The camera probably doesn’t do them justice but the rocks around Loch Maree are quite colourful.

A fine Sitka spruce for #thicktrunktuesday

A Douglas fir from last year's South Scotland Institute of Chartered Foresters visit to Glenlee. Not sure how tall but certainly 50m+. It's got a nice sheltered spot so hopefully will stand for many years to come. A fabulous tree. #thicktrunktuesday

Good to see The Crichton starting to promote their unique tree collection more. It has a fascinating history with important roles played by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh & Darjeeling.

In an old birch wood...

There has been a lot of talk about cultivation for woodland creation. Forestry Commission Forest Research in association with the Forestry and Climate Change Working group and RoyalForestrySociety a webinar on getting it right rfs.org.uk/events/2021/ja… Practical advice, not policy, and free

Not without its critics, but amazing to think they’re finding room for wolves in the Netherlands.

A bit of colour courtesy of the humble birch.

A lovely old oak photographed back in May. 🦇🦉🐞🌳 #thicktrunktuesday

Estonian forestry seems to be generating a lot of headlines lately questioning its sustainability - fern.org/publications-i…

It’s at this time of year that items gone missing from the cone collection can suddenly reappear. 🎄

No surprise firs are so popular as xmas trees now. No needle drop & trees like Fraser fir have a lovely smell. Bonus is it’s safe to grow Norway spruce again without worrying crop will get informally thinned from an early age! Properly thinned it produces 1st class timber…

Found this Cedar The Crichton yesterday. Not sure how I've not noticed it before. It's quite a big tree!

Nature has packed a lot of variety into 1 square foot of moss. Zoom in to fully appreciate...

A view of the registered Douglas fir seed stand at Drumlanrig. Planted around 1900. Hard to get a good measure but I think the tallest will top 50m. One of those places you could dwell for hours.

An emerging threat to beech – Petrakia liobae Research suggests that the disease may have been present in Europe for at least 12 years but went unnoticed Infected trees develop brown, irregular leaf spots with sharp, dark borders Is it in the UK ? forestrycommission.blog.gov.uk/2020/11/18/an-…

#TreeEquity - everyone should be able to enjoy the benefits trees bring.

Some real insights from Mike Dunn at today’s ECoS event. Survey on community attitudes to trees, planting and wider land use choices seemed to show there’s much more to it than justpro or anti tree planting. Would be good to see more of this type of work to inform the debate.

Not a bad view. Maybe needs more trees.