In total, the estate has lost about 25 35-year-old beeches and birch trees of different ages. Entire trees have been cut down and transported away. On most trees, the crowns have been left in the forest, but most annoyingly, Otto Thott thinks it is that smaller beech trees have been cut down and then left on the ground.
"It feels doubly sad that you sawed them down and then don't even want to use them," thott says.
In addition, someone has broken loose with the chainsaw in the linden alley along Skabersjö castle road.
"The fact that you choose to take a tree in the middle of this cultural landscape actually feels like an overstep.
50-year-old oak trees sawn down
On the estate, it is suspected that it is people in search of free firewood who have cut down the trees. Last autumn, tree thieves also arrived in a nature reserve in Tomelilla. 22 50-year-old oak trees were sawn down and transported away.
"We don't know if it was private individuals or companies. There were clear traces of forest machines at the site, says Olof Larne of the Ystad-Österlen region's environmental association.
At Södra skogsägarna, they have not heard of sawn-down trees being a widespread problem, but they feel that thefts from timber piles have increased.
– We have not caught anyone in the act, but we have reported thefts to the police on a number of occasions, says John Karlström, area manager at Södra in Höör.
"Increased by 300 percent"
A pile of, for example, 100 logs may have decreased to 85 by the time it is submitted to industry.
"They're heavy logs, so it's not enough to have a car trailer. You have to have access to some type of forest machine or a truck to transport them away," says John Karlström.
John Karlström also suspects that it is the high price of electricity, which has also caused firewood prices to skyrocket, that is behind increased thefts of firewood and trees.
"The price of firewood has increased by 300 percent, which means that some see the opportunity to take timber for free.