[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

Well I can tell you something good about sycamores... they may not support the diversity of invertebrates that an oak does but in terms of sheer volume of insect weight they don't compare too badly - they're mainly stuffed full of aphids and feed lots of young tits and warblers late in the season fuelling them up for the winter. - Particularly good in urban areas where big trees are sometimes few and far between.

Blah blah...trust you Gill to fight the sycamore cause!...those aphids also caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to my shiny new car =( but yes......the sycamores along the woods by our drive are full of tits that is true....i still hate them tho