#forestry commission

[outlawpetegsc]

[travelling-my-little-pony]

This is why we do not give Pinkie Pie an axe.

On Dartmoor, in Devon, England.

[theleafguy]

An excellent pamphlet produced by the Forestry Commission on forest tree identification; I divided it into two images from the original for the sake of sharing here on Tumblr. 

-Clark

[benvironment]

Cold weather in winter. Remember that? Yeah I know, it's a world gone mad. Anyway here are a few pics from Blairadam from a couple of weeks ago when I happened upon some beautiful hair ice. After a couple of days of hard frost it's actually quite easy to find it in woodlands where there's lots of deadwood on the ground.

The fine hairs are indeed ice, and it's believed to be caused by a fungus releasing carbon dioxide as it breaks the wood down from the inside. The increased pressure inside the wood forces moisture out of the tiny pores on the wood's surface, which freezes on contact with the outside world and continues to grow as more moisture is pushed out. Lovely :)

[woodlandtrust]

North Muir Wood

Photo: Ian Cassidy

[emergentfutures]

Whole of England to be mapped with lasers to tackle flooding and illegal waste dumps

England’s entire landscape will be mapped with lasers to tackle flooding, help conservation work and even track illegal waste dumps, the Environment Agency said. Under plans unveiled by the government agency, aircraft equipped with laser scanners will map all 130,000 sq km of the country in 3D, including rivers, fields and national parks, by 2020.

[mings]

There’s something really therapeutic about being in a forest. I love trees.

[pointless-letters]

Poo golf: fun game for all the family and, as it turns out, a perfect metaphor for Brexit.