obstacles to efficient farming,
In addition there is absolutely zero that is natural out them given that they were mostly planted by humans to delineate boundary’s.

It is insane to be wittering on about protecting hedgerows,,

 

[Sham frÓg]

Many hedgerows are little more than dirt collectors and obstacles to efficient farming,
In addition there is absolutely zero that is natural out them given that they were mostly planted by humans to delineate boundary’s.

It is insane to be wittering on about protecting hedgerows,,

No they are not. They are universes of life unto themselves. They are the abode of the fairies too.

You will have no luck.

If people like you had there way Ireland would be full of golf courses and soulless communist mega farms.

 

[xtasy90s]

No really don't think it is mad to go on about hedgerows, it gives much shelter and even food to bird and bees, and mammals that need shelter/habitat to mammals such as foxes or mice. Lots of things live in there, they need a home too.

 

[Sham frÓg]

Fieldy's Ireland -

Sham's Ireland -

 

[The Field Marshal]

No really don't think it is mad to go on about hedgerows, it gives much shelter and even food to bird and bees, and mammals that need shelter/habitat to mammals such as foxes or mice. Lots of things live in there, they need a home too.

Mice , rats and rabbits are destructive vermin

Hedgerows and boreens should be national monuments

now you want vermin to be deemed national monuments.

 

[xtasy90s]

A rat would be better than you field marshal, the anti animal guk you come out with is incredible....

 

[Conall Gulban]

Hedgerows and boreens are magical places, also the difference between the countryside as the shire and the countryside as a green desert.

I was once waylaid by the faeries, I lost my way in a labyrinth of hedges in a place that was familiar to me but utterly transformed somehow. It took me many hours to find my way home. True story.

 

[Willow]

Many hedgerows are little more than dirt collectors and obstacles to efficient farming,
In addition there is absolutely zero that is natural out them given that they were mostly planted by humans to delineate boundary’s.

It is insane to be wittering on about protecting hedgerows,,

You're quite wrong there FM. Our hedgerows are higjly important sanctuaries for many native species.
Growing them took long forgotten skill, folding new shoots sideways to create a barrier effect. They are natural pieces of art.
Surprised at you.

 

[Eriugena]

Sham's Ireland -

The great Eddie Lenehan successfully campaigned to save a Whitethorn from the modernisers

Fairy bush survives the motorway planners

A "Sacred" fairy bush in Co Clare will not after all have to be destroyed in the building of a new bypass motorway, much to the…

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Willow]

Hedgerows and boreens are magical places, also the difference between the countryside as the shire and the countryside as a green desert.

I was once waylaid by the faeries, I lost my way in a labyrinth of hedges in a place that was familiar to me but utterly transformed somehow. It took me many hours to find my way home. True story.

Had you been at the mushrooms?