Hedge cutting - best time for plant + birds?

Hi all,
From the RSPB:
From the RSPB:
"We recommend not cutting hedges and trees between March and August as this is the main breeding season for nesting birds..."
From the RHS:
So, to be pedandic about it, does everyone rush around between 1st September and the autumn equinox (around 22nd September) to trim their hedges? Also, with a formal hedge that needs 2 or 3 cuts a year, when would be another opportunity to do it?
Thanks in advance,
JT
From the RHS:
"Timing of pruning should take into account the potential for nesting birds... However in general, these are the optimum timings for pruning hedges:
* Deciduous hedges - Maintenance pruning: Each summer
* Evergreen hedges - Maintenance pruning: Each summer"
So, to be pedandic about it, does everyone rush around between 1st September and the autumn equinox (around 22nd September) to trim their hedges? Also, with a formal hedge that needs 2 or 3 cuts a year, when would be another opportunity to do it?
Thanks in advance,
JT
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If you don't have birds nesting, you maintain your hedge as and when required
The hedge borders a very narrow footpath and we have to keep it well trimmed on that side otherwise there are complaints from the Parish Council. One year we nearly decapitated poor Mrs Blackbird who’d not nested far enough into the hedge. She immediately flew from the nest leaving eggs. We kept watch and within a few hours she was back and successfully hatched all the eggs and raised her babes despite being relatively exposed to the footpath traffic. Blackbirds are such good parents!
How do people go about this with any degree of certainty? Otherwise, is the general idea to do a quick check and hope for the best?
Also, do birds tend to return to the nest after being spooked by a hedge cutter e.g. a loud 2-stroke one?
If you are out at work all day, it's not that easy.
Lonicera and privet are both dense and fast growing as you say but once established, if you stick to the trimming in Spring and Autumn, I can't see you can do much else. Unless you want to be fanatically "tidy" you should be ok.
Quite often the rules and regulations tend to make the average person feel somewhat guilty but they are broken/ignored every day by business concerns.
At least you as an individual are asking about this particular issue and you are therefore aware and prepared to do your best - good for you