Ancient Woodland Indicator species Mark 2
I was not happy with the list of species which indicate ancient woodland that I published a couple of weeks …
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Indicator species of Ancient woodland in Ninewells wood
Ancient semi-natural woodlands are defined as woodlands which have been in existence for over 400 years. This is not to …
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 …
Mosses and lichens to look out for in Ninewells wood
Because as I said in a previous post I am not an expert at mosses and lichens, I recently contacted …
The Brophytes of Catbrook wood.
Bryophytes are the group of plants commonly known as Mosses and Liverworts. Most people know what mosses are because they come …
Pond at Catbrook wood. (and fungi)
In the summer when the ‘brash man’ was removing the brash with his JCB I got him to dig a …
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 …
Brash, clear it, or leave it?
Clear it…… but be prepared for another round of damage . After our Pines were felled, we were left with …
Deer damage;Ninewells Wood
Well the deer have been into the wood, I have seen their footprints and there are lots of regenerating trees …
