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Oak Processionary Moth here to stay !


David Humphries
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I understand that the Goverment has now settled on a policy of Containment rather than Eradication, of this pest.

 

The scientific advise has concluded that it is impractical to eliminate the presence of the caterpillar from West London.

 

As a compromise, the FC will continue to monotor, & any new outbreak within the buffer area (radius of 10 kilometers from the core outbreak zone), will have a statutory notice placed to remove any nests.

 

Sites within the original outbreak zone will no longer have the notice served.

 

 

Restrictions on the movement of Oak material (prunnings & nursery stock) from out of the outbreak zone, will be imposed.

 

 

 

So it looks as if our little hairy friends have won their battle to settle,

and we will have to get used to the associated defoliation & health risks, that come with the package.

 

 

Hmmmmm ??????

 

 

 

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It will be interesting to see how many nests we find this year compared to last. If the 10 fold increase from 2009 to 2010 is anything to go by we are going to be busy busy.......I'm sure views will change. I think the biggest worry is the risk to human health. To be honest trees where we were pulling out up to 10 nests were not showing worrying levels of defoliation....which was suprising given the volume of traffic going out on the crown each night. (see what i did there? out on the crown.. ha ha):biggrin:Especially in a public park such as Richmond. The last couple of weeks we have again been on nest removal......old ones that were missed by the army of spotters last year.

 

We are spraying over the easter period.....certain trees......do not know the exact details yet....havent been handed the dossier!

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