The fallen tree in the Bulstake Stream reported to the Environment Agency in August by OFA was removed by their maintenance team in September. Here’s what the stream looked like on 30 October.

The Environment Agency has an annual programme for maintaining sections of main river where a blockage could increase risk of property flooding. Riperian landowners are responsible for maintenance on other waterways.

If you’re concerned about fallen trees blocking a river please report it and we’ll try to get the issue attended to. Please supply photographs and the exact location of the problem. A resident in south Oxford recently succeeded in having a tree removed from Weir’s Mill stream by a local landowner’s estate management agent. The Environment Agency wrote to the managing agent in support of the request.