Banksy London mural

Crowds have gathered to take photographs – and take in – a new tree mural in north London after street artist Banksy claimed the piece on Monday.

The mural – a mass of green paint sprayed on a wall behind a cut-back tree to look like foliage, with a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose next to it – appeared on Sunday.

It was speculated that Banksy was behind the piece as soon as it appeared, and the street artist confirmed it was his by uploading before and after pictures of the Finsbury Park mural to social media.