Haloing around and reducing veteran pollards

[silky fox]

Good Morning MonkeyD...you got indigestion?

[David Humphries]

the ballerina pollard, from Burnham Beeches.

 

Adjacent & overshadowing lapsed pollard, reduced to lessen its load, also to allow more light & space for its delicate neighbour to continue her graceful sylvan dance

 

5 years on from the first post in this thread and we've just been back to undertake the next phased height reduction of the pollards over shadowing the ballerina.

 

 

 

 

The ballerina is still flushing buds well with little decay of its remains basal strip but there is now significant squirrel damage to the bark on its upper branches.

 

 

 

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[silky fox]

Great Pictures! What a wonderful tree the Ballerina is.

[David Humphries]

Team leader Mr Nicoll tickling this wee pollard in to submission

 

 

 

 

before tickle

 

 

after tickle

 

 

and a bit of during tickle

 

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[Alinicoll]

Is that a cheeky lunge I see

[David Humphries]

Is that a cheeky lunge I see

 

It was indeed !

 

 

 

Had the distinct impression we were being watched this week.......

 

 

 

 

 

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