deadwooding an oak in a forest???

[stewie]

ive been out with the dogs today on a shoot ran by a good friend of mine and on our little mooch through the pines that are plentiful i came across a grand old oak tree right in the middle of the forest!! now i doubt if anyone apart from me has seen this tree in years as its not part of the shoot that is shot over and i only stumbled across it as the dogs ran off after a rabbit and i had to search for them for an hr or so lol............anyway looking at the tree its one of them oaks that look like robin hood would pop out of the stump at anytime a real beauty!!! but the amount of dead wood in it is unreal and my question is would that tree benefit from removing it all??? i no trees "deadwood" themselves over the years, but im keen to do it for practice aswell as i cant damage anything underneath it and im sure no one has ever climbed the tree as its really hard to find, ive walked round that area for 7 years now and only just seen it today!!!! also can i touch it by law??? i have the landowners permission and that, just thought id ask as not sure whether to do it or leave it

[sean]

leave it alone....no reason at all to deadwood it. Its a rich resource for all manner of invertebrates, mosses, lichens etc.......

[sean]

Also worth seeing if its recorded on The Ancient Tree forum's database. If it isnt then get it recorded.

[stewie]

cheers pal, to be honest thats what i thought leave nature to its means!!! im there tomorrow so will take a couple of pics......and ill check that forum out, thank you for that......

[Eddy_t]

No, don't deadwood it! It might have a very habitat specific fungi in, bat roosts and cavities for invertebrates and birds such as tree creepers!

 

 

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[Quercus-90]

Every time I go out walking the dogs I'm always looking at trees (sad I know!) and I always think the same sort of thing! Oh that dead lim b could come off, or tops dead in that!

I think the thing to remember is the massive difference in the role trees play in a forest, over trees in gardens etc

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

just thought id ask as not sure whether to do it or leave it

 

I would leave it, don't really see any benefit to you or the tree.

 

I think the thing to remember is the massive difference in the role trees play in a forest, over trees in gardens p

 

Have to disagree with that I'm afraid.

 

Urban trees hold a pivotal and vital roll in the cycle of biodiversity particularly as natural habitat islands and corridors that insects, birds and bats rely on.

 

Nature doesn't stop at the urban fringe.

 

Oaks (in parks and garden) hold on to dead wood for much longer than most other species (with the associated benefit to wildlife) and can more often than not be just shortened rather than completely removed to satisfy any safety concerns over targets.

 

Sanitising our urban tree stock has a substantial knock on effect to the species that interact with these specific habitat niches.

 

The below shots all from deep within an urban context.

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[stewie]

Every time I go out walking the dogs I'm always looking at trees (sad I know!) and I always think the same sort of thing! Oh that dead lim b could come off, or tops dead in that!

I think the thing to remember is the massive difference in the role trees play in a forest, over trees in gardens etc

 

 

 

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exactly the same here dogs and logs!!! ill get some photos up later

[Eddy_t]

David what's that moth, I found one similar last autumn

 

 

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[David Humphries]

David what's that moth, I found one similar last autumn [ATTACH]115530[/ATTACH]

 

Lime Hawk moth - Mimas tiliae

 

This one found at the base of a lime on epicormics alongside an A road in London.

 

 

Just put the shots to show the diversity of wildlife around trees can be just as varied and abundant on urban trees as with those within forests.

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