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Need to report Giant Hogweed to your local environmental office.

well done thank you

Great work Ian and Sam and such a fantastic project which will stand the test of time. Well done to Caroline and all the Friends of Graves Park for driving this forward

As ever brilliant detective work Ian and team. Inspired me to look closer and deeper in the landscape. Good example of bundle planting! All too often confused with ancient coppice. Please continue producing content and sharing it on TH-cam

Wow it huge

I had no idea there were so many of these in the area. Excellent video, folks.

Cannot be ancient if its a Willow

Very interesting. So when was it (last) pollarded? could not hear the answer exactly!👌🙏

Great video. Were shields made from willow? The strong, light wood would have been easier to carry. I seem to remember once that there was mention of this but cannot recall the reference, it could have been in the Mabinogion, but will have to re read it to make sure. I love willow trees and there is a beautiful weeping willow at the bottom of my neighbour’s garden. I have made clothes pegs, medicinal willow bark tree (I have often wondered if you gave a dog a willow branch to chew if it would help with arthritis?), charcoal pencils and wood carvings from the tree. My chickens used to like browsing the leaves if I pruned a branch for them. Many years ago I helped plant an osier bed up in Lincolnshire. I would love to see it now, especially if it is being actively coppiced.

Good stuff mate

GIANT HOGWEED, doesn't only cause Burns &/or Blisters ▪︎ its sap can BLIND you !! On Removal of THIS INVASIVE ALIEN ▪︎▪︎ One way to REDUCE & Eventually REMOVE °IT° Wait until FLOWERHEADS appear, REMOVE ASAP (Put These Flowerheads into Containers) so as to minimise amounts of LOOSE SEEDS falling onto Earth & GERMINATING ! By Removing Flowerheads BEFORE SEEDS DEVELOP Means LESS SEEDS to GERMINATE = LESS PROBLEMATIC & Even LESS Chance of ANY FORM of INJURIES being sustained.

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Lovely. Down near me in Somerset, there are very many pollarded willows, many still in management. The pollarding tradition appears to be alive and well and appears to have included other pollarded species such as poplar, oak and ash. Some of all these are huge (girth) and very well-hidden, especially if they are coppards/stob-cuts in a hedge row or in a shaw along a watercourse. Others are of enormous stature and out in plain sight. You are absolutely right when you say that these trees are of under-appreciated heritage/nature conservation value. Are you also finding ancient pleached trees in old hedge lines? Thanks for posting.

Hell yes, as the chap states. Farmers are almost certainly not to blame, and farming and birdlife CAN and DO co-exist.

Must be some Black Poplar present ? There are some near Blacktoft near the Ouse / Trent confluence .

this is great, but i struggled to get my bearings and so it would have been useful if some tags could have been used to identify buildings that are still here such as Norton Free school or norton hall or norton grange of even the St James church.

Jack 0f mainsgill

These are my local woods where I spend a lot of time. This is a great video and Ian is so interesting. Keep them coming!

There can be no possible reason for spoiling this important greenspace other than the greed of the investors/developers. There is plenty of brownfield land to use.

110% back this Ian! That oak coppice is wonderful and clearly very old! Certainly a feature helping qualify this as AW

Professor Ian Rotherham, thank you for taking the time to make this video which explains the problems that have been overlooked by Avant Homes, Civil Servants in both Sheffield (LPA) and the inspectorate. They are all putting profit before decisions made by UK Citizens their elected Councillors and Government Legislation and Directive. As Professor Ian Rotherham explains by channelling the runoff waters from plot E into the drains this will starve Ochre Dyke Woods of much needed water and over time the ancient woods will die off. Channelling runoff water into the drainage system is an irresponsible and dangerous decision to make in Owlthorpe Sheffield, which is well known for its hills and is prone to downstream flooding. Scientists around the world explain that climate change is caused by carbon emissions and deforestation. Some of the water from the disused mines that run under Owlthorpe together with water from Ochre Dyke ended up in Beighton, Rotherham, Doncaster, Stainforth and Fishlake. After HRH Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited to console with the victims of these floods the Prime Minister chaired an emergency Cobra meeting. The outcomes are described below. The Environment Secretary George Eustace MP explains in this interview with Sophie Ridge th-cam.com/video/bbYXEDczLU/w-d-xo.html “Government’s response to UK floods, an extra £4 Billion to be spent on flood defences. In Yorkshire, up stream nature based solutions are to be supported.” The Environment Agency, the Forestry Commission and Natural England have jointly committed to “nature-based solutions to tackle the climate emergency and stop downstream flooding”. Ecological Owlthorpe is already a nature based solution stopping downstream flooding and if left alone has the potential to continue to make an excellent contribution. During the Government appointed Planning Inspectorate inquiry I suggested that Avant Homes should move their project to the disused Aerodrome at Norton which is a brown field site by definition baosting many derelict buildings. I am not happy with the way the inquiry was handled and have consequently made a formal complaint to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. I am requesting that the decision made by the Inspector is set-aside whilst a full investigation into this travesty takes place. Michael Meredith www.ecological-owlthorpe.org

Great content 👍

We seem to have forgotten, everything in nature is connected. Healthy organic soils, full of LIFE, are essential not only for human crops, but for insects, mycorrhizae, worms, etc... and of course the birds who depend on them for food. Humanity must look beyond our own immediate desires to respect + nurture the intertwined ecosytems all life is dependent on. Current practices, including MASSIVE pesticide use, must stop ASAP. We are poisoning + ruining the very foundations of life on earth. Looking forward to your seminar in September.

Nice shots, Like n.1 and Greetings from Italy :)

Great informative video with good clear video and production. Good stuff!

Very slick production - well done Lewys. :-)

great video :) i did NOT know we had that many different types of bee! #everydaysaschoolday

incredible choice for the display +_+