1 EAGLETON NOTES: Why?

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Saturday, 23 June 2018

Why?

I had often wondered why odd trees are left standing when a forest is harvested. It's only recently that I discovered the answer.



Posted by Graham Edwards at 22:52
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24 comments:

  1. Terra 24 June 2018 at 03:09

    Are they seed producers? Or a place for raptors to sit and look for prey?

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    1. Graham Edwards27 June 2018 at 18:50

      The latter is the answer Terra: places for raptors.

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  2. Cro Magnon24 June 2018 at 04:56

    Over here they simply take out what's wanted at any particular time. Our woods are basically Chestnut, Oak, and Pine, and it's not uncommon to find an area totally stripped except for Pine (which probably isn't fetching good money). Another year all the Pines will go; and so on. Of course this isn't Forestry Commission planting.

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    1. Graham Edwards27 June 2018 at 19:02

      Cro, as you probably know almost all the commercial forestry in Scotland (and probably the UK) is coniferous and planted when the Government was giving huge tax incentives.

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  3. Adrian Ward24 June 2018 at 05:31

    I always assumed lazy lumberjacks. I guess it's for hawks as I cheated and looked at your tag. Still suspect it's an excuse for indolence.

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    1. Graham Edwards27 June 2018 at 19:13

      Adrian, it's probably an excuse for making raptors indolent.

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  4. Amy24 June 2018 at 05:37

    I often wonder the same thing. I hope that with each tree that's cut down another one is planted in it's place to make our earth more sustainable.

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    1. Adrian Ward24 June 2018 at 06:59

      Re-plant here is twenty to one. It allows for thinning and the blasted deer and rabbits.

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    2. Graham Edwards27 June 2018 at 19:15

      That's you answer, Amy.

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  5. Salty Pumpkin Studio24 June 2018 at 15:13

    I don't get it. I think because the left standing is a tree ID marker.

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    1. Graham Edwards27 June 2018 at 19:49

      I think, Maywyn, that the foresters just leave some of the less commercial trees. They are kept for raptors to keep a watch for prey.

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  6. potty24 June 2018 at 18:06

    My Friend ((Forrestry Comm. (Rtd)) said that sometimes a request/report had to go to Europe if there were a nest or home of some species in the tree. They have to take all sorts into consideration.

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  7. Yorkshire Pudding24 June 2018 at 18:14

    Are they left so that bloggers and their visitors can have guessing games about them?

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  8. Jenny Woolf24 June 2018 at 23:26

    I don't quite understand but I suppose maybe it has rare creatures in it. Sometimes one is forbidden to restore buildings because they have rare bats in them, or build roads because of newts living in the area so it would make sense not to be able to chop down trees that have rare birds, or perhaps beetles making it their home. Well, that's my guess anyhow.

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    1. Graham Edwards27 June 2018 at 19:51

      Jenny, from what Potty said that could occasionally be the case. However a perch for raptors is the most usual.

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  9. Lee25 June 2018 at 11:49

    To allow you to photograph them....

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    1. Graham Edwards27 June 2018 at 19:52

      I suspect, Lee, most people would consider them less than photogenic.

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  10. DawnTreader25 June 2018 at 16:26

    So that they don't have to wonder "where on earth was it that we once had a forest?" (???)

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    1. Graham Edwards27 June 2018 at 19:53

      That's definitely the most original answer, Monica.

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    2. DawnTreader27 June 2018 at 20:21

      I wasn't clever enough to look at your labels for the post - as I now see that some of your other friends may have done ;)

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  11. Peace Thyme25 June 2018 at 21:36

    For birds of prey to perch on top and spot small delicious animals that were left homeless when the beautiful forrest was obliterated!

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