In stark contrast to the sensitive approach being adopted at Queen Adelaide, work at Roswell has, over the past few months, continued to be needlessly destructive. Over the summer a kingfisher nest was reportedly destroyed, and a spectacular water lily bed removed. Since then a new track has been built in the woods – with no permission from Natural England; other work has continued even though previous permission has lapsed; several rusting boats have been left on the Pit; the flower-rich meadow of Ely Common, which had been carefully managed for over a century, has been severely damaged by being mown far too often; and most recently, the owner has been served a warrant by the Environment Agency for dumping household waste (including wire, carpet and plastic) around the edge of his bank-side concrete plinths
