Nude Gooseberry Bush

My gooseberry bush has lost all it's leaves. It now looks like a freak plant with loads of fruit but not a single leaf. The leaves have'nt just droped off as the spines are still there, sticking out all over the place. I can't imagine the birds eating the leaves instead of the fruit. The whole thing looks really weird.

another sawfly species is defoliating whole ash trees in manchester - anyone else spotted it?

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It happened to mine last year, couldnt find any of the * on it though, this year, it roared back and has doubled in size.