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04-01-2007, 08:14 PM
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| | | Beech trees at Crickley Hill Country Park
All these pictures were taken on 27.12.2006 using a Canon EOS400D. Hope you enjoy them!!
Rotting beech tree trunk 
Beechwood 
Tree roots and trunk   
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04-01-2007, 10:23 PM
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| | | Re: Beech trees at Crickley Hill Country Park
Lovely pics SR. The beech trees / woods above Coopers Hill are lovely too.
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05-01-2007, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by honeybee  Lovely pics SR. The beech trees / woods above Coopers Hill are lovely too. | Many thanks Honeybee. Glad to hear that you enjoyed them.
True enough - we are lucky to live in a county that possesses such diverse choice of landscape. My ultimate favourite spot is in the Forest of Dean.
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05-01-2007, 02:53 PM
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| | | Re: Beech trees at Crickley Hill Country Park
Fine photos, Saxonraven. First shot looks like a good breeding cavity for Tawny Owl, Stock Dove or Jackdaw. Earlier in week I was doing monthly wildfowl count in Richmond Park + a pair of Egyptian Geeses was noisily nest prospecting in the oaks, examining the cavities a bit like the one in your photo. |
05-01-2007, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Fine photos, Saxonraven. First shot looks like a good breeding cavity for Tawny Owl, Stock Dove or Jackdaw. Earlier in week I was doing monthly wildfowl count in Richmond Park + a pair of Egyptian Geeses was noisily nest prospecting in the oaks, examining the cavities a bit like the one in your photo. | Many thanks Aeshna5 = hope you enjoyed viewing the photos.
Yes, I can imagine a Tawny nesting/hiding in there - as you say, looks ideal. Nice thought to think that perhaps in the past it had been used as a breeding cavity for that sort of bird.
Since your visit to Richmond Park, have any of the Egyptian Geese settled in to such a cavity?
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05-01-2007, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by saxonraven Many thanks Aeshna5 = hope you enjoyed viewing the photos.
Yes, I can imagine a Tawny nesting/hiding in there - as you say, looks ideal. Nice thought to think that perhaps in the past it had been used as a breeding cavity for that sort of bird.
Since your visit to Richmond Park, have any of the Egyptian Geese settled in to such a cavity? | I haven't been back since, but Egyptian Geese tend to breed early, so if mild conditions persist I'm sure she'll soon lay eggs. One of major mortality factors in this species is young getting killed by cold snaps. In last few years they have been increasing in west Lodon, with biggest numbers around Hampton Court, where there are regularly 40+ birds. A pair has now turned up in Kensington Gardens in the footsteps of another avian invader there-the Ring-necked Parakeet (up tp 20 here now, only present for c4years here). EG have bred in Richmond Park for a few years now. |
05-01-2007, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 I haven't been back since, but Egyptian Geese tend to breed early, so if mild conditions persist I'm sure she'll soon lay eggs. One of major mortality factors in this species is young getting killed by cold snaps. In last few years they have been increasing in west Lodon, with biggest numbers around Hampton Court, where there are regularly 40+ birds. A pair has now turned up in Kensington Gardens in the footsteps of another avian invader there-the Ring-necked Parakeet (up tp 20 here now, only present for c4years here). EG have bred in Richmond Park for a few years now. | Well hopefully all will be ok for them. This mild weather can be a bit misleading since Winter has really only be going for 2 weeks so temperatures could plummet as well as remain mild. A very precarious time for the EGs (and other creatures). ~Keep me up-dated, if you want to. Would be good to know how they are getting on (if and when they do breed). 
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10-08-2007, 11:23 PM
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Lovely Pics SaxonRaven. You have a real eye for texture. It makes me want to see more.
Thank you.
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11-08-2007, 12:13 AM
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Just come across these, fantastic pics of trees especially the 2nd pic (tree in the rear). Looks like its waiting to give someone a hug. Cheers
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11-08-2007, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyStillman Lovely Pics SaxonRaven. You have a real eye for texture. It makes me want to see more.
Thank you.
Andy | Thanks for the lovely compliments Andy - I shall look out some more photos if I can remember where I put them. HA HA
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