Sir – I am writing to give my wholehearted support to the letter from Alan Stock( November 1) re. councils’ indiscriminate cutting of grass.
If councils were to have a more ecologically-minded approach to cutting grass on road verges, in parks and in and around housing estates, it would, as Mr Stock says, help a great deal with providing habitat for insects as well as birds and mammals and provide 'highways' for them to move into more areas, both urban and rural. When you take into account the money saved by councils by a less intensive cutting regime it seems a no-brainer!
Paul Hughes, Carterton
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