Tree Id Please

[jezzy]

Can anyone identify the tree in the picture taken near a disused railway track in the South of Britain on the Isle of Wight.

 

 

 

 

Sorry I don't have any more details.

Many thanks,

Jezzy

Edited October 1, 2010 by Steve Bullman

[Arborist]

Have you got a biggerr pic?

[armchairarborist]

looks like a goat willow to me, got a pic of the trunk/bark? or overall shape? Ed.

[jezzy]

Sorry for the small picture, hope this helps.

I think you can just make out the bark in the picture in the link below:

 

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JJQ8jTqg-DY/TKYwyzoyqOI/AAAAAAAABrI/3AzaW2xcBV0/s512/Image.jpg

Edited October 1, 2010 by jezzy

[C.J]

Nice pair of tits

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

bloody hell, not one but two goldcrests? britains smallest bird and after a darn hard winter too, top shot!

 

stuff the tree!

[dave fox]

actuallt fire crests are the smallest!

[Matthew Arnold]

Nice pair of Goldcrests. The male is the top one strutting his crest to the female which by the looks of things isn't interested lol. But it is definately a Goat Willow Salix caprea. We have loads of them on our flood plain sites. The EA are forever cutting the sodding things and chewing up our beautiful wet meadow hay crop.

[Matthew Arnold]

actuallt fire crests are the smallest!

 

Goldcrests are the smallest my man. only by a centimetre or so. But either way they are amazing little birds. Ive seen all three of the UK's smallest Garden bird sat next to eachother in hieght order which was rather amusing. The wren was bigger than all of them even though it is given as Britains smallest garden bird.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Goldcrests are the smallest my man. only by a centimetre or so. But either way they are amazing little birds. Ive seen all three of the UK's smallest Garden bird sat next to eachother in hieght order which was rather amusing. The wren was bigger than all of them even though it is given as Britains smallest garden bird.

 

you gotta love the jenny wren,