A BUCKS farmer woke up this morning to discover his crops covered in a “lorry-load” of fly-tipped rubbish.

The Hollingdon farmer, known as ‘Heady’ online, posted a video on Twitter showing the huge pile of waste now damaging his oat field.

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In the video, he said: “We’ve grown a lorry load of fly-tipping overnight.

“This is a crop we are lovingly caring for, planted, spending money on, and now it’s covered in other people’s rubbish.”

He added: “It is disgusting.”

The junk included a lawnmower, a double glazed window frame, a table football game, a suitcase, wooden furniture, an artificial Christmas tree and more.

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The farmer has been in touch with Buckinghamshire environmental health team which is now investigating the case.

Because the waste was dumped on private land, it is up to the landowner to clear up the rubbish.

But the council’s waste team investigates strong cases without a charge in a bid to catch the culprits and recover the cleanup costs for the landowner.

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More than 10 per cent of all cases investigated by the waste team have been involving private land.

The farmer said a number of addresses were attached to some of the items dumped at the oat field.

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He claimed the area had become a “hotspot” for fly-tipping and added: “Let’s hope we can get it cleared up and get compensated for the removal because it’s all time and work as well as the crop it’s destroying.”

Responding to the social media post, a Buckinghamshire Council channel dedicated to discouraging fly-tipping urged residents to refuse “unsolicited offers to take waste”.

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Buckinghamshire’s household recycling centres have gradually re-opened through the gradual easing of lockdown, with sites in Amersham, Becaonsfield, Buckingham, Aston Clinton and High Wycombe already open for “essential” disposal of waste.

The centres in Langley, Burnham, Chesham and Aylesbury re-opened today (Friday, May 29).