Autumn is a good time to trim hawthorn hedges. We have lots of them on our allotments and the farm. The goats love them but the time to cut back the hedges is limited to September and October. The hedges are popular nesting sites for birds so we need to wait until the end of August before cutting them back. And from mid October onwards, the hedges are not worth cutting back for goat feed as they have lost most of their leaves by then. So a 6-7 week opportunity needs to be seized. Blink and you will miss it!
The branches left over once the goats have stripped them make good kindling. Noting wasted.
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