Concern deepens for Tex the missing scarecrow

A gardening group is appealing for help to find a missing 7ft (2.1m) scarecrow called Tex.

Chatteris in Bloom has even held a scarecrow amnesty, in the hope someone would hand him in.

Since September 2025, Tex was sitting amid some of the group's flower displays on Huntingdon Road in the Cambridgeshire town. He vanished around 14 March.

The group's president, Sue Unwin, said the volunteers were disappointed "someone would take something that people find a lot of joy in".

The Fenland town is one of the finalists in Britain in Bloom 2026.

It is also one of four finalists in the town category of the Royal Horticultural Society's competition.

Unwin added: "I just can't believe someone would want a seven-foot high scarecrow.

"We would like him back, we are missing him," she said.

The charity put an appeal on Facebook and contacted the police. It said police were going to review doorbell footage.

Cambridgeshire Police has been contacted for comment.

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