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Huge wasp nest

Reported via mobile in the Other tree issue category anonymously at 21:15, Tuesday 11 August 2026

Sent to Buckinghamshire Council 2 days, 18 hours, 18 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 9934805.

Huge wasp nest on the path/flood barrier along the canal path and it's on the right side of the slope near where the metal grids go over the stream. A lady with a couple of dogs walking towards us got attacked yesterday evening and alerted us. Initially we didn't see any but as we got near it we saw literally hundred swarming on the ground and we got chased too. Luckily we didn't get bitten. A lady and her dog weren't so lucky this morning 🥲

Updates

  • State changed to: For Triage

    Updated by Buckinghamshire Council at 13:02, Friday 14 August 2026

  • A Highway Officer will carry out an initial assessment of the tree, emergency issues will be corrected or made safe at the time of the inspection, if reasonably practicable to do so. In this context, making safe may constitute displaying warning notices, coning‐off or fencing‐off to protect the public from the tree or other suitable action.

    If the inspection team cannot make safe the defect at the time of inspection, then they will instigate the relevant emergency call procedures to ensure appropriate resources are mobilised to make the tree safe. Highway Officers are not qualified as tree experts and in some cases they may need to arrange for a tree surgeon to visit the site and carry out a survey on the tree which can take up to 12 weeks.

    There may also be occasions when the issue reported will be classified as a minor defect and does not pose any risk to either the safety or the integrity of the highway, these are called minimum recording levels as specified in our Highways Safety Inspection Policy, in these cases no action will be taken.

    We do not prune or remove council owned trees to improve natural light for a private property (including obstruction of solar panels). If you wish to carry out any work on a tree, you must first check the tree is not protected before any work is started. How to find out if a tree has a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) in Buckinghamshire.

    State changed to: Open

    Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 15:33, Friday 14 August 2026

  • The customer who made this report has received a communication privately from us

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 08:31, Monday 17 August 2026

This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.