Veterinaising young trees - Pollards with standards

[Andymacp]

This is awesome stuff, really interesting to see the progress in years to come.

[Treeation]

14 hours ago, sean said:

Brilliant and very interesting project. I’m in Bristol and would love to visit if you’d be happy to have me? 

Yeah give us a pm at some point, probably best around summer when the grounds nice and dry as its a bit of trek over flat fields to get to it!

[Treeation]

12 hours ago, AHPP said:

Who's paying for this fannying about?

haha,

Was on English woodland scheme,  I wrote a management plan for this woods and another 20acres of other parcels....Forestry Commission see value in this fannying around!

[Treeation]

15 hours ago, Puffingbilly413 said:

If only you'd posted before Christmas - I've just been looking at exactly this for my Level 4 Cert Arb!

 

What a great project to be involved in.  Is there much yet recorded in terms of an increase in biodiversity species-wise?

 

Shame i'm in Scotland or I'd also be after getting a look.

 

Cheers.

 

Hiya, theres no scientific element to this little project, I have tried to get other people with scientific backgrounds involved but never quite happenend. Mostly based on my experience and learning of working for a wildlife trust for a while and attending ancient tree foruum seminars and an inspriring visit to see the burnam beech pollards which is kind of my long term aspiration for this project. and always had an interest in the conservation side of things, although most of work now is domestic tree surgery. Working in the woods is my chillout time.....no customers to deal with, I can be messy, cook a bacon sandwich at lunch and on enjoy nature  at its best!

[Steve Bullman]

Well documented, look forward to see how they progress

 

[sean]

2 hours ago, Treeation said:

Yeah give us a pm at some point, probably best around summer when the grounds nice and dry as its a bit of trek over flat fields to get to it!

Cheers I will for sure. 

[arbogrunt]

nice work mate. we've been doing similar work for our Wildlife trust for about 18 years now.

[Paul in the woods]

Interesting project Treeation, some of your handywork looks very similar to what the wildlife had done to my young woodland. The bored cavity looks similar to where deer have frayed bark and squirrels and canker have created similar scars and growth to your ringbarked pollard. I did have  fair bit of standing deadwood due to some alders dying but they've been felled by the woodpeckers!

[AHPP]

11 hours ago, Treeation said:

haha,

Was on English woodland scheme,  I wrote a management plan for this woods and another 20acres of other parcels....Forestry Commission see value in this fannying around!

Me then.

[timbernut]

Bit negative, can't you see the benefit in speeding up bio diversity?