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Cleaning and maintaining open drains on farm

  • 10-03-2015 12:43AM
    #1
    ziggerd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭


    Hi
    Is there any time limitations to the cleaning out of open drains on agricultural land? the drains are approximately 4 ft-12 ft wide and 6 ft - 10 ft deep.
    I know you are restricted to maintaining hedgerows from 1st March till 31st August. I'm just wondering if the same time limit applies.
    Thanks
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  • #2
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Don't think so. Usually they're done in summer months when ground is dry


  • #3
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,937 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Recommended time is mid May to mid August, during the winter small animals/fish eggs etc. are attached to gravel and stones.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4
    Genghis Cant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    ziggerd wrote: »
    Hi
    Is there any time limitations to the cleaning out of open drains on agricultural land? the drains are approximately 4 ft-12 ft wide and 6 ft - 10 ft deep.
    I know you are restricted to maintaining hedgerows from 1st March till 31st August. I'm just wondering if the same time limit applies.
    Thanks

    Definitions of an open drain could vary widely. We could be talking about an insignificant ditch or a major Salmonid nursery. The size of either can be the exact same!
    It would be extremely important to know precisely what you're dealing with. A mistake could be costly.
    In general, instream works are not carried out during the closed season, from October 1 st to April 31 st.
    Even in the open season conditions may still apply.


  • #5
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    Definitions of an open drain could vary widely. We could be talking about an insignificant ditch or a major Salmonid nursery. The size of either can be the exact same!
    It would be extremely important to know precisely what you're dealing with. A mistake could be costly.
    In general, instream works are not carried out during the closed season, from October 1 st to April 31 st.
    Even in the open season conditions may still apply.

    Would a nursery be obvious to the naked eye? Never seen one so just interested


  • #6
    Genghis Cant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    just do it wrote: »
    Would a nursery be obvious to the naked eye? Never seen one so just interested

    I suppose it's fairly obvious if you know what you're looking for.
    I've little doubt you've came across some lovely streams in your travels, you'd see the quality of habitat in them. But even the most innocuous of watercourses can be teeming with life. A species like Brook Lamprey with Annex 1 and 2 protection can readily be found in silty enough streams.
    So it's important to know what your goin digging before you wet a bucket!


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