Wood with natural holes in?

[Woodlover]

I want to buy lengths of wood that have holes in.

I need any species that has holes that develop naturally. I intend on making Fairy houses out of them. About 800mm in length and 150mm-300mm wide would be perfect.

 

Here is an example. Also could someone please tell me if wood with these holes is common or a rarity? 

 

[Rough Hewn]

Where are you?

[Woodlover]

I am in Nelson,near Burnley Lancashire. Sorry thought my location was shown.

[Rough Hewn]

How many do you need?
When? What are you paying?
[emoji106]

[Woodlover]

I would pay up to a tenner for any like in the pic I posted... I only need a minimum of 30 a year, hopefully more .Would buy 20 in one go and can collect within a reasonable distance to Nelson,lancs . Would like in about 3 weeks but can be a bit longer.

[difflock]

Do the ditiz's that buy these not realize they are the perfect spider/creepy crawlie habitat/hide-out?

P.S.

Seriously hope not lit by a tealight or scented candle.

M

[Woodlover]

1 hour ago, difflock said:

Do the ditiz's that buy these not realize they are the perfect spider/creepy crawlie habitat/hide-out?

P.S.

Seriously hope not lit by a tealight or scented candle.

M

No candle or tea light...Solar powered LED lights are what is used by most who sell these, I am going to be looking into this myself but don't really like the idea of sticking a solar panel on a nice lump of wood...  for now for photo purposes I am just using £1 shop LED battery run lights, which is fine for indoor use.

As for bugs...could be a selling point... if you give a bug a home, its easier to evict them.

 

[Woodlover]

Can someone Please tell me how common these pieces of wood are with holes in...And does it have a name for when a hole develops? I need to know what to ask for if it does... and also is the hole the result of a dead branch or infected/infested wood. The pictured one had woodworm holes in the dead wood that was in the hollow holy bit,but no where else.

[devon TWiG]

many such lumps occur due to the practice of "flush cutting "   which was done in pre Shigo days ...and in some areas for quite a while after as well !!!!  particularly on less decay resistant species ...Sycamore , and Ash especially ...

[Woodlover]

Thanks devon TWiG….So if it is the result of cutting a branch too close to the trunk, and this is not standard practise ,I guess I will struggle to get a regular supply of such wood. In my fire wood log piles I have only ever had this one piece in 5 years or so of wood gathering.