West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has actually verified it has actually been given a licence to move the birds from its Shrewsbury Ambulance Station, at Mercian Close.
They have actually been nesting in the station’s garage, with around 40 birds comprehended to be on website.
The licence is needed due to the secured status which covers swallows.
Some members of staff at the station are comprehended to be distressed at the prepared elimination of the birds, and the capacity for damage to moved animals – however WMAS has said it had no choice in handling something which might posture a danger to clients.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service said they would be trying to rehome the birds in the very first circumstances, and has actually been speaking to a charity about doing so.
He said: “Unfortunately, we have actually been entrusted no choice however to take this action. We just cannot have birds nesting in the garage, a location where scientific equipment is cleaned up and preserved.
“It is costing upwards of £3,000 a month to keep it tidy, money that might be utilized on client care.
“Not only do the birds make it an unpleasant place to work, they are causing damage to equipment and there is the risk of their droppings infecting clinical equipment, a matter which has real risks for patients.
“We have obtained a licence from Natural England to remove the birds.
“We will initially attempt to re home them and are grateful to staff who have put us in touch with a charity that has agreed to assist us in doing so.
“We will also put up bird boxes outside the building should the birds come back in the hope that they will not try and nest in the garage again.
“The last thing we want to do is cause harm to the birds, but we cannot continue as we are with the infection risk to patients and the costs that should be invested in patient care.”
