I approached our walk through Burley Old this morning with trepidation, those winds had been quite strong, with even stronger gusts, and the enclosure's seen more than its fair share of damage over recent years. I was relieved to find that on this occasion my fears where, for the most part, unfounded. There was plenty of fallen deadwood, a good covering torn off leaf too, although no large boughs down and I only saw one tree humbled, a Silver Birch which had fallen covering and blocking one of the main rides through Burley Old. What a relief, the enclosure could do with some luck, it really has taken a battering in recent years, with too many veteran trees brought to ground.
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