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Nesting falcons interrupt Vodafone 4G mast upgrades
Everything Goes
20-03-2015
Nesting falcons have interrupted Vodafone 4G mast upgrades in London. Five pairs of nesting falcons have have built nests on the networks masts. These include a church, a hospital and an office block. They cannot be disturbed under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Still at least they get a good signal and maybe a little bit of heat too. Its good to squawk

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03...ne_cell_sites/
jabbamk1
20-03-2015
I believe the same thing happened to every mast when Vodafone tried to do 3G upgrades 10 years ago.
enapace
20-03-2015
Can't imagine Vodafone is too happy about this.
binary
20-03-2015
How dare these so called falcons nest in the way of progress. They should be exterminated with extreme prejudice, with the results streamed live to all Vodafone 4G customers' handsets.
DevonBloke
20-03-2015
Do birds generally prefer Vodafone then?
The feathered kind, before anyone gets clever!
clivers
20-03-2015
And we all thought Vodafone was going to the dogs?
swb1964
20-03-2015
Nothing to be done. People will just have to wait. Nesting season will be over soon enough.
The Lord Lucan
21-03-2015
Great excuse.. Funny that it only has happened to Vodafone or at least that they want to publicly talk about it.
DevonBloke
21-03-2015
They made the mistake (as we all do from time to time) of erecting masts that had places that were a perfect fit for Falcon shaped nests.
Easily done.... easily done...
The Lord Lucan
21-03-2015
Or the tech is so old the "Falcons" think it's part of nature due to the lack of recent upgrades..
El Cubido
21-03-2015
As the 4G masts are a new thing, does that make them Millennium Falcons?
DevonBloke
21-03-2015
A fine retort Sir.... I award you 10 points!!!
swb1964
21-03-2015
Originally Posted by DevonBloke:
“They made the mistake (as we all do from time to time) of erecting masts that had places that were a perfect fit for Falcon shaped nests.
Easily done.... easily done...”

I'm aware of at least a couple of cases of people losing Sky reception because birds (probably not falcons ) built nests in their dishes, so anything is possible!

Like here, it was tough luck- they had to wait until the birds had gone.
enapace
21-03-2015
Originally Posted by swb1964:
“I'm aware of at least a couple of cases of people losing Sky reception because birds (probably not falcons ) built nests in their dishes, so anything is possible!

Like here, it was tough luck- they had to wait until the birds had gone.”

Hopefully the people weren't charged.
sethpet
21-03-2015
Originally Posted by swb1964:
“I'm aware of at least a couple of cases of people losing Sky reception because birds (probably not falcons ) built nests in their dishes, so anything is possible!

Like here, it was tough luck- they had to wait until the birds had gone.”

We have a pigeon every year tries to build a nest on our dish.

Every day i have to push its work to the floor during the nesting season.
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