Recent content by Callum

Thought it might be Walnut, but leaning towards willow

I agree- could be Crataegus tanacetifolia (Tansy Hawthorn)

How about examining the opposing views of backpacking (i.e. take everything you need into the wild on your back) and bushcraft (take only the tools you need to live in the wild). You could find out what these two camps of people thought about 'conservation' and then assess what the environmental...

Hi everyone I was just wondering whether anyone had tried an Emmrod fishing rod. They look like toys but I noticed that they get some good reviews on the US bushcraft websites. http://emmrod.co.uk

Hi all I was recently at a Forestry Commission forest health day where they were discussing the increase in new tree diseases. Many of the commercial woodland owners and managers were looking pretty nervous when they left. Red band needle blight and the various phytopthora species were...

Hi Red Devil I was just thinking that elms are very susceptable to these type of galls or burrs and since you're in Scotland you are still likely to encounter mature specimens.

Hi red devil It's not an Elm is it?

Hi 21st Century Pict If the burr is on the same tree as the fomes and piptoporus brackets (from the first page of this thread) I wouldn't feel guilty about taking it. The tree has come to the end of it's days. Callum

Hi Soundmixer I don't, but I saw the cat in the general vicinity.

Hi All About 7 years ago I saw a mountain lion leap across the road in front of my car in Aberdeenshire. I was on my way to work at 7am, saw it clear as day. It jumped over a hedge landed in the middle of the road and jumped over the hedge on the other side in a single bound. I've never told...

Hi All I think the key thing here is that Bushcraft is a subculture. There is a common ideology which goes way beyond just 'what do i need to do to survive' e.g. when i go sea kayaking i pack a VHF radio, a satellight personal distress beacon, strobe light, flares etc- the point is that if...

Sweet Chestnut grows throughout the UK including north of Scotland.

Hi Forry I think Loch Lomond has bits of Alder riparian woodland near the Loch side and higher up on the hillsides are upland birch types. If you make a trip over to Argyll there's some fantastic Atlantic Oak woods around Tayvallich and tarbert. Callum

I was thinking Wild Cherry (Prunus avium)

Hi Mike How about Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) introduced at around the time of the Romans but not a true native. Callum