Arrival of the woodpeckers.

[husqycutter]

Many years ago when the dutch elm disease appeared I was felling the trees in my woodland as fast as they were dying. As I got older and the bramble started taking over parts of the wood I was forced to leave the most inaccessible trees.

As these trees started to rot I was pleased to witness previously unseen woodpeckers moving in and nesting in the rotten parts of the trees. Many of these trees have eventually fell to the ground depriving them of choice so I now have to conserve nature by leaving some dead trees to provide nesting sites rather that fell them for firewood.

That makes me feel good:)

[ttx]

Always good to leave what you can. In Germany, it was called a spektbaum or woodpecker tree. I called it not having to chunk down a trunk. The crew called it not having to hump big wood out whatever that means, I don't understand Irish.

[Mark armstrong]

Do you have any elm for sale mate stuff furniture can be made from just stuff that's down already not the ones for the peckers there grate to watch woodpeckers theres a load of them around mine