Ancient woodland damage investigation is completed
No suspects have been found after several trees were seriously and ‘deliberately’ damaged at an ancient woodland in Derby. It was reported in April how ‘youths’ debarked and chopped down trees to make dens at the Chaddesden Wood nature reserve in Oakwood. It was confirmed that two mature oak trees, understood to be around 100-years-old, were seriously damaged and are now in ‘decline’. Both trees have a combined value of £145,000 and are under a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) – […]