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[David Humphries]

thanks for the reply monkey d, really interesting

 

sounds like the whole place is on a constant, flowing management plan.

 

as you are quite obviously keen on creating these monos for habitat, do you ever feel guilty about destroying them?

 

 

No more guilty than when a tree has to be removed for safety reasons and there is evidence of stags etc......

 

The odd one (mainly Willow) we lose due to root decay, where they have been left away from direct public access.

Some have been re-reduced due to being created to high.

 

& if we feel that access has changed, then when felling is required, they are normally left in situe if they are not blocking paths etc.....

 

Obviously these still provide habitat, although not the prefered vertical niche habitats that monos are really all about.

 

Something we haven't done as yet, is full resurection.

 

 

 

 

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Edited May 16, 2010 by Monkey-D

[chris cnc]

full resurrection?

 

 

do you ever find any rare species in your monos? how would this affect the management of the site? for example if a rare bat was found, would you create more bat specific habitats in the immediate area, to encourage more to move in?

 

nice pics btw

Edited May 16, 2010 by chris cnc
grammatical error

[David Humphries]

full resurrection?

 

 

do you ever find any rare species in your monos? how would this affect the management of the site? for example if a rare bat was found, would you create more bat specific habitats in the immediate area, to encourage more to move in?

 

nice pics btw

 

 

 

We're just about to undertake an invertebrate survey of the monos, so stay tuned.......

 

Here's a full & branch resurections at Ted Greens' Dead Wood trail at Highstanding at Windsor great park.

 

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[armchairarborist]

as much as i like the idea of this im sure it can be done more natural looking, for example laying the offcuts with coro'd ends acoss two branches and secured. be good to see results of the survey too,

[D Mc]

Here's a full & branch resurections at Ted Greens' Dead Wood trail at Highstanding at Windsor great park..

 

Wow. Great example of man's fumbling ineptitude in recreating the beauty and flow that is nature.

 

Not your work David, I hope.

 

Dave

[David Humphries]

Wow. Great example of man's fumbling ineptitude in recreating the beauty and flow that is nature.

 

Not your work David, I hope.

 

Dave

 

No, not my work Dave, but this does have a place among the British wildlife regs & Arboricultural interaction.

 

For example,

many if not most of us Brit arbs will not consider the fact that a large percentage of faults & defects in Trees and their individual structiural parts, may house or has the potential to house, protected species. Some of these will be on our red data lists, and it would be an offence to willfully or even unknowingly damage and/or destroy these niche habitats.

 

More & more Arb firms & local authorities are finding to the cost of their reputation & bank balances, that a healthier respect for our actions within Arb & ecology is more prudential to say the least.

 

Certainly not suggesting that every nook & cranny should be inspected prior to being cut, but evidence to prove that it is a consideration in any Tree Teams M-O is IMO the best most sustainable way to act, & would tick the right boxes for both the Uk publics growing environmental awareness & the requirement of law.

Not to mention the little critters themselves.

 

Getting back to your specific point......... ofcourse any piece of timber resurected will look as unnatural as a very unnatural thing, but the critical thing is about the orientation of it.

A vast array of micro, macro and bigger beasties will only habitat in standing dead timber or decaying dead branches at height.

 

An ever decreasing type of habitat in these ever more populated & crowded shores.

 

 

 

 

 

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[D Mc]

Without life, death would perish.

 

You are right to be concerned by the loss of life forms within the forest. Careful thought must be given if a remedy is to succeed or merely postpone the inevitable. All too often our efforts focus on the symptoms.

 

Dave

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I know this may sound a bit mellow dramatic and all but it really does fill my heart with dred when people dont "get it" the whole arbor ecology thing I mean, wether we like the "look of it" or not, there are a great many beasties that think that these things look like penthouses on the bishops avenue.

 

If we spent as much time worrying about other organisms needs as we do our own the world would be a healthier more intersting place to live.

 

The work ted instigates is "special" and no one can say otherwise. forget about the dead cats, wire strops and all, look at the "bigger" picture.

[D Mc]

look at the "bigger" picture.

 

Yes, please do.

 

What was shown is a field test that proves what you already know.

 

Temporary housing will not recreate a balanced system.

 

Dave

[tokaman]

know what you mean kevwrenn, gotta keep plugging the eco-arb though. Have done a few cuts like this recently in urban parks, dont look out of place and I believe have a place in inner cities and towns, so much habitat is being removed and we have to do our small bit! cuts for conscience.