Trees in Richmond Park received a striking trim this week as part of maintenance pruning.

Trees received a coronet cut, a jagged-edged cut that aims to encourage microhabitats in branch ends.

The Royal Parks said: "The tree team have been pruning in #RichmondPark with veteran trees getting a "coronet cut".

"This technique is designed to give the branch a natural look, encourage the production of regrowth from dormant buds further down the branches and provide habitat for wood boring insects."

Arboricultural Consultancy Treework Environmental Practice describes the coronet cut as: "a type of natural fracture technique that is particularly intended to mimic jagged edges characteristically seen on broken branches following storm damage or static limb failure."

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