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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 5h

A lot has been said on social media today about new tree planting after the government announcement. Most of what has been said has been utter nonsense. I’m not engaging. I’ll keep my head down and carry on managing these multifunctional woodlands for the future.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How is this news? “A Tree species that is renowned for coppicing well has produced coppice regrowth” Well blow me down with a feather. Really BBC there are so much more important forestry and tree related items to report on.

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Royal Forestry Society @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

At APF 2026, Chris Williams, Nick Adams, Iwan Lloyd-Williams, Adam Kirk, Aly May, & Toby Allen to discuss mental health in forestry and what's needed next. Thank you to all those that attended. Find out more: www.rfs.org.uk/insights-publications/mental-health/ #APF2026 #MentalHealthInForestry 📍D1A

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It was a really enjoyable day spent at the the APF show yesterday. Caught up with a good number of friends old and new and discussed ideas for possible machinery changes. I was also rather proud to have a machine on display, my Kronos trailer. @Forestry_UK

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻. ⌛ Organisations are asked to complete the Census from 1 - 30 October 2026. Be counted and help shape the future of forestry: forestresearch.gov.uk/census

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Royal Forestry Society @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🌳💪 We need you to shape new professional toolkit at APF Show 2026. We're also in panels discussing mental health, have career advice slots, plus grants for resilience, case studies & much more! 📍 Find us at D1A 👉 ow.ly/Uig650ZQJIG #APFShow2026 #ToolkitForChange #HaveYourSay

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’ve spent the day at the Southill Estate in Bedfordshire with the RFS. What an interesting and thought provoking project. Landscape scale conservation management, reintroductions, beavers and forestry. Many thanks to Charles Whitbread and the team.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well, the forwarder has had a bath and tidy up today as it’s off to the APF forestry show at Ragley Hall this week. It will be used as a demonstration machine on the Jas P Wilson stand. I’m going Thursday if anyone else is also there.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I had a diesel delivery this week as I do nearly every other week. Checked the paper work this morning…..1.28 litre! In July it was just over 70p. I’ve never paid as much for red diesel as this. It’s a huge problem but what do you do?

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I listened to the podcast this morning. A really engaging and thought provoking listen. There is still a lot of work to do but it’s a positive start. For those of us working in the industry I have my fingers crossed for the major changes that are needed.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

There is a tidal wave of negativity across social media at the moment so as an antidote here’s a picture of the machines on my current site. Harvesting timber and carrying out nature conservation work. #positiveforestry

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Royal Forestry Society @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"This World Suicide Prevention Day, we can all take one step to help address these issues by having an honest conversation with a colleague. Ask how they’re really doing and see where the conversation leads." Read more: ow.ly/5bho50ZLQ0Q #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #MentalHealthInForestry

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As ever we are really busy at the moment. Currently carrying out thinning work for the National Trust at Ickworth, Suffolk. A 7ha site removing dead and dying ash trees. The timber will be used in the estate biomass system and also sold as firewood into the local market.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I recently carried out some bank side coppicing operations around a lake owned by a local client. The lake had become over enclosed so I opened it up to provide a mixture of tree growth stages around the site. The fishing looks good to!

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Royal Forestry Society @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🌳 Public perceptions of forestry can affect those working in the sector; but better communication could help bridge the gap between people & the work that keeps our woodlands healthy. 👉 www.rfs.org.uk/news-list/we-listened/ #MentalHealth #PublicPerception #Forestry #WoodlandManagement #Comms

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Another rotation of a timber crop being harvested - the plantation maybe 200 yr old, the trees are probably less than 50 yr old. Always interesting when journalists do/don’t use words like alien/exotic/non-native to describe a timber crop. news.stv.tv/scotland/his...

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Historic 200-year-old 'Treenis' landmark being chopped down

Scottish Forestry said the wood had reached the end of its life and was experiencing 'significant windblow'

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Started my daily walk before sunrise this morning. I really enjoy the quiet, still coolness at that time of day. No one else about! Sadly found this tawny dead on the road. Still warm so it had not long happened.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There has been an awful lot of commentary just lately about wildfires. Dunwich is in my local area. Some of it has an agenda, some is factually incorrect. I saw this information published by The Moorland Association this morning. This appears to be a balanced take on the situation.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I am currently selling a parcel of oak timber on behalf of my client. 41 lengths. Total volume 2057 hft. It is located near Walpole, Halesworth, Suffolk. If you are interesting in placing a bid on the timber please drop me a DM.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... A fascinating and engaging conversation with Ray Ó Foghlú. Topics discussed included woodland management, tree planting, invasive species and human considerations when dealing with land management. Please give it a listen.

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TWFTT || Ray Ó Foghlú

Podcast Episode · The Wood From The Trees · 23 July · 1hr 47min

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Kilmaha @kilmaha.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I was pleased to introduce this at RWAS. This is an issue that is getting worse quickly and is caused by a pernicious spread of misinformation. SM is a huge problem (tbh why I only dip into Bluesky every now and again. Worst platform for abuse) Worth taking 2 minutes to watch and reflect

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Royal Forestry Society @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#BeCurious #AskQuestions It may seem counter-intuitive to cut down trees, but sometimes it's important. Begin with curiosity so we can increase awareness, and protect the woodlands & foresters. 👉 ow.ly/30Kb50ZoWra #BranchingOut #HealthyTreesNeedHealthyPeople #MentalHealthInForestry

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Royal Forestry Society @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We listened. A recurring theme among foresters is the impact of verbal abuse in response to their work. The newly released animation is the first step in helping foresters, and improving public perception. 👉 ow.ly/Zmzp50ZoVXH #BranchingOut #MentalHealthInForestry #WeListened

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is an excellent video and one that I can relate to enormously. Please give it a watch it’s only a couple of minutes long.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

With another site wrapped up and a move back to a client nearer home, it’s nice to have the machines washed before starting on a fresh site. It’s also nice to see rapid regeneration of the site I felled in autumn 2026. Aspen filling the void left by the ash.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

At my last site ran this old rabbit fence on top of the wood bank. One of the estate workers said that he remembered the fence being put when he was a lad in 1965. Some of the posts are completely sound! How many fences being put up today will still have sound posts in 2087!!

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A very similar product is manufactured in Forres, Scotland using homegrown forest products, by James Jones & Sons. Should Edinburgh City Council be prioritising locally sourced materials in its procurement processes ? www.jamesjones.co.uk/products-and...

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JJI-Joists | James Jones and Sons Limited

James Jones & Sons Ltd is one of the largest, most efficient and innovative timber processing groups in Europe, offering the widest range of sawn timber products including carcassing, fencing, palletw...

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finn-joists - I beams made from Finnish 🌲timber and OSB being used on the old bowling green site at Powderhall, Edinburgh - more info on the product via TDUK timberdevelopment.uk/member-produ...

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It vital that people have a balanced view on this. A lot of things on social media are not balance at all - from both sides! Please read posts by @catframpton.bsky.social This is someone who lives and works on Dartmoor and knows what the real situation is.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

East Anglian Royal Forestry Society division meeting today at Weasenham today by kind invitation of the Coke family. Magnificent softwoods and mixed species, continuous cover forestry. A lunch of Muntjac pies (shot in the wood) were also provided.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I pride myself on the quality of our work and the condition of our sites post operations. Today I have returned to a timber loading bay to clean it down of bark and debris, remove safety signs and adjust the gates. All our contracts are managed until the last job is complete.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This caught my eye this morning on my walk. A teasel head, very common but it’s natural construction make it complex and visually striking.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My morning walk around some agri environment plots in Cambridgeshire this morning. What seemed like millions of oxide daisy’s and common blue butterflies.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... I’m a big fan of Guy Martin but even if you have never heard of him this is a fantastic hour long interview. It’s the best piece of radio I’ve listened to in a long time.

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Desert Island Discs - Guy Martin, presenter and former motorcycle racer - BBC Sounds

Guy Martin, TV presenter, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I made a site visit today to a coppice compartment I felled a couple of years ago. The woodland floor was covered in common spotted orchids. Encouraged by the increase in light levels this shows the vital importance of woodland management to sustain positive, rich habitats.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Something a bit different today. In a woodland I thinned last year I have been grinding and mulching stumps on the line of a new circular woodland walk. This is a diversification project for my farming client. Without the stumps the paths can be managed with a standard mower.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Pyramidal orchids just coming into flower locally on my early morning walk.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

We have lived in our house 15 years and we have never had a Bee Orchid come up in the front lawn. I don’t know of any local populations. So where has it come from? Glad it did though.

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Worth a read … when we are planning and planting new woodland we need to be thinking about the future climate in 2052 and beyond. In UK it often feels like we are more focussed on the climate 10,000 yrs ago and which tree species arrived as the ice retreated 🌱🌲🌳 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuire

People sleep outside because their houses are too hot to inhabit, water is scarce and supermarkets are for the wealthy, says climate academic Bill McGuire

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I’ve just taken a wander down the lane to cool off, well sort of.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Terrible photograph. It just wouldn’t stay still long enough to take a good photograph. I am thinking speckled wood but the brown colouration seems too dark. Any thoughts anyone?

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Our site in the Norfolk Brecks was wrapped up at the end of last week. 270 tons of brash resulting from 9ha of thinning at the end of the winter, was chipped and collected by A.W. Jenkinsons.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A grass hopper warbler at Redgrave and Lopham Fen early this morning. 🔉

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Just a moment in May on a quiet Norfolk lane this morning. The sun was just filtering through after a heavy rain shower had passed through.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

In the style of the Fast Show…. This week I’ve mainly been extracting brash. This was originally felled at the back end of the winter and will be chipped next week. It is used for a number of products including peat free compost and biofuel.

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Aspect Forestry and Rural Management @aspectforest.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The harvester is also back in action. Its been away having all new running gear fitted. It’s quiet and smooth now - lovely!

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Andrew Heald @andyheald.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

“Coppice with standards” We’ve been managing our woodlands and changing their structure (species and age classes) for many many years.

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