WM Trees

Nice to come back to this tree after a busy summer to address some concerns with upper crown union stability. We installed a couple of ratchet straps as a ‘temporary’ solution with the hope to retain what is left of the habitat features.

We discovered some aerial roots in the tree soil creating their own new shoots, pondered over them being epicormic or epiphytic and discussed pros and cons of pruning.

Some inspirational insight from Simon and Matt

A great afternoon!

Had a great day creating maternity roosts and various habitat features for Barbastelle bats - an incredibly rare species that are present in this woodland in East Devon The Douglas Fir trees are being removed to allow the native woodland to regenerate. This a novel way to retain the trees as a habitat feature and capitalise on benefits for the wider ecology of invertebrates, fungi and birds but allow the new woodland to thrive.

Thanks to all involved for getting us in and taking an active approach to conservation issues. Climbers .grayling and .mca

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