Posted on 27/10/2020 13:49
In all my years I have never seen as many acorns as this year. Have planted 100 or so in a small nursery and hopefully ready as seedlings if not next spring the year after. Whilst the do gooders still fly to talking shops around the world we can do our little bit by planting a few acorns ourselves. Then we will have done collectively more than the talkers have.
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Posted on 07/10/2022 12:54 by FishermanI fish in an upland area here in Wales, part of an Organic farm with only Cattle and Sheep grazing. There are no conifers within 400 yds of the lake and its fed from the surrounding bog land. We have seen however illegal introduction of Deer and now Wild boar over the last decade or so. These are the only discernable changes. It was noticable that the insect life was much less this year with fewer Sedges, Damsel Flies and Daddies. The weather pattern was adverse however. Now my guess is that nature sorts itself out and next year with different weather the fly life will be back. This is not uncommon as is the volume of acorns on different years. No panic yet at this end.
Posted on 07/10/2022 14:32
Many of the non native species were introduced onto estates for ornamental or hunting reasons. As for wild boar they are native but should only be introduced i areas where numbers are controllable in my opinion as they do have many benefits to enriching habitats as do those ancient cattle species.
Posted on 07/10/2022 16:33
For those interested in this thread here is an organisation worth looking at!
https://treesforlife.org.uk/10-exciting-rewilding-projects-happening-in-the-uk/
They are doing some sterling work across the UK and Ireland.
Posted on 07/10/2022 16:43 by brueBack to acorns.
Oak trees provide a huge habitat for a variety of species for a very long time so always worth giving acorn growing a go. 🌱🌱
Posted on 07/10/2022 16:53
Strangely enough, we have just been this very afternoon to the botanical gardens in Cordoba. Fabulous conservation projects here including a very modern seed bank and long term repository. I was surprised to find out how many oak species/varieties there are across Europe. I didn’t know there was an evergreen variety. The suggestion is the ranges for the individual species is moving quite rapidly as global warming happens. 🌱🌱
Posted on 07/10/2022 16:53 by mickysfStrangely enough, we have just been this very afternoon to the botanical gardens in Cordoba. Fabulous conservation projects here including a very modern seed bank and long term repository. I was surprised to find out how many oak species/varieties there are across Europe. I didn’t know there was an evergreen variety. The suggestion is the ranges for the individual species is moving quite rapidly as global warming happens. 🌱🌱
Posted on 07/10/2022 17:28
Sorry, that should read botanic gardens! I’ve not been on the gin!🤣
https://www.jardinbotanicodecordoba.com/
Everyday is a school day as they say!
Posted on 08/10/2022 11:19
Our 25 year old oak tree has masses of acorns although most of them have fallen off now. They started dropping much earlier this year, probably due to the drought.
Our rowan has more berries on it than I've seen in the last few years. Last year there was hardly any at all. The weight of the berries is so great all the branches are bending down alarmingly, I hope they don't break. Hopefully we will get the redwings and fieldfares back again this winter although with such a mass of berries everywhere they can be choosy where they feed.
I saw yesterday that following the national butterfly survey earlier in the year, the numbers recorded are alarmingly down. It confirms what I commented on a couple of months ago that although there seemed to be plenty of white butterflies around, coloured ones were very scarce. Hardly a one on the buddleia or the verbena all summer.
Fisherman
from Gwynedd