Goodbye summer; hello winter.
Here are two photos I took last week, at virtually the same moment. For me one was the last vestige of Summer …
Category Archives: Woodland management
More squirrel damage.
Not content with eating my nuts, hazel nuts that is, the squirrel has now started to remove the bark from …
The Squirrel has had my nuts!
Well something has had them, I suspect its squirrels but it might be mice or even Jays. I planted about …
Recent planting at Ninewells wood.
This is really just for the record, because in 10 years time I will have forgotten what I planted, when …
Growing Beech trees from seed
Its quite easy to grow most native trees from seed, its slightly slower than buying saplings, but it is much …
Hints of Spring in Ninewells wood
OK its only 8th of January, but it was sunny and today there was a Song Thrush singing quite loudly. …
Ninewells wood, an ancient woodland ?
To classify as an ancient woodland site an area of woodland has to have been in existence 400 years ago …
Non Grazing experiment at Catbrook wood?
I have not been to Catbrook wood for about 5 weeks because I have not been in the UK. Today …
Old maps of Ninewells wood
In my quest to find out as much as I can about Catbrook wood and Ninewells wood in general, I …
Tree sleeves
We have started to protect some of the regenerating trees in Catbrook wood. If we do not do this I …
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