Autumnwatch now

[RobArb]

At westonbirt with ganoderma on beech, halfway in to programme

 

 

 

edit... they've just felled it:lol:

[the verminator]

saw it

[ben lightfoot]

They used a picus before felling and a resistograph

[John Barleycorn]

bring back Bill Oddy,

I dont like that bunch of creeps that run it now.

[Sam Thompson]

bring back Bill Oddy,

 

So I can high five him. In the face. With a brick.

[Stevietrees]

It's nice to feel humble every once in a while.

Which is why Bill Oddie was asked to leave Springwatch.

 

Treestyle Arboriculture: Professional Tree Surgeons, Manchester

[John Barleycorn]

Is this what you mean?

 

The first moment of controversy on Tuesday night's show came when 66-year-old Oddie spotted the amorous antics of a couple of sparrows.

 

He told viewers: "The female is asking for it - and getting it basically.

 

"She was fluttering her wings and pretending to be a child - that's kind of weird when you think about it. Oh and again.

 

"She is doing that wing-fluttering thing like that as if to say 'I am a baby, feed me', she is getting quite the opposite basically."

 

Oddie added: "That's a wing-trembler she's just had there."

 

Then later on in the show he fronted a light hearted 'Shakespearian' style item about the life of stag beetles.

 

When it came to the sensitive issue of sexual congress, Oddie, who co-presents the show with Kate Humble, decided not to hold back.

 

He said: "He crash lands on top of a likely looking lady, there's a bit of luck. One thing is sure this boy is horny."

 

Then after a male stag beetle fought of a rival suitor for the right to mate with the female, things took an even more bizarre twist.

 

Oddie took on the part of the female and in a high pitched voice said: "Come on big boy come and get it. "

 

The presenter added, in the character of the female: "Oh be gentle with me", as images on the programme showed the beetles copulating.

 

Read more: BBC viewers attack Bill Oddie's 'smutty' and 'almost perverse' Springwatch innuendoes | Mail Online

 

Well its more interesting than the creep!

[Stevietrees]

Actually that is more entertaining than the Badger obsessed packam. I think there is only so much grainy cctv I can take, of badgers that is!

 

Treestyle Arboriculture: Professional Tree Surgeons, Manchester

[armybloke]

At westonbirt with ganoderma on beech, halfway in to programme

 

 

 

edit... they've just felled it:lol:

 

Getting back on track. I did see it and was interested to see the results. We use the PICUS at work and on another thread the question has been asked on its reliability, use, and feedback. The clip from Westonbirt would certainly answer some critics?

[RobArb]

yep, did you see how soft the wood was inside? (even though it did have a nice ring of healthy growth around the outside)