Perfect personal tree seedling nursery

[spandit]

Was attempting (unsuccessfully as it happens) to retrieve a dog toy from the barn roof when I saw the gutter was full of tiny seedlings:

 

 

Too many to count, I presume they're either oak or sycamore judging by the nearby trees and the ungerminated seeds alongside the muck.

[Gary Prentice]

Hornbeam!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or maybe Alder.

[spandit]

Hornbeam!

Or maybe Alder.

 

Go to your room and think about what you've done

 

Not sure whether the alder comment was supposed to be serious or not - it's definitely not alder. The ones I've planted aren't tall enough yet to get the seeds up there and there are no bigger ones nearby. Buds aren't right either - alder buds are purple and 4 sided. Pretty sure they're oak

[peatff]

I get that with Birch and Ash trees growing in every available bit of soil in the shed gutter and garden.

[Paul in the woods]

They look more like goat willow to me, they seem to sprout everywhere.

[spandit]

Not inconceivable. There was one nearby. I managed to retrieve the dog toy from the roof today in case you were wondering!