Mindless Vandalism!

[MattyF]

could be an attempt to create standing dead in parkland for wood peckers ect!!!

[Mike Hill]

Mick thats shocking.

 

I think the person(s) responsible probably couldn't get their Transit van onto the Footpath round the other side.Because it looks like they did the one side standing on the Roof of the Van using a motorised pole pruner.

[Mesterh]

Thats nothing, check this out. Caught two blokes butchering an Ash today, didn't get the reg cos they scurried off as soon as they saw me taking pics...Pikeys I reckon.

 

I bet they pulled the old "Yes Mrs, we need half the cash now to order a skip,we will be back tomorrow when it turns up" followed by a quick:vroam:

 

As for the ring barking:thumbdown: could be kids with a nicked/borrowed saw messing about. Have seen that before.

[Dean Lofthouse]

A Whitebeam I came across today in a park

[Arbgirl]

That looks like those pesky squirrels with marker pens again, Dean

 

Bloomin' vermin!

[Mark Bolam]

Dog damage?

[Dean Lofthouse]

No mark, you can see in the last pic they have used some sort of implement to scrape up under the bark, probably a samuri sword knowing the area