Tree identify

[Jimwilli]

Any chance of getting your opinions on the identity of the following tree. Sorry first photo isn't great.

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

 

 

[fagus]

Apologies to those who know this but it always helps if you photograph twigs with buds on them; bud formation on the twigs i.e alternate, opposite or spiral helps with ID. Even in winter scratch around underneath the tree for a dead leaf-that also helps.

 

Tree ID can be serious issue. I once assisted at a hospital to identify a tree twig/fruit. A young girl had eaten the fruit and was thought to be poisoned. I identified them as ornamental crab apples. Stomach ache but little else -though many apple seeds(possibly 200) can be more serious.