Birds nest and newborn baby - please help!

tellastory

Hoping someone a bit more knowledgable than me can offer some advice please.
I live in a georgian house that has a small decorative grate above the sitting room window that acts as ventilation for the house i think.
Anyway, one of the covers of the grate is gone and a family of birds have made it their home. It's a tiny little opening so the birds can't be very big but there are plenty of them and I think have probably had some little ones in the 3 months they've been there.

Initially I was happy to have them and appreciate that we should be helping birds out where we can. But I now have a new born and the noise from the birds is constant and they sometimes seem to have a bit of a scrap and lots of fluttering of wings and drama along with the constant whistling. It pretty much feels like they are in the living room with us because of the design of the grate and it's getting bloody annoying - I mean non-stop. It's like having 5 budgies in the corner of the room.

Can anyone help me understand:
how long I can expect them to be there? (It's july now)
If there is a bit of risk of bugs and germs from them (as I say, they are not fully sealed off from the sitting room)
If i were to try and get rid of them (and I'd prefer not to) what would be a responsible way to do it?

Any help at all would be great.
Cheers

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Firstly, you cannot legally do anything to remove them.

They will be gone in less than a month.

There is no health risk.

In October, when it's legal, have the vent fixed.

tellastory

Thanks very much Srameen.

2 other questions, if you don't mind:
- you say they'll be gone in less than a month, why's that? Do they normally have raised the young by then and flee the nest?
- Why is it legal to remove in October? Assuming it's when they're migrating or something.

Thanks again

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Most birds are fledged by late August. You can legally clear an used, and no longer required, nest. Birds rear their young in nests, they don't 'live' in them all year round. The birds will be roosting in trees, bushes etc.

tellastory

Thank you Srameen