David Humphries

The Judges walk, in Hampstead North London A double avenue of trees (mostly lime, but also horse chestnut, beech and oak) that got its name from a period when the courts were moved away from the central area of the city in the 1660's due to plague & then the great fire. Sessions were held in marques in the Hampstead area and the judges would walk & deliberate there verdicts under these trees. Painted by John Constable in the 1820's whilst he was living locally and also photographed & drawn at various times over the last couple of centuries. The below images from John Constable - The complete works, HAMPSTEAD HEATH - 2014 .

Shame about the poor pic quality No idea, but interesting little find. What got you looking so close? .

Indubitably .

FIX ! I want a recount Pretty surprised ours was in the top 8 tbh There was always only winner in my opinion, fine image Drew, tells the story of the operation in one single dramatic/dynamic shot .

Well I wouldn't say that exactly......... Ganoderma carnosum, on/with Pseudotsuga menziesii, stump, conifer plantation, Alt(m): 100, 07/08/2001, Scotland, East Ross (VC: 106), Drumderfit Hill, NH652519, coll.: E.E. Emmett, id: E.E. Emmett, Notes: likely to be G.tsugae, FRDBI Record No.: 833251, Origin of Record: Ern & Val Emmett (full record data). Ganoderma carnosum, on/with Pseudotsuga menziesii, stump, conifer plantation, Alt(m): 50, 12/08/2002, Scotland, East Ross (VC: 106), Shantullich Wood, near Munlochy, Black Isle, NH636585, coll.: D.C. Jardine, id: D.C. Jardine, ID Lit.: B&K2, Notes: same site as 2001, sample to EEE, FRDBI Record No.: 830711, Origin of Record: David Jardine (Scotland) (full record data). Ganoderma carnosum, on/with Pseudotsuga menziesii, stump, coniferous plantation, Alt(m): 50, 25/04/2003, Scotland, East Ross (VC: 106), Shantullich Wood, nr. Munlochy, Black Isle, NH636585, coll.: D.C. Jardine, id: D.C. Jardine, ID Lit.: B&K2, Notes: Primordia showing, FRDBI Record No.: 1102630, Origin of Record: David Jardine (Scotland) (full record data). Ganoderma carnosum, on/with Pseudotsuga menziesii, stump, coniferous plantation, Alt(m): 50, 27/06/2003, Scotland, East Ross (VC: 106), Shantullich Wood, nr. Munlochy, Black Isle, NH636585, coll.: D.C. Jardine, id: D.C. Jardine, ID Lit.: B&K2, FRDBI Record No.: 1102624, Origin of Record: David Jardine (Scotland) (full record data). Ganoderma carnosum, on/with Pseudotsuga menziesii, stump, coniferous plantation, Alt(m): 100, 12/07/2003, Scotland, East Ross (VC: 106), Drumderfit Hill, NH652519, coll.: D.C. Jardine, id: D.C. Jardine, ID Lit.: B&K2, FRDBI Record No.: 1102620, Origin of Record: David Jardine (Scotland) (full record data). Ganoderma carnosum, on/with Pseudotsuga menziesii, stump, mixed semi-natural woodland, 12/07/2003, Scotland, Easterness (VC: 96), Reelig Glen, NH5542, coll.: D.C. Jardine, id: D.C. Jardine, ID Lit.: B&K2, Notes: same as Black Isle specimens, FRDBI Record No.: 1102555, Origin of Record: David Jardine (Scotland) (full record data). ..........and that's not a complete list of what is the least common of the three species http://www.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/FRDBIrecord.asp?intGBNum=5045 .

The latter, me thinks. .

Continuity of staff is not a great problem for us. I had been looking at that particular tree on a daily basis since October 1985, as it was about 50 yards from my office I do get and agree with your point. But I don't believe felling it was the only option. An additional control around this and the neighbouring trees is that the site gets shut when the wind starts getting to the 50 mph threshold .

Fracture Rigging = F-rigging .

chucking it down here mostly, but a fine end to the light of day .

noted similar a few times and not really got to the bottom of what it is exactly. couple of probables I'd imagine 1/ either the mycelium of a fungal fruiting body (first two shots show a Bolete sp at the base of a lime. (of course this may be separate instances of the Bolete and mold together in the same location) 2/ or plain and simple mold (which is what I think it is in the last two shots on Oak) In your images, what are/were the general conditions like at the base of the tree(s)? Continually wet or dry? .

This particular tree was in an old Victorian orchard within what is now a public park. The area gets a walk over inspection every 12 months. Would possibly/probably have been proscribed a height reduction. Which is more than enough for a small fruiting, habitat tree like this one with decay issues, IMO. .

Was having a chat today about Inonotus hispidus on tree host other than the usual of Ash & Plane. Got me thinking of this old thread from a few years back. Interestingly, although I've since come across I hispidus on other trees including Beech and Sorbus I've yet to see it again on Malus. It's also interesting that I'm now of the mind that if I saw this again today, (5 years on) I would more than likely not remove it. Funny how perceptions change with time. .

If you get the chance, take a trowel and have a little dig around the root crown/base of trunk, also give the trunk a tap with a soft faced nylon type hammer or wooden mallet, you should be able to 'hear' the decay if its there. Sometimes find the fb's low down amongst the grass and soil. .

Last of the T2's rolls offthe production line in Brazil in a couple of days. Never had the pleasure, but always wanted to go off in one around Europe, perhaps one day I will. Any fond or negative stories about yours? https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/52416f21e4b0e5e2103e1692 Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian .

Unusual to be at height in my experience, but we have come across the fruitbodies and associated decay up on the trunk. I would of thought there would be evidence at the base of Kretzschmaria on this tree as well .

No need for my input really, loads of people here would get this as Kretzschmaria http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-fungi-72.html Would of been almost impossible to have noted from a ground inspection at that height. .

Hi Alec, we don't plant that many new trees to be honest, but when young trees do come in they are hopefully from stock that are already formatively pruned at nursery, if any get through we take out any obviously potential defects we find. Also, we undertake ad-hoc formative pruning on larger trees that have escaped attention, like here on this Redwood, which had a co-dom. This type of work would normally be randomly added to a works list while we are in a particular area, rather than proscribed from the walk over inspection regime. .

Wow, what a transformation. Hats off to ya boss, that's no mean feat managing such an interactive site like this over the best part of 7 years .

It's such a dynamic city, it's amazing how much of the older versions within it still survive really. .

Not really Imagine the great fire took with it any old trees that had escaped the constant development of the city. .

We're not aspiring to eliminate risk Jules, we're managing risk. If we were governed by assessments weighted toward quantitative we would be fighting an endless dynamic list of works. Our focus is more on target and likelihood. The priority works list is reviewed monthly and contain works that are required over an 18 month period. Some of these works slip lower down the list when newer works are identified with a greater risk associated. .

Paul, the date is logged on all plotted trees that are inspected to provide an audit trail of who and when the tree was recorded. We intend to add more trees to the inventory as we times moves on. (the majority of trees in high to medium risk areas are all ready plotted) Again, this is resource based. We have in the past brought in outside help to plot a given area where our resource is tied up. But the vast majority of our trees are plotted and then inspected in-house. Trees that are not on the inventory are looked at post storm, any works required as a result of storm damage are added to our schedule of priority works. These events are recorded. We don't intend to have each and very tree on a database as a large number are secondary woodland trees. We focus on our known (measured) footfall figures, so where there are honey pot areas we focus resource to these. It would be a disproportionate use of resource to capture all trees within our management. .

No worries mate, may also be worth having a chat with Steve as he did some project work in Nepal with Vultures for the RSPB He might be able to share a link or two. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/27072-asian-vulture-work-tree-climbing-nepal.html .

What did you anchor on to ? I disliked cutting Ivy, full of particles Did you not fancy wearing a face mask? .

Thought that was perhaps the case. Plus I get that it's about being hands on with projects like this. Have you looked at scientific grants? (Although I imagine this can be a full time occupation, tracking down the right ones for a particular project) The Royal Society and also the RSPB may be worth looking at. Grants | Royal Society The RSPB: Projects: The Birdfair/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds .