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Lambs Conduit st WC1

Reported via Android in the Dead/Diseased tree category anonymously at 14:39, Wed 18 June 2025

Sent to Camden Borough Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7728839.

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I saw at least 2 maybe more young trees on Lambs Conduit st with shocking infestation of what might be Wooly aphid. I've dealt myself with this using the successful method of upturned plastic pots stuffed with straw, to attract earwigs to nest in the pots, they then completely eradicate the wooly aphids. It looks like same infestation to me. Not sure. But trees are in a very bad way. How could they get like this - clearly not monitored. Close by about 3rd tree from this I think is dead. Please treat if possible. If trees are beyond rescue I hope having neglected these (once lovely) trees they will be replaced. But I pray they can be saved. Please do consider the traditional straw pots option (if it is wooly aphid) as recommended by Dave Goulson a well known ecologist. Since hanging on my apple tree - zero wooly aphids. Can the trees also be given extra water given they're now very poorly? Thank you

Updates

  • Thank you for reporting this issue. It has been logged in our systems.

    Posted by Camden Borough Council at 14:39, Wed 18 June 2025

  • State changed to: Investigating

    Updated by Camden Borough Council at 08:43, Thu 19 June 2025

  • We have investigated this issue and can confirm it had now been fixed.

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by Camden Borough Council at 16:27, Fri 25 July 2025

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