UK households with bushes in gardens risk "unlimited fines" for a mistake - even if "accidental". "Unintentionally" breaking strict guidance could result in eye-watering fines and jaw-dropping financial punishments, it has been claimed.

Gardeners are being warned over disturbing birds' nests in bushes in gardens nationwide. All wild birds species, their nest and eggs are protected by law. “Under Section 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it’s an offence to intentionally damage or destroy a wild bird’s nest while it is being built or in use,” say the forest and gardening tools experts at Husqvana.

“That includes consciously using a hedge trimmer when there is a bird’s nest in your hedge and, in the process of doing so, causing the nest to be damaged or destroyed.”

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