Ancient lime pollard

[timberbear]

Thought I'd share these pictures of the pollarding of the limes (bat roosts). Last done about ten years ago. Trefor ( orange forestry) made a classic dead hedge with the masses of brash.

[john p]

very nice

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttt!

[Danavan]

Nice job. Do you know the age of them roughly?

 

What bats have been recorded in or around them if any?

[Foord]

They on a foot path or private land?

 

Wouldn't mind having a look.

[David Humphries]

this looks like good continuity management practice.

 

Would be interested to know when it was carried out ?

 

 

 

 

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[timberbear]

It's on a site called Prisk wood in the Wye valley (grid ref SO 533 091), summer roost for various bats, I'll check with the reserve officer. They were last pollarded about ten years ago and for part of an old boundary on a former millstone quarry. They appear to be small leaved limes for which the site is known for. Age is about 400 year. The biggest problem is the larger of the tree is in almost two halves and were moving a lot as I worked on them. Might consider banding them.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I hate banding, too restrictive on the cambium.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

try a rod through would be my choice.

[Trees-]

I don't know about others, but this is why I love this industry so much! Trees like this!

 

Amazing!!