Birds, trees and the sound of chainsaws | Money | guardian.co.uk

Birds, trees and the sound of chainsaws | Money | guardian.co.uk

Trees are a huge source of disagreement in my street. While half the homeowners appreciate the shade and cover for bird life provided by the 30-foot lime trees lining the road, the rest resent the stickiness the trees exude, which drips on their cars, and fear the roots will cause subsidence or heave.


And it's that time of year when the disagreements come to the fore: birds are nesting, Springwatch is about to reappear on our television screens, and yet again there's a distinct buzzing in the street outside. Not the happy hum of bees collecting pollen, but chainsaws stripping the limes of leaves and many of their finer branches.