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Images show huge trees toppled by Storm Babet at Aberdeen’s Seaton Park

Families arriving at the beauty spot on Sunday were shocked to find the trail of destruction left by gales over the past few days.

Seaton Park is showing the scars of Storm Babet.
Seaton Park is showing the scars of Storm Babet. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson

Huge trees at an Aberdeen park recently crowned “Scotland’s favourite” have been uprooted by ferocious Storm Babet gales.

Several massive trees around the rugby pitch in Seaton Park have been left lying on their side after days of dangerous wind speeds across the north and north-east.

It comes about a year after the Donside expanse was voted Scotland’s favourite park.

Storm Babet left parts of Seaton Park in disarray. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson 
Another old tree is felled, with families posing for photos beside the astonishing display of nature’s power. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson 

How was Seaton Park hit by Storm Babet?

Seaton Park was busy on Sunday, as families made the most of their chance to get back outdoors after Storm Babet made it unsafe to even leave the house.

But amid the serene conditions were reminders of just how serious the gales were.

A huge divot was left in the ground where the tree was uprooted. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson 

As well as the fallen trees, the River Don remained perilously high and fast-flowing.

And some parts of the pathway along the bank remained submerged.

The path leading to the Brig o’ Balgownie was left swamped. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson 
Large puddles in Seaton Park after the rainfall of Storm Babet. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson

And Aberdeen University’s nearby Cruickshank Botanic Gardens were locked up, due to safety fears.

Parts of the spot, just off The Chanonry, were sealed off for months after damage inflicted by Storm Arwen two years ago,

The gates are locked shut. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson 
A short distance away, a fallen tree blocks a path near the King Street Lidl supermarket. Image: Ben Hendry/DC Thomson 

It comes after a dog walker in Stirlinghsire went viral for filming a forest floor being “lifted” by huge gusts during Storm Babet.

In January 2022, during Storm Malik, a woman was killed by a falling tree in Aberdeen.

Sandra Clark, 60, died instantly in the incident at Deveron Road in the Mastrick area of the city.

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