Thanks so much to all those who have signed recently. Sadly, this is an even worse update as many more trees were felled last week. Despite all our efforts, the pleas of the local people and against the advice of top ecologists, the Wildlife Trust have completely wiped out a section of our favourite ancient and very special woodland. There are now around 40 Small-leaved lime stumps. All were healthy trees, the trees that support our rare moth, but only in the nectar of their blossom. These trees will probably never blossom again.

We were told no machinery would be brought into the wood, but a large tractor was dragging and dumping the felled trunks, damaging the woodland floor and all the wonderful bluebells in this area. Logs and stumps were being hurled onto the log piles and into the under-storey of the wood by surgeons who cared nought for the sensitivity of the environment

Local residents wept.

They then came out in force on Sunday to show how upset they were.

All this in the same week that the Wildlife Trust have been in the paper and on local radio condemning HS2 for damaging ancient woodland!