born2trot
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Everything posted by born2trot
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I agree , sometimes its just not required to take a saw up . If it looks like alot of tension in the branch may have been better to put vertical cuts in but twenty twenty hindsight and all that
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What was goin down BM ? ( not looked yet )
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Everyone up here knows its very bad luck to cut a rowan . Think it comes from Druid / pagan times .
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My wife !!! Abu Dhabi GP then Houston GP a fortnight later !! I'll be wiping the snot and rain from my face
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Dont cut them for goodness sake .. bad luck
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PL i've got about a weeks mewp work pending . If it comes off i'll be struggling . I can give you a shout if it comes off if you want a jaunt to Aberdeen
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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
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It'll be deed diff
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Dont be taking all day to do that one now Rob
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One picture is very old pollards . the other is not ?
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:lol:
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The OP's asked a simple question .. Are you A -offended B - not offended
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Love my moon gazing hares , its a beauty
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Well done that man !
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Worse than a fell . Criminal
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Cryptococuss type insect ?
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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.
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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I think it was David Goss from on here that always plugged the Fiskars . Where has he disappeared to btw ??
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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 .
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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
