Ham Photos is a growing archive of photos of Ham (at the meeting of Richmond upon Thames and Kingston upon Thames in south-west London), where I have lived since 1996. It captures the small changes that are easily missed and delights in the unusual, the unexpected and the unnoticed.
4 August 2024
Vandal at work in Royal Park Gate
The green corridor through Royal Park Gate deliberately natural looking with a defined wildlife corridor and the other grassy areas lightly managed to allow grasses to produce seeds and flowers to produce pollen. As I walked through I could see butterflies seeking that pollen.
That is how the area is meant to be.
One resident has other ideas and decided to spend several hours mowing the area to reduce it to this with not a flower in sight. Such wanton destruction is baffling.
Luckily nature can cope and just a couple of days later the grass areas were back to where they were, as anyone who tries to maintain a neat lawn will appreciate.
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