Tree Works - Easter 2015

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 Easter 2015: Tree Works.

Left is the view of the site before tree works were started. The site was generously covered with self seeded trees, mainly birch and a line of more mature Scots Pine, but also a sitka and various other species. There were a number of trees with Preservation Orders on them, 2 Chestnut, 5 Lime, 1 Sycamore and 1 Scots Pine - probably the reason for the site remaining undeveloped.

My aim was to remove the overcrowding, prefer the Scots Pine and the birch. I also reached agreement with the Council Tree people to remove some of the trees with TPOs, to be replaced with other trees, and to lift the crowns of the other TPO trees. So after going out to tender to a number of firms, a squad of men and machines arrived, fenced off the site, and set to removing the trees and climbing up others to prune the limbs.

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