No Fruit Trees Allowed In Manchester Airport Gardens
More than 100 employees at Manchester’s busy airport have been given allotments, just a few hundred yards from the airport’s main runway. But they’ve been banned from grown fruit or any other form of bird-attracting plant.
Staff have been keen to sign up to the project, many working in teams. Some are working in teams to grow vegetables including lettuce and onions, but they must be careful not to grow any plants that may attract birds. Staff have even become quite competitive as they try to establish the best allotments.
Although the allotments are located on the outskirts of the airport area, adjacent to the Manchester Airport parking lots they are within only a few hundred yards of the main runway. Its therefore imperative that they don’t attracts flocks of feeding or nesting birds.
Manchester airport has employed a wildlife officer to oversee the plots and ensure that they are not attracting significant number of birds which could present a safety hazard. Birds tend to like areas around airports as there are often areas of undeveloped land which provides an ideal habitat for many species.
Flocks of small birds and large birds, such as gulls, can present a significant hazard to aircraft. Serious life threatening damage can occur when birds are drawn into the turbines or if they smash into the windscreen. Manchester airport have taken this potential threat very seriously and have banned the growing of fruit trees and other plants that might attract birds.
But the threat of a bird strike isn’t restricted to Manchester airport. Many other airports take various precautions to minimise the risk posed by birds. These generally include the removal of seeding plants that present a food source along with killing of insects with insecticides.
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