born2trot

Guys from my experience spiking a tree can lead to it producing epicormic which in veteran tree work is specified todo so now and again the same with scribbing, obviously it's not great in the long run but its also perfect for habitat! This tree will be a character that will live another day rather than felled!

Was it a veteran tree ? In what way does copious epicormic benefit wildlife ?

When the large cavities start to appear , because of its location it'll have to be felled surely ?

No dig at all at the op needs must an'all that

So give it a wheen o years:001_tt2:

tsk tsk

you young uns, no paitence

It'll be deed diff

Dont be taking all day to do that one now Rob

PS

See David Humpfries post re trees at Hatfield Park.

wot is the difference?

One picture is very old pollards . the other is not ?

Not offended

:lol:

The OP's asked a simple question ..

Are you A -offended

B - not offended

Love my moon gazing hares , its a beauty

Well done that man !

Worse than a fell . Criminal

i'v not come across anything like it before it was on alot of the trees but lichen and lack of sunlight sounds good to me

Cryptococuss type insect ?

The marks look on the same orientation to me lacking sunlight ?

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I've typed in fig8 god knows how many times on utube and not seen this . Is the fig8 just clipped in on ascent mode with a bridging piece ? Excellent post.

Latest update .. back this morning and think i'm homing in on the culprit . Found these fruiting bodies on an adjacent huge dead beech which i think is Merip.

I'm concerned now for a large lime close by and a chestnut both showing crown die back .

The male is smaller than the female. the female is brown

Hard to tell what it is I just thought I could see some orange coming through slightly in the pic

They do like bird tables knowing there's a frequent quick meal going

I normally always see them first thing in the mornings but have seen them at different times

I will look out for the next pic rob so we can confirm (or not)

Yeh , i see them at my back door regularly , very hard to get a photo as they never stay put for long . I've been out hunting with sparrowhawks and they are the most amazing fliers , even though i'm a falcon man at heart . I came face to face with a wild young eyass peregrine many years ago and its one of my most treasured experiances .

I see what your saying

To me it looks like it has just ruffled it's feathers

Maybe this pic will help

 

Wildlife Photographic Diary by Alan Saunders

Wow , thats a stunning photo of a male sparrowhawk . Yes it looks fully feathered when its rousing like that . It has to be said its almost certainly a sparrowhawk at the birdtable .

It's a bad pic but look under the eye

On a peregrine it has dark cheeks on a sparrow hawk the head markings run under the eye

Also the Brest looks tinged more orange bared

Google both birds and compare

 

And sparrow hawks have daily flight paths that the generally stick to if food is plentiful which this bird seems to be doing

Dont need to google anything Tm on british bird of prey i.d

I agree with you whole heartedly with what you are saying hence my previous comments . The photo is just to fuzzy for me to make out ' moustachial stripes' nor can i see the orange tinge ( which would only be apparent on older males ) . The only thing i could make out was the birds mantle when it was clearly rousing there .

I think it was David Goss from on here that always plugged the Fiskars . Where has he disappeared to btw ??

I'm sure you saw it better than the pick shows but I have to ask is it not a male sparrow hawk ?

Would be the obvious answer and was what i thought , but the bird seems to have heavy feathering all down its breast right down the legs which a sparrowhawk doesnt have ( its clean legged ) . If it is a peregrine it is a small mature male .

will find out more b2t, just need to get a decent piccy:thumbup:

That would be amazing if you could .

A Falcon will never perch low like that , they are too vulnerable , they like height. My first instinct would be that its sickely , but that clearly isnt the case as you say it frequents there . It may well have lost its fear through imprinting ( a lost falconers bird ) or its been extremely lucky and may have captured a racing pigeon near its loft and is simply returning for another easy meal , which would again go against its natural hunting style of gaining height and speed . Very rare picture that i would imagine for a wild peregrine

Can hear the pinkfoots honking overhead now !

Time for the firewood lads to do a bit of scaremongering

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-health-care/2153-cameraria-ohridella.html

 

 

Surprised you say you haven't seen it up in your area, as I'm fairly sure I as it on a horse chestnut at balmoral a couple of years ago.

 

Guess there aren't big numbers of chestnut around there ?

 

 

One thing that will be interesting with the predicted demise of the ash (which I'm not totally signed upto yet) is how the species of fungi associated with that tree might react. I wonder if we'll see a shift in the host range of Inonotus hispidus, Daldinia & Perenniporia.

 

 

 

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Thank you for the link David , interesting little geezer .

Plenty of big horse chestnuts up here but certainly not in the concentrations of Norfolk ( bearing in mind i only seen a small part ) . I certainly havent seen this locally but will lookout for it . Loved the big willows down there aswell , beautiful

Putting a figure 8 in would that not ADD friction ??

Definitely ... leave the old girl in peace if possible

the best pictures are over there

That its chick below the left wing ??

Jackdaws .. amazing

Peregrine.. very very unusual to see a peregrine under those circumstances . Very interesting to know more about that bird .

First the Elm, now the Ash, and maybe the Chestnut is up next for virtual extinction.

 

It's sad loosing bio diversity, but it provides a steady flow of work.

Was in Norfolk with a fellow arbtalker a few weeks ago and couldnt help but notice the poorly Chestnuts with browned off leaves . Whats going on ? Havent seen it up here ..