What, no Coros !

[David Humphries]

80yr old Salix alba.................. that would be a White willow for you Deano

 

Gano'd up to the eyeballs possibly applanatum, severely decayed on the up slope tension side of the Tree.

Notable lean down slope, toward a footpath

 

Pretty good potential for bat habitat, patches of flaking dead bark, splits and less than 100yds from a large pond with reed bed. This slowed us down a good while, plus a roost for ring tailed parakeets

 

 

Not that it couldn't be climbed, but ruled out Mewp for TD, due to slope and very wet ground conditions.

 

Not Monkeyd in Tree, twas he who shall remain nameless.

 

 

Some may be intriqued as to why this Monolith has been left unmolested by overzealous eco carvers?

= other local "alba" Mono's were created before this crazy worth-less/while practice took hold here, and not even I would balance things out and rework the old ones.

 

Second last shot shows 4 yr old Monolith.

[David Humphries]

A few more..........

[Peter]

Nice work chaps. Dead willow, ewwww!

[Mr. Bish]

I like seeing monoliths / big stumps around.

1) It shows me that someone knows a bit about wildlife or

2) The person doing the work didn't have a saw big enough to finish the job properly :-)

[skyhuck]

I like seeing monoliths / big stumps around.

1) It shows me that someone knows a bit about wildlife or

2) The person doing the work didn't have a saw big enough to finish the job properly :-)

 

I think sometimes people use 1) to getaway with 2) !!

[David Humphries]

Obviously there will be many Arbs that do not possess the apropriate tools to dismantle large Timber.

 

Personaly, if this leads to more Monoliths in the "Urban Woodland" environment, then all the beter.

 

A huge host of Red Data Book species, (fungi, invertabrates, birds, mamals etc...) critically rely on standing dead wood for their survival, this is a habitat that has been severely diminished since the widespread availability of the big saw over the last 30/40 years.

 

This coupled with the lust to fell big timber by over zealous trigger happy Arbites (which I have been very guilty of in the past) is something I feel is very worthy of addressing.

 

My 088 and big Huskies rarely see the light these days.

 

Get dead or dangerous Trees earthwards by all means.

 

But long live the Mono's, coronetted or not.

 

 

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[John Hancock]

Excellent pics there mate ! Isn't it odd that our new essential bit if kit these days is a good quality camera !

[Will Hinchliffe]

What do people think about the idea that coronet cutting a piece of dead wood can actualy inhibit decay because of the thin film of chain oil left on the wood?

 

This idea was brought up at college and is bassed on research done at Windsor park. I have not actually seen anything written about it.

 

Can anyone point me in the right diriection?

 

Does anyone have any photos of coronet cuts that were done 5 - 10 years ago ?

[David Humphries]

Phenom,

I'm in contact with Ted Green and some of his cohorts from Windsor, I'll try and get some info on your first point.

 

I do know, from what he said at the ATF visit to Burnham Beeches on Thursday, was that he felt Coro's are mainly all about the aesthetics.

 

The First (Salix) and Third (Fagus) were Coro'd five + yrs ago.

[David Humphries]

Excellent pics there mate ! Isn't it odd that our new essential bit if kit these days is a good quality camera !

 

 

Cheers John, although nowhere near as sexy as your D80 , I've felt for a couple of years that photo's are a brilliant resource for a myriad of reasons.