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  1. Paul in the woods
    Funnily enough I saw my first dragonfly of the year this morning and it was very similar. As Mick says, possibly a broad chaser lady - https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/broad-bodied-chaser
  2. Paul in the woods
    I was also going to suggest goat or grey willow, looks like the old flowers on the branch.
  3. Paul in the woods
    Looks like sea buckthorn, or something similar.
  4. Paul in the woods
    Contact details are here: http://www.tinytachuk.com/tinytachuk.php
  5. Paul in the woods
    Best wood - free. And dry. I also like a good mix,,birch, alder, pine as well as ash, oak and beech etc.
  6. Paul in the woods
    Yep, put my first earlies in pots a couple of weeks ago as their shoots were getting too long and the ground was still too cold. They need to be planted out now, at least it seems to have warmed up a bit now.
  7. Paul in the woods
    It seems to be out to me, as far as I can tell from the photo. Just a small gob.
  8. Paul in the woods
    Is that not the cheese at the front of pic 3? Still, assuming it's going for firewood there's less splitting required.
  9. Paul in the woods
    Battery life depends on what you're cutting, small 1-2" stuff it lasts for ages, larger stuff the life depends on how tough it is so 5" alder the battery still lasts ages, 5" ash a shorter life but still enough for several sacks of logs. Mine came with a smaller battery, Stihl make a bigger battery although I've not tried it. I bought the saw from a local dealer. I would suggest getting the smaller battery and then buying a spare if the life isn't long enough.
  10. Paul in the woods
    I've got the MSA 120 and use it a fair bit in the garden pruning woody stuff as well as cutting some decent sized logs. I've never noticed any kickback which I think is down to the very fine PM3 chain as well as the narrow nose, it is also less grabby that bigger toothed chains on thin material. I like the narrow nosed bar for pruning jobs, I would wonder if a guard might make someone more likely to have a problem if they catch the guard on another stem or something?
  11. Paul in the woods
    I understand what you mean now, sorry. The licence to fell does apply to the site yes. Your 5 cubic meter per quarter applies to the owner so if you own a few pieces of woodland you still only get one lot of exempted volume.
  12. Paul in the woods
    Depends on who you ask. I've been told it applies to the site but the FC web site states it applies to the owner. From: https://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FellingLicenceFAQJuly2005.pdf/$FILE/FellingLicenceFAQJuly2005.pdf Which leads me on to the issue I have with felling licences. They may be easy if you have a large area of something simple but they can get complicated if you wish to work in an area of mixed woodland of various ages. And if you're only felling small areas some FC areas don't seem very interested. I think the allowance should be relative to the area involved rather than an individual.
  13. Paul in the woods
    Well, to answer my own question, yes they should be sealed. Stihl have confirmed this via email and are investigating. Annoyingly I popped into a different dealer only to find their cans of 2-stroke Motomix aren't sealed either but their 4-stoke stuff is.
  14. Paul in the woods
    Because it benefits the whole of society and may actually cost the land owner money with the loss of timber?
  15. Paul in the woods
    Interesting project Treeation, some of your handywork looks very similar to what the wildlife had done to my young woodland. The bored cavity looks similar to where deer have frayed bark and squirrels and canker have created similar scars and growth to your ringbarked pollard. I did have fair bit of standing deadwood due to some alders dying but they've been felled by the woodpeckers!
  16. Paul in the woods
    I though 'act of god' was to exclude extreme events such as hurricanes rather than your average winter gale. If the damage is very costly then it might be worth going through the policies carefully to see if the damage is actually excluded.
  17. Paul in the woods
    I've just picked up a can of Stihl Motomix and noticed in the shop it was not sealed. I asked and apparently all their stock wasn't sealed either. Pics on the Stihl site show the cap with a tamper proof seal at the bottom of the cap. Anyone bought one of the new orange cans of Motomix and, if so, was it sealed?
  18. Paul in the woods
    It might be worth reading the RHS advice here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=63 Some varieties are more susceptible than others but worth noting about drainage and liming acidic soil.
  19. Paul in the woods
    Is there a specific name for this map? I'm having an issue with my highways dept where they seem to change their mind on the ownership of a piece of land when it suits them. When we met they had a copy of their highways maps that seemed to bear little relation to the land at all, probably because it was based on something decades old. Even the features were exaggerated as they are on OS maps so it was of little use to identify ownership. It would be handy to know if they have a specific system or map I can ask for.
  20. Paul in the woods
    I've got a few rats running about, if anyone fancies one for their kitchen and a cuddle on the sofa them post up your address and I'll pop them in the post.
  21. Paul in the woods
    Isn't juglone only toxic to plants? It appears to be used in food and cosmetics, so I would have thought you've be more at risk from normal woodsmoke. You may be at risk from irate wood turners though if you burn any decent bits.
  22. Paul in the woods
    The council will not be deciding but if you force them to document something they may well be forced to agree the tree is theirs. The Land Reg may not always be able to accurate decide as they simply cannot know. For example, I've bought a piece of woodland that was split from a larger farm and the land registry only have the plans the vendor and I supplied during the sale process which it would not be possible to accurately decide boundaries if the fences were removed. All they have is a map with a red line which would translate to 1-2m on the ground.
  23. Paul in the woods
    I'm currently having the opposite problem with a council. Anyway, apparently my council does have the ability to accurately determine the boundary so I'd ask for a definitive boundary line from the council in writing, reserving the right to claim back costs from the council if they get it wrong. Land Reg documents can help but if the tree is close to the boundary they may not provide an accurate line, more a rough 1m guide. The fence may well be documented. Certainly worth getting as it'll be cheaper than sorting the tree.
  24. Paul in the woods

    IVY

    Paul in the woods replied to sime42's topic in General chat

    Might be a good question for another thread. I would have thought with Ivy a large number of birds and other wildlife feed on it so it gets a fair bit of natural fertiliser, but as bird numbers are declining it'll get less? Perhaps attitudes have changed and it's not as frequently removed? As for brambles, I've found deer love them but if you exclude deer they can grow out of control. That's not to say there's not a huge problem with fertiliser and slurry run off.
  25. Paul in the woods
    IIRC the one's Steve mentioned are winter rated as I have them on my 4x4 and would be legal under your proposal?

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