Buzzard saves tree’s life

This video is called Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo).

The Dutch war … sorry … ‘defence’ department plans to move the navy barracks from Doorn in Utrecht province to Vlissingen in Zeeland province.

To help that move, many trees in Vlissingen have been cut down. However, one tree still stands. As there is a buzzard nest in it. Buzzards are a protected species, and it is illegal to destroy their nests.

Authorities are now putting artificial nests in the area. They hope that the buzzard couple will move to one of these in the new nesting season, enabling them to cut down the present nesting tree.

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