Anyone at home ?

[David Humphries]

Attempted to re-reduce this monolith last spring, but came across an inhabitant at the time, so backed off.

 

After it was rudely awoken, this little fury (think it's a pip) decided to flutter off to another tree/site.

 

We then informed the relevant parties & drew up another plan of attack.

 

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[David Humphries]

So decided to leave it until this winter, when we thought that there would be nothing roosting.

 

The site was assesed for additional habitat & a letter from Natural England then gave us the go ahead to bring the height down.

Brought in our local bat girl to help give it a good looking over.

 

After probing the nooks, crannies & behind the bark with the optic, nothing larger than a host of harlequins were found, so then the loose bark was stripped off prior to the top being felled out.

 

I'd imagine some may see this as being a bit ott, but it's what's deemed as appropriate & sustainable habitat mangement.

 

& within the law.

 

 

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Edited January 17, 2011 by Monkey-D

[combined tree services]

nice , do you have any pics of the finnished job ?

[David Humphries]

Guessing you may have posted that before I uploaded the last shot.

 

 

Here's a couple showing the brown rot in the stem.

 

 

Making the asumption that this is Fistulina decay, as pretty much all the adjacent oaks have it & not Laetiporus.

 

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[Pat Ferrett]

Well done Monkey-D

[chrissishrimp]

Very responsible :thumbup:

[Tommy_B]

Excellent work as normal Mr H!!

[David Humphries]

Well done Monkey-D

 

 

 

 

well done Monkey-D's team

 

I wasn't actually there this time

 

 

 

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[sean]

So decided to leave it until this winter, when we thought that there would be nothing roosting.

 

The site was assesed for additional habitat & a letter from Natural England then gave us the go ahead to bring the height down.

Brought in our local bat girl to help give it a good looking over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Is that standard practice David with regards the permissions for bringing the height down.......would that be the same for us??? I took loads down last summer.

[David Humphries]

Is that standard practice David with regards the permissions for bringing the height down.......would that be the same for us??? I took loads down last summer.

 

 

 

Do you not assess every nook, crevice, loose piece of loose bark for bat habitat potential ???

 

Really..............

 

 

The letter was a bit of ass covering as it was not 'just' potential but actually being used.

 

 

How high up your agenda is looking at a tree as potential habitat?

Do you record any assessment ?

 

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