Help identifying what tree I picked up

[Viktor]

Hello,
I recently picked up a few pieces of wood after they cut down a few at the edge of my local forest.
But I couldn't identifying with certainty what I picked up so would like help with the ones I couldn't tell.




Would also take suggestion on what you think I should make from them, or simply throw them in the fire.

Thanks.

 

[Mesquite]

3 is a fir of some sorts
5 looks like it's from a cherry
6 looks like it's from a poplar

 

[treetop57]

3 looks like scots pine
6 looks like laburnum
4 looks like cherry
2 i think growth rings look to much for cherry
5 looks like sycamore
but may be wrong on all

 

[vizsla]

1,2,4,5 look like birch to me and 3 looks like spruce or pine but its late and I'm tired

 

[Harvestman]

I'm going to agree that 6 looks like laburnum. Should be dense and hard.
I think 2 is poplar - grey bark, porous looking growth rings. If I'm right it is fairly lightweight for its size.
4 may be cherry, as said above. Nice wood, has an orange colour, and good for carving.
3 is a softwood - fir, spruce etc. Not the best for woodworking, but ok.
1 & 5 - well, they might be birch, or hazel.

Ultimately, who cares? Have a carve at them, see how they handle, how they cut, and which ones you like the look of. You can make bowls, a drinking cup, or rustic tool handles, carve a woodspirit, or if you have a lathe try a bit of turning.

Fire is a last resort, but if 2 is poplar, better to bin it than burn it, as it gives off the most awful smoke.

 

[Ivan...]

Always difficult from photographs, but i am happy that.

1,4 and 5 are silver birch.

2 is sweet chestnut.

3 are scots pine branches.

6 is a scrub oak.

Ivan...

 

[ozzy1977]

This is what I think they are , but in what country were they found
1 is Cherry
2 is Cherry
3 is some sort of pine
4 is Birch
5 is Blackthorn
6 is Willow

 

[Ivan...]

OH! You have got me wondering now!As i said from pics it is difficult to be certain.

If you don't mind posting me all samples, so i can look,feel,smell etc. I will definitely be able to guess!!

I think 1 could be wild cherry now?

I am going for a lie down in a darkened room.

Ivan...

 

[Harvestman]

So, if you average those answer out, you will find that it has all been resolved.

Basically, we've no more idea than you have

 

[British Red]

I think 6 is an alder as it happens

 

[HillBill]

1,2 4 and 5 look like cherry woods. ( which can look similar to the non silver birches)
3 is pine
6 could be willow, but i am going on the bark for that one, it looks like it has the little "eyes" that identify willow with