Earlier this morning the Gurn was alerted to the fact that someone or some group/organisation had been cutting the broom along the Links yesterday between the Sandancer and the Links car park. Upon arriving in the area it was obvious that a large patch of broom had been clear-felled and left by the path. Yesterday a worried gurnite and her friend remonstrated with the cutters, they were worried about the effect on birdlife. The cutters were unmoved by this and continued.
Do the left over stumps present a danger to walkers or children playing in the dunes?
Do you enjoy the spring and early summer colours along this part of the seafront? Perhaps you won't have the chance next year. Could this clump of gorse be next for the chop?
Further along the beach, Japanese Knotweed ( a plant that has devasted areas of the riverside) grows unmolested as the broom is destroyed further along. Please e-mail the gurn if you have any details about why the broom was cut and who is carrying out the work. 