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  1. David Humphries
    Some sizable roots uncovered running down toward the reservoir edge..... These will be further uncovered by the airspade/hand digging whilst the digger excavates out the trench. .
  2. David Humphries
    a few hours of soil excavation (down to about 400-500mm) revealed the roots that will need protection when the pipe trench is excavated fully. .
  3. David Humphries
    The contractors were planning to use a digger to trench out the new route which would undoubtedly have severed substantial roots from both trees. We decided to utilise an airspade to excavate the trench instead. Firstly we had the area scanned with a Cat & Genny to confirm where the existing services were. (can't always trust service maps ) .
  4. David Humphries
    Slightly unusual job this week. We have a number of reservoirs at work which are having their Dam structures reinforced. One of these dams has a number of underground services running along it including gas (yellow), mains electricity and street light cables (both red). The blue line is where the gas pipe is being re-routed due to the reinforcing works. The new route of the gas pipe runs through the root protection area of two large London Planes (Dbh > 104 cms) .
  5. David Humphries
    a pictoral update from the above post from 2013.... 1st from May 2013 2nd from August 2013 3rd from today .
  6. David Humphries
    Nice work Jay, but if you look closely there's a bit sticking up in the middle .
  7. David Humphries
    Fortingall Yew in 'trans' formation..... Britain's oldest tree appears to be undergoing a sex change after 3,000 years - Telegraph .
  8. David Humphries
    See you there .
  9. David Humphries
    today's backdrop whilst airspading at work in North London .
  10. David Humphries
    Great to see Sean Give me a shout if you get the chance and you want to come across and have a butchers at Hampstead's trees? .
  11. David Humphries
    thanks for updating .
  12. David Humphries
    Looks to be a Pleurotus sp, perhaps .
  13. David Humphries
    Big old lump of tree that Ben, some proper graft both up top and on the ground. Looks to be an old pollard ya think? .
  14. David Humphries
    Hard to tell, have you ruled out Bjerkendera? .
  15. David Humphries
    The young fung-Jedi and myself hunting out the fung at Bradfield Woods in Suffolk today..... .
  16. David Humphries
    Was it a first phase of a series of proscribed reductions Ollie? .
  17. David Humphries
    Ha, you should have tried giving it a go, my influence with the powers that be extends far and wide, Lol ! Couple of different stage retrenching oaks from arable fields in Suffolk........ .
  18. David Humphries
    A collection of brooms in one birch...... .
  19. David Humphries
    Probably P. squarrosa .
  20. David Humphries
    Ta .
  21. David Humphries
    Nice. Do you recall what time of year the Devils fingers were fruiting Kev? .
  22. David Humphries
    One of the Pleurotus species perhaps .
  23. David Humphries
    Difficult to be sure, but I would lean toward Gymnopilus junonius, the spectacular rust gill. Have a look on the main websites fungi directory....... .
  24. David Humphries
    I wouldn't particularly disagree .
  25. David Humphries
    + 13 thousand views suggests that people are interested in the thread Chris. The diversity of topic your sourcing is what makes it compelling, keep it up .

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