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Originally Posted by Dan Salter  Jez was correct ....i just caught up with this thread and my face was like this  SYCAMORE and native OAK in the same sentence?
There is nothing good about sycamores in my book apart from i have about 2 years worth of wood for the fire now we got some felled.
On a lighter note....i saw a group of 15 swallows today! some flying so close they made my hair ruffle ( ok so im nearly bald but hey) |
Well I can tell you something good about sycamores... they may not support the diversity of invertebrates that an oak does but in terms of sheer volume of insect weight they don't compare too badly - they're mainly stuffed full of aphids and feed lots of young tits and warblers late in the season fuelling them up for the winter. - Particularly good in urban areas where big trees are sometimes few and far between.