NETWORK Rail has been accused of “vandalism” after clearing hedging and trees from the side of the Huddersfield line in Silkstone Common, in the middle of the bird nesting season.
The work has gone ahead despite advice from the RSPB that such work should be avoided between March and the end of August because of nesting.
It has outraged residents near the railway, as well as Silkstone Parish Council, which was not consulted or told of the work in advance - which was described as “vandalism” by chairman Meryl Liddell.
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