Nailing trees.
People who nail things to trees. To my mind thoughtless vandals. How would you like it if somebody nailed a bird box to your shins? And do these boxes ever get used by birds? Rarely because birds like a bit of cover – not full exposure of their family business. I’ve seen whole lighting strings – for a carpark – nailed to a fine row of birches. Yes – cheaper than a pole I suppose. I would like to see nailing/screwing things into trees made a criminal offence – it’s vandalism. And I don’t accept that ‘bark is dead’ so if the nail is short it doesn’t hurt. What do I know? years of watching injured trees get infected and slowly dying prematurely.