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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

THIS SERIES IS MOVING TO INSTAGRAM! Follow www.instagram.com/forgottenfor... now! 9 months into my PhD and I realise managing three social media platforms is a longshot 😂 lesson learned. Had a bit of a lull, but now that I'm doing some fieldwork, you will have more regular updates!

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Forgotten Forests: 10 A research focus has been identified! 🔍 After diving deep into all that we know about hedges, we have decided to study root systems inside Cornish hedges, how they are distributed, and how they contribute to global carbon sequestration 🌳 but why roots? 🧐 Stay tuned!

A Cornish hedge with a giant sycamore tree growing from its top. The trunk of the tree has grown wider than the hedge itself and the roots are pushing through the stoney bank. An animated circle shows a root structure, visualising how scans from our work will reveal root systems inside the hedges.

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Forgotten Forests: 09 (1/4) A day to Hedge-ucate ourselves! Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust hosted a talks about Cornish hedges, their geology, history, and ecological role in the future. Dr. Sam Hughes took us on a 500 million year journey through the changing geology of Cornwall!

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Forgotten Forests: 08 (1/2) Last December, I got a chance to watch this beautiful film about Kerdroya - a labyrinth that celebrates the 4,000 year history of Cornish hedges. Kerdroya is built as a blend of varied Cornish hedge styles that you will find across Cornwall! youtu.be/yi0jAP0ufMg?...

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KERDROYA TEASER 1

YouTube video by Golden Tree Cornwall

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Forgotten Forests: 07 (1/2) Hedges are home to wildflowers, woodland trees, lichen, mosses, mushrooms, insects, birds, mammals, and much more! They foster a complex little ecosystem along the borders of land that is otherwise heavily managed for farming and construction.

A Common Blue butterfly feeding on a Devil's-bit Scabious flower on a hedge bank.

A carpet of lichen covering the branch of a tree. The tree was growing on a hedge that ran between an apple orchard and an open field

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Forgotten Forests: 06 (1/2) Had the opportunity to explore the "Flora: 150 Years of Environmental Change" exhibition curated by Kurt Jackson at @penleehousegallery.bsky.social! It was brilliant seeing plant life of the Cornish landscape freeze-framed through the centuries!

A picture of artist Kurt Jackson painting a tree in an open field

The art gallery displayed century old paintings of specific locations next to Kurt Jackson's contemporary work, allowing us to see how landscapes and plantlife change over time

A collage of birds, insects, fungi, moss etc. found in a patch of gorse/furze

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Forgotten Forests: 05 (1/2) An investigation is afoot! To find out what we know and don't know about the functions of woody features, I have put on my detective hat🔍🕵️ Scouting literature, speaking with local organizations and experts, I'm connecting as many dots as I can...

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Forgotten Forests: 04 Never did I think the words "Bake your PhD" would fall upon my ears 😂🎂The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES) Bake Off was a brilliant and delicious way to learn about the work of my colleagues! And yes, here's a Cornish hedge cake!

A chocolate cake cut into the shape of a Cornish hedge with trees, layered with chocolate spread, and green fondant as the grass and tops of trees. Tree trunks were made with chocolate sticks and stone banks of the hedge were white chocolate buttons. Crushed Oreos were the right texture for soil!

I presented a little intro. piece about my research at the bake off event

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Forgotten Forests: 03 (1/3) I had the absolute pleasure to learn the 4000 year old practice of Cornish hedge building with the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIO (CREST)! Rows of stone packed in with soil, these structures can last for hundreds of years...

An old Cornish Field Hedge being repaired by keen hedging trainees. It was a beautiful sunny day and we hedged away for two days in the shade of old sycamores growing along the hedge.

Ryan, the trainer, guiding is on angles and stacking techniques that make a sturdy Cornish hedge

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Forgotten Forests: 02 (1/3) What are these "woody features" that I'll be studying? Well, think of rows of trees, hedges, stone banks with plants growing on them (more on the Cornish hedge soon!). But why call them "Forgotten Forests"? (See part 2)

An Ash tree over 100 years old is a hub for wildlife. Its giant hollows are perfect homes for bats, woodpeckers, MANY insects. This tree is wearing a thick coat of English ivy (don't worry, the ivy doesn't harm the tree).

A thick hawthorn hedge lining the coastal path from Swanpool beach to Maenporth beach.

A Cornish hedge covered in plants housing large trees near Woodlane, Falmouth

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Forgotten Forests: 01 Here we go! This is the start of a weekly series that will follow my PhD journey! Stay tuned for wild facts about #Cornwall, #remotesensing, #trees, #hedges, with shout-outs to the amazing work of local organisations! Welcome to Forgotten Forests 🌳

A road enclosed by old Cornish hedges, walls of stone with mature oak, sycamore, ash trees growing above them. The traditional rock face of the hedges carries masses of moss, ivy, mushrooms

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Abhishek Dixit @abhiinthewild.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

"So you'll be a.... Tree Doctor?" 🌳 I'm so excited to have started a PhD in Geography at @uniexecec.bsky.social! The "Forgotten Forests" project will uncover the value of woody features in the Cornish landscape! Weekly posts about the project coming up here and on my Science Twitter!

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