Greeny News

Photojournalist is not the disturbing story of bird-lover Simon Richardson 's be surprised with the law.

Richardson, who is opposed to a cull of parakeets, took pictures of environment department (Defra) staff as they removed nests from a tree in his neighbour's garden.

The birds, which are often kept as pets, are said to pose a danger to crops and pylons because they build large communal nests, as well as to other species.

A Hertfordshire police spokesman quoted by the MoS apologised for there having been a "confusion."