Dead Wood Habitat

[felixthelogchopper]

makes you wonder if sections like this gave sculptors like Henry Moore & Barbara Hepworth inspiration

 

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Quick David, get it on eBay.

[David Humphries]

Sold it last night to a Russian Oligarch in Highgate for 250K

 

 

 

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[felixthelogchopper]

Sold it last night to a Russian Oligarch in Highgate for 250K

 

 

 

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You let him haggle you down a bit then?

[Stubby]

Beautiful shot of the wild flowers David . Kind of relaxes me to look at it . Stark contrast to the sky line shot of the buildings ! There is a need for all kinds in the world we live in now . I prefer the wild meadow but know I need the crutch of the big city in certain respects .....

Edited April 12, 2014 by Stubby

[David Humphries]

ash with Perenniporia fraxinea, Ganoderma applanatum & Inonotus hispidus that we are managing down toward a pollard.

 

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[David Humphries]

ash with Perenniporia fraxinea, Ganoderma applanatum & Inonotus hispidus that we are managing down toward a pollard.

 

Central timber heavily colonised by the Inonotus which has become fine habitat.

 

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[David Humphries]

Central timber heavily colonised by the Inonotus which has become fine habitat.

 

best section has been removed and tethered within the canopy.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Beech that died around 10 years ago which was subsequently reduced & coronetted in 2007.

 

Its part of an ongoing monolith survey thats looking to record the insect fauna of this specific habitat type at the site.

 

Various decay species (Ganoderma applanatum, Fomes fomentarious & Daldinia concentrica) have slowly devoured significant portions of its volume to the extent that we couldn't keep it standing at the same height anymore due to the target of a woodland desire path & also not wanting to lose the standing dead wood & its associated biodiversity.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

We've reduced about 3m off the top.

 

Not wanting to lose the top section (which would have disintegrated on impact) we rigged it off a high line with the Hobbs.

 

Too decayed to climb, (it wobbled like a very wobbly thing) Ali worked off a separate high line further above the rigging line.

 

The detached section will be resurrected on an adjacent tree.

 

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[Adam Bourne]

Very nice mate. Love jobs like that.