Thanks to the Seren Park Gardens residents who alerted us to a fallen tree over the weekend. We investigated on Sunday (20th July) and found that 2 large limbs had fallen off the mature poplar tree in the Glade (ie interior of the woodland). These limbs have impacted other trees on the slope facing the apartments. These large branches are lying some distance from the foot of the slope parallel to the bin area to the west side of Seren Park Gardens. Our tree surgeon made a visit Tuesday 22nd to make his initial assessment. The tree surgeon reported that the fallen branches are stable on the ground.

NOTE: All the trees in the woodland are subject to a regular survey which then informs our priorities for tree surgery each Winter / Spring. The “poplar” tree is one species affected by “Summer branch drop”. This is known to occur when heavy rain follows a long dry spell – as it did last week.

The accompanying photo shows the tree of concern with Westcombe Woodlands’ committee member Andrew Slade in the background.