Private land and homeowners on Anglesey are being urged to maintain overgrowing hedges and trees.

With the bird nesting season at the end, the county council says overgrowing hedges and trees which spill onto roads or paths can cause a nuisance or danger to the public.

Land and property owners are also being reminded that they're responsible for ensuring dangerous trees, such as those with the highly infectious disease of ash dieback, are removed.

The council says it may serve notice if necessary, under the Highways Act 1980, to remove any interfering or endangering vegetation - or carry out the work itself and recover the costs from the land or property owner.

Cllr Dafydd Rhys Thomas, who holds the highways portfolio at Anglesey Council said: “All land and property owners have a duty of care to ensure that their hedges and trees do not pose a risk to road users or walkers using footways or pavements."

"Now is a great opportunity for land and property owners to maintain their boundary hedges and trees as the bird nesting season is over.”

A spokesperson for Anglesey Council added: "Overhanging branches or hedges which obstruct passage, visibility or impair the effectiveness of streetlights and signs should be lopped or trimmed back to a vertical line with the boundary of the property."

"It is also the land and property owner’s responsibility to collect the cuttings and ensure that the highway is cleared upon completion of the works."

Hedges and trees which are overgrowing onto the highway can be reported to pemht@anglesey.gov.wales