The riverbanks and lands around the Sandy Bridge are now almost completely devoid of the alien species known as Chinese Bramble/Rubus Tricolor.
I
actually felt sorry in some ways for removing this pretty invasive
plant, admiring it for how its roots and stems held on tenaciously for
dear life in the gaps between the blocks of limestone of the bridge and
river bank walls as we fought to pull it out.
However
the battle to protect our native flora and fauna will be lost if the
very invasive species that we are removing are openly and legally for
sale in garden centres. There needs to be better joined-up thinking
between government and other stakeholders.
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