the beauty of standing deadwood

[Will Ingleton]

Dead oak on a nature reserve we walked past this evening. My seven year old said ‘ is that Tree haunted?’ I said ‘no, just dead’

Great silhouette

[Steve Bullman]

Found this one today in a local park, fenced off and left to encourage habitat 

[sean]

Plenty of deadwood in the garden. Not only do you get the ecological benefits but it also gives a sculptural presence and looks good.

[Gary Prentice]

A couple from Gateford Park

[Steve Bullman]

Check out this little beauty 

 

 

[Will Heal]

Oak in a long forgotten avenue in a field outside savernake forest

Massive sweet chestnut with a dead top

[PDizzle]

found this thread earlier, piqued my interest.

 

took the dog out for a long walk hunting some dead trees in the nature reserve and found these.

 

standing, but for how long?

Edited July 21, 2018 by PDizzle

[Mick Dempsey]

Half dead chestnut catching the setting sun.

 

Starlings at the tips considering where to spend the night (won’t be there, that’s for sure)

Edited December 17, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[David Humphries]

56 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Half dead chestnut catching the setting sun.

 

Starlings at the tips considering where to spend the night (won’t be there, that’s for sure)

Fine image Mick, love the isolation.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

There is an absolute belter of a dead oak in a field on the M4 eastbound just before Leigh Delamere Services. I’ve taken a photo in the past while in a passenger seat but really want to take a closer look. Anyone else seen it? Even better got a picture. I’m assuming it’s in a farmers field.
I’ve got the drive by photo somewhere but it’s in amongst 5 years of phone photos of trees and the kids (needle in a haystack).