Sunday 18 April 2021

Trees at The Beeches

The trees here are mostly Beech, Oak, Ash, European Larch, Holly, Hazel. Hawthorn and Blackthorn. In addition there are two Wild Cherry trees on the boundary with the woodland and also a Sycamore. However behind the garage there are also four Willow trees and I have been trying to tie down the species of Willow which is not as easy as it looks. On the face of it they are all female Goat Willow trees based on the length of the catkins but it seems that there are hybrids which are difficult to identify. I will wait for the leaves to develop and see if that sorts the matter out. Meanwhile the catkins are attracting lots of bees and hoverflies (also difficult to identify).

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