David Humphries
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Will be interesting to see what the opinion on the aesthetics is like, so close to an urban environment. Did you get much local interest whilst you were creating the habitat & coronets? Can you say who the client was? .
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Top marks for taking time out from the surfing to up your Tree Geek status, John Great Tripod Tree. Are they high pollards? Species? .
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Re-reduction of Beech standing dead wood Monolith. Tree demised due to amongst other things Merripilus, so originally reduced it and created bat habitat, back in December '04. Have been keeping an eye on it annualy, plus a couple of pull tests. During this years visual, I came across a greater increase in Ganoderma applanatum fruiting bodies, so this combined with target plus Klaus Matthecks suggested 4/5m maximum Mono height, has led me to reduce it further. No evidence of our furry little freinds having used it, just some old avian & beetle debris. And no excuses for the multi shot posting, it was a cracking day .
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So do we have to guess the Tree at the focal point Very nice shot Mr Hancock, there goes my third place .
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Hello Cz, I live just outside North London, so it's still a good hour from me, But ever since I visited whilst on an Oliver Rackham course 10 years ago, I've been suitably impressed by the past and present management. I was up there at the Small Woods Association/Ancient Tree Forum get together with Ted Green at the Weekend. Try to get up there every couple of years or so. .
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Whilst you're up there, try having a word with Keith, he may let you have a copy of the Cd rom with the pdf's from Glynns seminar up there a couple of weeks back. They're worth having .
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More like a Mexican standoff than a Tango This one had aerial roots, Gano and Ustulina mixing it up .
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Latter Arbtalk is goooood, Breakfast is for whimps .
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Great shots Drew Never seen that before, looks like it's just jumped off a meteor. Quick, call NASA That's not what we call stink horn back here in blighty. I googled stink Horn and the small image was among the images that came up though. The big image is Phalus impudicus (stink horn uk) that I shot last Autumn. And that does truly hum ! .
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Here's a vet Hornbeam pollard I saw this weekend at Hatfield Forest. It's just about the most darn coolest Tree I know. Known about it for 10 plus years, never fail to get impressed by it .
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Here's some aerials from a Hornbeam pollard at Hatfield forest from this weekend. Appears to me in this form as a self nourishment adaption, recycling decaying wood and the associated nutrients within cavaties etc. .
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Try not to touch anything at the base of Trees, especially on a Heath that's stuffed to rafters with professional dog walkers. Wasn't really sure what this was till I cut one open to find the tell tale concentric rings .
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Good thinking Johnny. Not wanting to confuse things too much, here's a young forming set of Daldinia on a patch of dysfunction on a Live Ash. .
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No need to rub it in, I'm stuck in the office catching up with PDR's Try to stick to just one pudding serving Johnny Oh yeah, if you see him, ask Kieth if he's sorted out the seating yet .
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Here on a decomposing Horse Chestnut stump .
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Here's Ustulina from today on a dead fallen Birch, fruiting mainly under the flaking bark .
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Haven't personally ever seen Daldinia on Sycamore. I'd imagine you're talking about Ustulina/Kretzmaria. There's a big difference in size between the fruiting bodies. Haven't read John's thread yet, not sure if he mentioned the inside. Are there any concentric rings in the Fb's? If so = Daldinia. Try to get some shots up tommer. Personally don't feel that leaving on stacked timber in the woods is too big an issue. I'm starting to see Ust as having a saprophytic nature among other things. Your beetles could be Stag? . .
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John H’s General L/A Picture Thread
David Humphries replied to John Hancock's topic in Picture Forum
See you're both missing a great opportunity there. I'm teaching Rocky here to check out crevices for bats, and he's turning out to be a dab hand at sorting out the prossesionary moth . -
Pics please .
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So long as that's not combined with alchohol .
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Keep entirely focused on what ever the reason is for you giving up. For me it was having children around. Tried it a year earlier after watching the old man in Papworths going through cardiac operations. Thought it was good enough motive, but like Andy slipped up at a moment of sociality Got and stayed focused with the target date of my first borns arrival and six years on, I'm now forever smoke free but a couple of stone the wrong side of being called a monkey for my aerial exploits Best of luck to you.
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Careful Stevie, he charges a fortune You'd be better off with Treevolution. This little training session at last years gig, blew my training budget for the whole year. .
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Great shots Graham, any idea how far up the stem the decay was spreading? Guess it's fair to say that the decay stratergy could be from entry via the exposed heart wood. Some interesting psuedosclaratial plates, over the cross section. .
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Personally prefer Yellow, but this appears to kill two birds with one stone .
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With John all the way. Horses for Courses .
