So how big is yours then? !! Come on and joine the ivy league

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I dont wish to make a monkey of anyone else, but that large vet ash, riddled with hispidus, and interestingly forked basal union that has not failed! is 400 plus years old I wouldn't put it over 500 though, only totally hollowed out and pollarded by the hispidus would I start guessing older. It could be less if it had grown rapidly under optimal conditions, but it looks like old grazing land? certainly looks as though some deer fencing is present.

 

iether way I need to get you and rob mc bride talking aka "the tree hunter"

 

like david Im fascinated by the fung, suspect fraxinea but its a lumpy old thing.

[button1803]

ivy is great for the wildlife...

 

But gotta take the safety factor in also....

 

especially on a declining tree etc.

[Andy Collins]

Ivy, my favourite plant. I love it, I love watching climbers cursing and swearing on their ascent to the top. Getting dust in their eyes, sneezing, and poked in the ears. . It should be cut and stipped off every possible tree in the country

[Matthew Arnold]

We had an ivy clad ash felled yesterday and the bloke who was climbing it said it was squeaking near the canopy but there were no crossing branches. Only when the ivy was cleared we realised what it was. A tight fork heavily clad in ivy had split about halfway down and the top of the tree was effectively being held up by the ivy. The climber very quickly descended and set up an anchor in an ivy free tree next door.

[bats-n-trees]

Ivy, my favourite plant. I love it, I love watching climbers cursing and swearing on their ascent to the top. Getting dust in their eyes, sneezing, and poked in the ears. . It should be cut and stipped off every possible tree in the country

Hi Andy,

 

As part of my bat studies and other projects I became interested in thermal imaging cameras etc. I have some footage of bats taken on Flir cameras.I know Andrew Cowan was heavily into this and thermal imaging of trees ,as was Marcus Bellet Travers I am sure there were photos in Forestry Journal some time back showing a thermal image of a heavily ivyed tree . It clearly showed the level of decay in the host trunk that would otherwise not have been picked up. Slightly off thread but possibly of interest.Expensive process though-although the cameras have come down a lot recently.

[bats-n-trees]

I dont wish to make a monkey of anyone else, but that large vet ash, riddled with hispidus, and interestingly forked basal union that has not failed! is 400 plus years old I wouldn't put it over 500 though, only totally hollowed out and pollarded by the hispidus would I start guessing older. It could be less if it had grown rapidly under optimal conditions, but it looks like old grazing land? certainly looks as though some deer fencing is present.

 

iether way I need to get you and rob mc bride talking aka "the tree hunter"

 

like david Im fascinated by the fung, suspect fraxinea but its a lumpy old thing.

Hi Hama, Have checked the files bu haven't got a better shot of the fungi on the vet ash.

I will take some when I go up there next-it isn't that far from Moccas Park !.It stands on the top of a hill overlooking Leintwardine on the site of an ancient roman fort.I have got some other fungi shots for you .Where would you like them sent over the next few days ?

 

All the best,

 

Alan.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Hi Hama, Have checked the files bu haven't got a better shot of the fungi on the vet ash.

I will take some when I go up there next-it isn't that far from Moccas Park !.It stands on the top of a hill overlooking Leintwardine on the site of an ancient roman fort.I have got some other fungi shots for you .Where would you like them sent over the next few days ?

 

All the best,

 

Alan.

 

you can put em on my fungi thread or mail em to

[email protected]

 

If david wasnt in a hurry to get back or i could stay ovewr for a night it would have been cool to see some stuff with you.

 

I think you have a lot to teach me/us all:thumbup1:

[bats-n-trees]

flattery will get you a long way my boy !!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

flattery will get you a long way my boy !!

 

well in that case:lol:

 

nah seriously your contributions are very very much appreciated, by all im sure, and we hope youll stick around.

 

You bat guys and girls are thin on the ground and to have your knowledge and experience on the forum is great, I just hope people take the opportunity to pick your brains and learn about these interesting and IMO highly intelligent creatures.

[RobRainford]

well in that case:lol:

 

nah seriously your contributions are very very much appreciated, by all im sure, and we hope youll stick around.

 

You bat guys and girls are thin on the ground and to have your knowledge and experience on the forum is great, I just hope people take the opportunity to pick your brains and learn about these interesting and IMO highly intelligent creatures.

 

 

i am interested in bats, in my quest to become a prospersous arb, iw ant to arm myself with all the knowledge i can gain, it will only help me in the future.

 

bats are as mysterious as they are fascinating, there seems to be little knowledge circulating about them, only that blah blah bats mean no work blah.

 

ive got a bit of a query, what happens if you sever ivy at the base of a tree and just leave it to die off, also if you strip it all, can that be classed as destroying a potential bat roost even if there were none in the area? this is a hypothetical situation btw!