VANDALS have caused outrage among the Kingsmead community after Poors Wood was targeted.


Cheshire Wildlife Trust looks after the reserve and created paths, gates and fences to make it easier for members of the community to enjoy the wood.


However Poors Wood has come under threat from vandals and the latest incident has seen a ‘delicately crafted’ gate at the southern end destroyed.


One member of the public, Peter Friston, who is a frequent visitor to the Poors Wood reserve noticed the vandalism last week and said it isn’t the first time he has seen something like this.


Peter said: “This has happened twice now. It as an insult and a slap in the face to the local community and the Cheshire Wildlife Trust, that some presumably local scumbags, have destroyed the delicately crafted entrance and exit gate from the southern end of Poors Wood to the Weaver Towpath at Kingsmead.


“A lot of people are really angered by this and we know that sooner or later these vandals will do something else.


“Obviously care for the environment and the feelings of decent residents are not held in great esteem by some members of the community.


“When the Cheshire Wildlife Trust first started developing the wood I gave them some help with the birds and wildlife and I thought they did a really good job in making it look nice.


“It’s been brilliant until recently but then people started to come and muck it up. It’s for the local people to enjoy and I meet a lot of people there who tell me how much they do enjoy it so it is really frustrating when it just gets destroyed for no reason.”


Matt Allmark, reserves manager for Cheshire Wildlife Trust said the trust won’t let vandals discourage it.
Matt said: “Naturally we’re disappointed to hear about the reported vandalism at Poors Wood, but we won’t let this discourage us.


“We’ve done a lot of great work with the community to maintain this woodland, only recently we’ve had volunteers giving their free time to make improvements there. We remain committed to making this a wildlife haven for local people to enjoy and hope others will continue to support us in our work there.”