deadwooding an oak in a forest???

[Adam Bourne]

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

 

 

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That there eddy is a poplar hawk moth nice find to mate:thumbup1:

[Eddy_t]

Any ideas what mine is?

 

 

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[Eddy_t]

That there eddy is a poplar hawk moth nice find to mate:thumbup1:

 

Cheers, big buggers ain't they

 

 

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[Adam Bourne]

Cheers, big buggers ain't they

 

 

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They are quite big the Caterpillar form of them are really freaky

 

I have a moth fetish just think there really cool

[Eddy_t]

At least I know I will get more of them where I keep my horse, plenty of salix and populus spp. up there! diversity is a good thing

 

 

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[Quercus-90]

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

 

 

 

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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Awesome reply!

 

I think i may have worded my point badly!

 

My point was more that trees in parks and gardens don't offer as much of a habitat to nature/wildlife due to surgical deadwooding, pollarding and in some cases of decay removal!

 

But I am certainly not claiming to be an expert! I think that any necessary pruning work etc carried out in forests/woodland is done using fracture cuts or similar techniques? in order to replicate the natural failure of limbs?

[Langur]

 

The below shots all from deep within an urban context.

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Great shots.