Conservation or Safety?
As required by the planning authorities EGCC has numerous ponds around its perimeter due to the need to preserve the Great Crested Newt. Clearly these ponds are also magnets for Herons and Geese. Where ponds also lie on private land adjacent the airfield and when protected species are involved (like Herons), Airfield Ops are restricted in their ability to clear the area of any birds that might pose a hazard.
I can’t help feeling that there is an important point here somewhere which is being overlooked. ,........Conservation or aircraft safety?