A low branching #beech at #Holkerhall for #thicktrunktuesday

"When yew become one"

A large old yew tree growing out of the limestone rockface. It's amazing how the tree survives and even thrives in these conditions.....and at the same time making it into an art form. Fantastic lines and details on show.

A peek inside the nursery 👀 Our #aspen trees are flowering! 🎉

In #Scotland, aspens rarely flower or set seed naturally. That’s why we’ve created a carefully managed ‘seed stand’ in our polytunnel, helping to encourage #seed production.

The Pine Hunters is now available to watch online 📽️ This short film tells the story of two #ecologists as race to record the last of our ancient wild #Caledonian forest fragments.

Watch for free on YouTube 👉 youtu.be/tHupftkYdZs?...

#InternationalDayofForests

A beech next to the River Tweed upstream of Peebles for #thicktrunktuesday

A round table top covered in slices of oak, mostly quarters or narrower wedges. Bright pink tape round one sample. Photo copyright Coralie Mills 2024

Some of my samples from Dalkeith Old Oaks used to build a 450 year long oak chronology for South East #Scotland. Publication imminent.

#FindsFriday #dendrochronology

To pollard or not to pollard? #willows #pollardedwillows #ooijpolder #dutchlandscape #vintagelens #vintagelensphotography #vintageglass #vintagelensonmirrorless #minolta #minoltamdzoom #landscape #landscapephotography #blueskylandscapes #blueskyphotography

Eppie Callum's oak - a large ancient oak tree pictured in winter without leaves with blue sky in the background. Credit: Eilidh Mair/WTML

View looking up the trunk of Eppie Callum's oak - a large ancient oak tree pictured in winter without leaves with blue sky in the background. Credit: Eilidh Mair/WTML

🌳#EppieCallumsOak is said to have sheltered both #RobRoyMacGregor and #BonniePrinceCharlie! The tale goes, Eppie, the keeper of the Oakbank Inn, grew the tree from an acorn in a teapot on her windowsill.

Now in a private garden, it’s still easily admired when visiting #Crieff

#ThickTrunkTuesday

A young Giant Rewood (Sequoiadendron giganteum
) at #Kailzie gardens near #Peebles for #thicktrunktuesday

Suffolk landscape. Veteran Hornbeams and Anglo-Saxon South Elmham Minster.
#trees

An evergreen oak in #Devon for #thicktrunktuesday

Charlie, our Tree Warden Scheme Volunteer Engagement Officer, spotted the Kirby pine, known locally as the broccoli tree!

This is a stone pine, which is a tree that is native to the Mediterranean region. Mature trees produce cones, from which edible pine nuts are extracted for making pesto.

A sycamore at the #Hirsel in the #Scottishborders for #thicktrunktuesday

Arbre soufflé par le vent, Dartmouth, 2015 - Roger Deakins, photographe britannique, né en 1949.
#photographie
#RogerDartmouth

Large, fat leafless horse chestnut tree sits in a farming landscape next to an old stone shed. It's winter, the sky is blue and there are hills in the background. Credit WTML.

Woman with a red jacket on stands smiling with her arms spread wide in front of a large horse chestnut tree. Credit WTML.

The bent limbs, cankers and knobbly bark of an old horse chestnut tree. The tree is leafless so the twisted branches are clear to see. Some limbs have dropped from the tree and there is scarring on the bark. Credit WTML

An old horse chestnut tree grows around a stone wall. The tree is leafless so the twisted branches are clear to see. Some limbs have dropped from the tree and there is scarring on the bark. Credit WTML

Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), Perthshire. Approx 8.9m in girth (at 1.5m) and swallowing an old stone dyke. Seems to be in remarkably good health. A proper #ThickTrunkTuesday find!

What a fantastic tree! It may be the largest Sweet Chestnut in Perthshire. Let's add it to the Tree Inventory

An elm in #Edinburgh for #thicktrunktuesday
#burr

The old yew tree at Beltingham in #Northumberland for this week's #thicktrunktuesday

A split willow that I recently came across.

#photography
#monochrome
#blackandwhite
#bnw

It is simply growth from the trunk of the tree. Hybrid Limes are well known for it. It's called epicormic growth. A fantastic habitat especially for birds

A Lime tree for #thicktrunktuesday, but whether this one has a thick trunk is hard to say

Neil Gow's oak near #Dunkeld in #Scotland for this week's #thicktrunktuesday

A Sweet Chestnut near #Bristol for this week's #thicktrunktuesday

Ancient Bristlecone Pine, VIII. California, November 2025 #aowsimages #photography #blackandwhite

Happy #thicktrunktuesday

Weathered, but not defeated

... and here's another sunlit beech from the #Scottishborders for #thicktrunktuesday

There are some fantastic old beeches in the #Scottishborders. Here is one near #Selkirk
#thicktrunktuesday

Our team have recently visited Wild Fungarium in Edinburgh! 📚🦋🐞

Wild Fungarium has a fantastic selection of nature, wildlife and gardening gifts, as well as book signings and creative wildlife events.

Come and visit Katrina & James' wild store if you can! 💙

A single sweet chestnut tree standing alone on a hill. The sun is setting and its thick trunk and gnarled old branches are clearly visible. It show signs of retrenching but there are many leaves visible and it looks healthy. Credit Niall Benvie / WTML.

Queen Mary’s Tree, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. Named after Mary Queen of Scots, who is reputed to have planted the tree in 1561 while visiting Cumbernauld Castle, the family home of one of her ladies-in-waiting. Nominated for Scotland's #TreeOfTheYear in 2014, it's a #ThickTrunkTuesday belter!