sean

Came across this today........proper failure.!!!! Will now be taking the top out of the remaining stem and having a little tidy up. Will definately be keeping the habitat.

4 days on......not much change.....just a wee bit bigger......i'm just hoping that they survive to fruition and do not get kicked off.....

:thumbup1: Top marks mate.

Aaah that was so considerate.

I earned money to feed the kids.

like dis

This has got to be one of the best i have in my collection.

done a 360 panoramic from top of the mewp but have to 'stitch them' together. Be up soon.

aye it were....has about 7 brackets altogether. Will keep you posted.

Poor bloke.....he must be so glad he bought it and full of confidence...........

Fascinating getting up close and personal with these developing Lucidums.....pictured here with last years and veteran host hornbeam. Will be recording thjese until mature. Wonderful looking fungi.

A few of the city......St Pauls Cathedral in the first shot is 10 miles away (it is a listed view although I refute the mileage).....others of The shard, wembley et al.

It happend to me also.......came back with the photo of one of my colleagues.........rang them up and re-sent it to them with a photo of me so they could change it.......came back with said colleagues photo AGAIN!!!!!

finding lots of missed nests from last year. I'd love to know the percentage of nests we are actually finding to those that actually exist. I fear its very low. Beginning to wonder what the answer is.....especially in a site such as Richmond Park. Where are you finding them? In parks etc?

Man it was goddam hot today....Scrambling around in this heat up in the canopy.....fully suited up.....gimp mask and goggles and rubber gloves. Had to call the climbing off so just removed nests with the mewp today. Invariably thought the platform will reach its limit and so out i get...into the tree and up to the top to get a nest. And then see another,,,,,and another. TOO HOT!! We are averaging around 30 nests a day now..!!!!!....Tip and iceberg spring to mind:thumbdown:

they wont be getting one too big then :001_smile:

Stephen Blair......you wouldnt be walking round with a tin of black paint now would you???

Couple of 'alien' trees

That's amazing.......i turned the lap top upside down and then looked at it with glasses smeared with olive oil........top find stephen.......you're a natural!

Brown Rot Croc.....

I think you could be right:001_smile:

I had a look at these trees today. My first thoughts were massaria however I have only seen massaria infecting and killing individual limbs. These tres look like they been nuked!!! To my eye it appears that one side of the avenue has been affected far more than the other side although there is apparent crown die back on that side too. Symptoms-Description C. fimbriata is primarily a xylem pathogen. On trees (Theobroma, Mangifera, Prunus, etc.), infection typically occurs through fresh wounds (Giraldo, 1957; Viégas, 1960; Moller et al., 1969), although root infections are also common (Ribeiro et al., 1986; Rossetto and Ribeiro, 1990; Laia et al., 2000). Mycelium and spores enter wounds and move through the xylem in water-conducting cells and into ray parenchyma cells. The fungus causes dark reddish-brown to purple to deep-brown or black staining in the xylem. This staining may extend several metres from the roots, up the trunk of the tree, and into branches. When affected branches or trunks are cut in cross-section, the staining along the rays gives a distinctive wedge-shaped or starburst-like pattern (Sinclair et al., 1987). On the surface of the trunk or branches, cankers may develop over areas of xylem discoloration, and the cankers may exude gum. Branch and trunk cankers are particularly common on Populus, Prunus, Platanus (Sinclair et al., 1987) and Eucalyptus (Laia et al., 2000), though wilting may also occur in the absence of canker development. Wilted leaves typically become dry and curled rather suddenly but remain attached to the tree for several weeks. On Platanus, individual leaves of affected branches often show interveinal chlorosis and necrosis, perhaps associated with fungal-produced phytotoxins (Ake et al., 1992; Alami et al., 1998; Pazzagli et al., 1999 Means of movement and dispersal Natural dispersal The fungus spreads readily between adjacent Platanus trees via root grafts (Accordi, 1986). It may also infect Platanus trees through wounds in the roots (Vigouroux and Stojadinovic, 1990). Mangifera trees may be infected through the roots from soilborne inoculum (Rossetto and Ribeiro, 1990), and root crops such as Ipomoea are commonly infected through wounds made by insects and rodents (Clark and Moyer, 1988). Ascopores are probably spread naturally by insects and are not likely airborne. Airborne disperal of conidia is also not likely, except in insect frass. Rainsplash dispersal of conidia has not been documented.

Brillianty!

a sheep i reckon:001_smile:

Or the 'carvings by Arb kids forum'