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We have a similar issue, though the tree in question is our neighbours. Huge pear tree but doesn’t fruit - I suspect this is due to the amount of ivy and honeysuckle on it, prob 50% of the visible foliage.
Ivy does a huge trade in bird/bee action during the winter, and it ties in with my plans for a deliberately dingy woodland section of our garden, but I do think the tree wants some attention. Partly because it’s fucking massive.
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Thanks for the insight all, though the 50/50 split is slightly inconvenient. I think I will wait until autumn and reassess, I will more than likely try to remove some of the bulk and specifically the higher bits from the two bigger trees if I can, I need to take a branch of the tall one too. I may keep the bulk of it on the collapsed fence at the back, the neighbour there has their own fence just behind it anyway.