Casualty

A reminder that even in the best kept park, in this case Queen Mary's Garden (see 14th June), you get the odd casualty from time to time, with the branches of this once substantial tree being just about visible top middle left of the illustration. Root ball occupying most of the rest.

I wonder if the plan is to leave the tree where it lies, only very lightly tidied up, to serve as a reserve and reservoir for the various beetles et cetera which make a living out of dead trees.