How To Tell Which Tree is Older?
Which is the older of these two large trees? Clue: there are a few ways we can age trees, including one related to natural navigation.…
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The Proof is in my Hands!
Only a couple of months until How to Read a Tree is born… Getting exciting now! Yesterday I spent a very enjoyable afternoon investigating trees…
How to Read a Tree
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE AMAZON BESTSELLER THE OFFICIAL INDIE NO.1 BESTSELLER Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is…
The Wedge Effect
My thanks to Malcolm Pinches for sending in these great examples of the ‘wedge effect’ from the Isle of Eigg in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.…
Beware the Beech’s Branches
This is a common sight in my local beechwoods. Beech trees have a habit of dropping large branches without much warning. They are not good…
Snow Clues
I took these two photographs during a walk in the woods on Friday morning. The second picture was taken facing the opposite direction to the…
Welcome to Lichen Land
Two nights ago the strong winds brought an ivy-ravaged sycamore down into our garden, destroying two fences and killing an apple sapling in the process.…
Sunset Light
I can remember sitting at a restaurant in the small and perfectly formed fishing village of Trehiguier in southern Brittany last July. I had my…
Cat’s Eyes, Dusky Skies and a Nice Surprise
Possibly the worst blog post title that I have yet come up with, and there have been a few… Our cat, Murphy, can be seen…
Top Secret
There is a scene in the 80s spoof movie Top Secret where Val Kilmer is busy painting the scene from a moving train. We later…