Overhead ESB line causing nuisance in garden

I moved into my home about 3 years ago. The house itself is an old cottage with 2 story extension built on. Nearby is a group septic tank area. There is an overhead ESB line feeding this. When I first moved in, it went diagonally across my property, from front to back and the cable actually rested on the top of the roof. One day, unannounced, an ESB crew came along and cut this wire down. One end of it landed on my car at the front and the other end landed into my vegetable plot but no real damage was done....would've been nice if they called at the front door first though.

Anyway, they relocated the wire and it runs in a slightly different way now.
The wire then travels right over the main area of my back garden where I would sit out or whatever I want to do. It then continues off to the septic tank area.

I wouldn't mind all this except for the fact that crows and all sorts of birds congregate on the wire and defecate all over place. The concreted footpath areas and walls and garden furniture. The place is sometimes covered. Have I any legal say with regards to this wire travelling through the airspace above my garden or is it just tough luck? It really is a pain having to power wash the paths and furniture on a weekly basis. With regards to the furniture, it could be said that I could move the furniture elsewhere. Well I don't have that much free area out in the garden where I can get good sunshine, due to the aspect of the garden.

If anyone can tell me if I can legally make the ESB move the wire from my airspace, I would be most appreciative. I took some pictures to show all this but the site says I need to have posted 15 or more posts before I can put up any images.

As far as I am aware, there's nothing you can do about it.

My parents had an ESB cable running over their back garden and awoke one morning to find 3 workmen from the ESB in their back garden cutting the tops of their trees to a height well beneath their cables.

When we enqured, we were told that they had the right to enter property to trim or remove any growth which was in danger of coming too close to their power lines.

Take a look at this Key Post, or this, or the threads mentioned in that last one.

Also, I moved the thread from AskAboutLaw, as it's not a legal matter.
Leo

you probably should look into bird scaring methods as it looks like you are stuck with the wire.