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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

Hi Treelore I'm an arb consultant. Most of the work i do is for construction companies (BS:5837) as well as H&S surveys. The veteran tree management stuff is fascinating although I've never had the chance to get involved myself. Ivan. A veteran tree is a tree which has reached a size or stage...

Hi Ivan I think I've managed to insert an image which shows the basics of target pruning above. Try googling Alex Shigo he's the guy who came up with the idea of modern pruning. Tree lore is probably the one to talk to about forestry, I work on the arb side of things. Hope that helps Callum

Hi Southey Yes it does- The carbohydrates produced in the leaves are transported throughout the tree, just as water,nutrients and minerals absorbed by the roots end up in the leaves. I'm not totally against pruning branches to use in bushcraft because using and learning about trees is...

How would the tree benefit from having a healthy branch removed? the tree has expended energy to grow the branch and has done it in reaction to a large number of environmental factors so that it can benefit from the energy produced (photosynthesis) from the leaves. You can improve the value of...

Hi Ivan I think your boss is being a bit simplistic. Some of the oldest trees in the country are often pollards (i.e. they have been manged using a system of specialist pruning, usually to provide food for cattle or materials for basket making etc.) At other times when a tree is structurally...