On the evening of 14th April I caught youths, about 13 years old, throwing large lumps of stone and wood at the nesting boxes on the NW side of the woodland area. I sent them on their way (having taken their first names) and checked the boxes which appeared undamaged.
As yet there have been no Dorset cases of ash dieback, the deadly disease caused by the fungus Chalara fraxina. But as spring gets underway the signs of the the disease become more visible - leaf loss, bark lesions and crown dieback.
Ash dieback could strike the Quarr - read more here:
On the evening of 14th April I caught youths, about 13 years old, throwing large lumps of stone and wood at the nesting boxes on the NW side of the woodland area. I sent them on their way (having taken their first names) and checked the boxes which appeared undamaged.