Interesting Oak

[chris cnc]

new question:

 

"How would you manage this tree if either the road or footpath were high traffic?"

[Ian Flatters]

new question:

 

"How would you manage this tree if either the road or footpath were high traffic?"

 

Gone!

 

 

 

Or Monolith'd and brough under a 3 monthly re inspection regime.

[chris cnc]

Gone!

 

 

 

Or Monolith'd and brough under a 3 monthly re inspection regime.

 

 

Thats what i was thinking- either pollarded or mono'd.

 

Would this affect the hypothetical bats? i presume they would roost in the main cavity...?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Gone!

 

 

 

Or Monolith'd and brough under a 3 monthly re inspection regime.

 

Bats AND there habitats are protected by LAW (see section 8)

[chris cnc]

how would you manage this tree in the high traffic footpath scenario Hama?

 

To make it more difficult, the footpath cannot be moved out of target range.

 

... and there are CONFIRMED bats

 

Edited November 15, 2010 by chris cnc

[Ian Flatters]

Bats AND there habitats are protected by LAW (see section 8)

 

Only if its identified as a active roost or is deamed to be potentially used roost. Yes it could be look at as you do but all my bat surveys i've had done say 'it could be used by bats but there were no signs of used habitat by bats' In all fairness every dead tree must be protected the especially if it has ivy or flaking bark.

[Ian Flatters]

how would you manage this tree in the high traffic footpath scenario Hama?

 

To make it more difficult, the footpath cannot be moved out of target range.

 

... and there are CONFIRMED bats

 

 

If it needs to be removed then you would need to go to the EU directive people and get a form, fill it in then they decide, to remove the hazardous tree.

[Matthew Arnold]

If we are going to do any work on a tree with a cavity no matter how big or small. We get a little endoscopy camera to check for bats. If there are bats in there we leave the tree to its own devices and put a nice little post and rail fence about 5 metres out from the crown base incase of falling branches.

[chris cnc]

Ok so even if bats are confirmed to be in residence, it is possible to have the tree completely removed if there is no other option?

 

Next hypothetical question........

[chris cnc]

If we are going to do any work on a tree with a cavity no matter how big or small. We get a little endoscopy camera to check for bats. If there are bats in there we leave the tree to its own devices and put a nice little post and rail fence about 5 metres out from the crown base incase of falling branches.

 

I like the fence idea, I also saw a sign in another thread that said something like "I am an old tree, please enjoy me from a safe distance"