Steve Holdsworth

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Manoeuvres with difficulty through the art, science and sport of forestry, road cycling, wine, music and so on and so forth. Acting in a personal capacity.
Night garden
Natural retrenchment #10minsfromhome
Hawthorn in May. A hedge horizon
Download the UKFS Adaptation Practice Guide for guidance on #ClimateChange risks and #adaptation measures including thinning, natural regeneration and #tree species #diversity. : bit.ly/3KenzTm
#ForestFriday
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Roadside oak #tree, just down the lane at home. Still holding on to some of last years leaves autumn colour
Wish I had a more optimistic #ForestFriday post but heyho. Dead spruce #trees nearly as far as the eye could see. Boreal #forests in Finland are entering into a stage of instability due to climate-induced stress resulting in mass outbreaks of bark beetles #UniEastFinland #ClimateChange
#ThickTrunkTuesday and a mature multi stemmed oak, part of an old hedge, bank or boundary? So much history tied up in the locations of our trees!
Using remote cameras to boost capercaillie conservation efforts in the Highlands

Almost a hundred cameras were set up across the 60,000 hectares of land that makes up the Cairngorms Connect project area. The equipment captured over 3,000 images and videos of capercaillie, from April to October of 2022, giving us a more accurate assessment of their distribution and breeding success in the Highlands.

Forestry and Land Scotland
Timber being prepared for use in the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
Timber being prepared for use in the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris