Any idea?

[Rustington]

I thought it was poplar but is really heavy and feels solid!

[sime42]

Ash, looks like.

[BillQ]

Whack it in two and let's see its innards?

 

Poplar when freshly cut is a lovely off white and thinner sections could easily peel off the bark, here's what the bark looks like...

 

the "diamond" indentations eventually get bigger and gnarly and less easily identified on large trees near the base.

I'm not sure about what you have but I doubt that it's poplar. 

Someone is bound to say, No that's elder, but to remove doubt its the cut limb on the left and the one lying on the ground not the spindly bent thin limb on the right 

Edited 55 minutes ago by BillQ

[Mick Dempsey]

Ash, all day long and twice on Sundays (as Stubby says)

[Rustington]

2 minutes ago, BillQ said:

Whack it in two and let's see its innards?

 

Poplar when freshly cut is a lovely off white and thinner sections could easily peel off the bark, here's what the bark looks like...

 

the "diamond" indentations eventually get bigger and gnarly and less easily identified on large trees near the base.

I'm not sure about what you have but I doubt that it's poplar. 

It’s far too heavy to be poplar.

 

Ash as others have said would make much more sense.

[Stubby]

35 minutes ago, BillQ said:

Whack it in two and let's see its innards?

 

Poplar when freshly cut is a lovely off white and thinner sections could easily peel off the bark, here's what the bark looks like...

 

the "diamond" indentations eventually get bigger and gnarly and less easily identified on large trees near the base.

I'm not sure about what you have but I doubt that it's poplar. 

Someone is bound to say, No that's elder, but to remove doubt its the cut limb on the left and the one lying on the ground not the spindly bent thin limb on the right 

That is Aspen type poplar . Others have totally different bark .