@Just Browsing No. My tent was beneath a great oak which was surrounded by Laurels, in a woods of various trees but only the odd random pine here and there.
Not really that puts in 29th place, the UK are the 32nd most densely populated territory in the world, if it was just England alone we would be about the 15th most densely populated country on the planet.
@Ron Catton the rest of the UK has not suffered as much as England with diversity is our strength. England is like a different country now because the people have been replaced.
@Ron Catton No housing developments for the large Indian and Pakistani families and for them to buy as properties to let to make a big profit off good old Anglo Saxons.
Looking at the stumps that are being left, it appears that they are practicing coppicing, which while the initial felling may look destructive, the remaining stumps will regenerate within a few months. The timber left lying will create habitat for numerous invertebrates. These in turn will provide food for birds and amphibians. The regrowth of the stumps will provide nesting habitat for birds. The surrounding woodland floor will spring into life with various wild plants some of which may have been lying dormant for years. This will in turn attract woodland butterflies.This is due to the woodland canopy being opened up. Please do not think of it as vandalism or destruction. I note that some of the logs behind you Nigel appear to be diseased anyway. So the health and safety concerns are well founded. I hope this gives you some of the answers you are looking for. Sometimes it's difficult to see the wood when all you can see are the trees.
@@ianrobinson64 I do know that and did think I should have put that in. 🙂 If you look at the logs in the background you can see they're spelt. Rot has already set in.
TBH trees aren't really being cut down on that grand a scale these days most of them were cut down during WW2 for more farming land, the answer to climate change is nuclear power more than anything else
@@user-ve3jk4uc3o nuclear power is what will destroy the planet when we are gone. History tells us that eventually we will have an extinction level event. Who will maintain the safety systems when we have another ELE? who will prevent these currently 440 nuclear reactors from going into meltdown. The legacy of are species will be to leave behind a planet uncapable of sustaining any life let alone human. One which more resembles Venus than Earth. And don't tell me there are safety systems to prevent this from happening. This is banking on the fact that there are humans around to keep the reactors cool and topped up with petrol etc.
@@useyourbrain.5574 there grown to be cut down for TIMBER. It’s basically private woodlands but they allow you to walk and enjoy your self there it’s a working woodland they replant aswell
@Just Browsing Ok you are concerned about the unfortunate right? Well, a large portion of any population is as well and we have the means to voluntarily organize and fund safety nets for the unfortunate so we don't need the government to point guns and force the issue.
@ecky1965 what the corpses? I agree, chuck a couple of decaying bodies into the prisons and just leave them there, maybe re offending rates will go down?
Bloody so called farmers aren't no better, I don't mean real farmers of course, I'm talking about the land owners in places like east Anglia. Absolute disgrace.
I will be cancelling mine tomorrow , I do also give to Dogs trust as a sponsor and am on my 2nd dog as last year my 1st dog wad elderly and had passed away after about 10 years of sponsoring him .
Cow Hollow Wood was planted to be a coppiced woodland, cut 4 times during the growing season. If you don't understand what that means or why they would do it, you can take the time to read the management plan online.
Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
Yes, too many lefty university dropouts and too many lefty university commy lecturers. They are all chewing at our vitals and slowly waring us down. Stalin would be proud of them.
Yes, there is something very wrong with this country, normal values are being eaten away on a daily basis. There isn't an aspect of our live that isn't being attacked by extremists, cranks and champagne socialists.
These trees are being felled as part of a 25 year management plan which involves harvesting timber - a great renewable resource - the use of which reduces the use of fossil fuels. In the long term managed woodland provide great benefits to wildlife. Sometimes you have to cut down some trees to do that.
@@00100000stationExactly! It's nothing but forest restoration. Much of what we have left is being damaged and once it’s gone, it can’t be replaced. But through restoration, we can stop the damage, encourage these habitats to recover and reverse years of decline
@@kepnjem That’s no enough these days I’m afraid , so let’s say as does often happen that the rotten trees fall across the path , god forbid not on anyone , how long would it be before people started moaning about it blocking the path ,quite happy to see bad man with chainsaw then eh .
@@kepnjem better still put a sign up saying keep out. Nature is having a tough enough time as it is, it doesn't need continually disturbing by every man and his dog.
They have done exactly the same thing at Londonthorpe wood, the nearest wood to their headquarters in Grantham. They are totally clueless. their actions could not be more inappropriate.
This is a form of woodland management, by thinning out certain tree you are allowing a other species to develop, this would ultimately lead to a higher biodiversity as well as allowing rare species to thrive.
Correct, but the quarrel with this specific woodland management is that it is apparently for 'health and safety' and some of the trees being sacrificed for this reason are rare species.
Rare species are rare for a reason; because of the natural ecology of the biome. There's a very delicate balance in these forests, a most natural balance that's been weighed over millions of years. In these rare zones that we humans have rightly agreed to preserve, we should not be playing God.
Some people think trees live forever , ash are all going to to die with ash dieback , horse chestnut only live so long then limbs start falling off, so it’s not the conkers you worry about it’s the whole limb , one came down in our local caravan park this year , luckily no one was near it ,same with a huge limb on a beech , came down , luckily in the middle of the night across a busy foot path , so you can see why landowners have to take these steps .
It's called "coppicing" it's been carried out in woodland for centuries. I used to live in a small village in East Sussex but moved away about 16 years ago. before I left my local woods were coppiced and to my eye then it looked like total devisation with huge open gaps of sky throughout the wood. I went back to the same wood about a year ago, it was once again thick with trees totally unrecognisable to the perceived "devastation" I once saw.
See someone who now knows the way of the tree cutter. All land management takes time to reveal its aim. Just got to be patient Rome wasn't built in a day. The fact some coppiced woodland for example has been managed like you saw, for generations is why its probably so bio diverse. If you don't periodically cut a coppice habitat you loose that diversity.
@James Pink This practice is known as ride (aka track) clearance. A ride acts as a woodland edge or margin, and woodland margins are one of the most diverse areas of a wood - they have the most variety in terms of different species of flora and fauna, and this only happens when they get enough sunlight. So they benefit from some help to keep them open and diverse. Keeping rides open to the sky is essential for the health and biodiversity of the woodland. Many woodland species can exist only in these marginal zones, and not in the deeper, more thickly wooded areas where less sunlight reaches the forest floor. When too many mature trees crowd the rides with their dense light-blocking canopies, the understorey habitat suffers as a result. So removing trees in these areas can be a very good thing!! It's not all about protecting walkers and people exploring the woods as Farage erroneously claimed.
What a pathetic excuse, so what about if someone steps off of the footpath and a twig falls on them. More wokeness and ridiculousness , that blights our daily lives now.
This has been going on since before "wokeness". It is party a result of adopting the American style compensation system that allows people to claim it is the owner of the land's fault if they get themselves injured while on the land. This gives license to the landowners to then cut down any tree they like- they just have to designate the area next to it a footpath.
Didn't nutters at Sheffield City Council do something similar just a few years ago to beautiful horse chestnut trees in case children injured themselves "conkering"? If I remember, locals tried to stop it. But, in vain. It is vandalism; just done in the name of officialdom. People who permit this need to face sanctions thhat are immediately personal to them and their families, and to be banned from holding any and all public office FOR LIFE.
New housing estates on virgin fields and woodland, don't you just love it when they call the estates something like 'The Poppy Field Estate' or 'Bluebell Wood' estate!!!!!!!!!!
@steve hazard The heavy machinery they'll use to remove the logs is destroying the ground of the woodland, squashing and condensing it and that is irreparable. It's not only the water reservoir for the trees, but also the necessary biotope for many creatures and bacteria that they need.
All this disinformation will inadvertently cause those well intentioned to do more harm than good. The Woodland Trust does not dictate legislation nor regulation. Rather, that is the job of the Forestry Commission. If anybody believes the Woodland Trust have felled more trees than they have planted, they are simply foolish. They don't make the rules, but they do need to follow them. If not, they'll incur financial liabilities that will have a negative effect on their output. Woodland coverage, despite population increase is higher than it ever has been since the Medeval ages. That's because 70% of England's land has long given way to agricultural needs. This is even chronicled by early viking settlers that described the land as one of endless pastures and fields. You guys clearly mean well but perhaps you're barking up the wrong tree. By cutting their funding you're impeding upon the development of the very countryside you want to see. The Woodland Trust have built and maintained many woodlands throughout the UK. To those that think they're corrupt, check their readily available Financial Statements. All I'm seeing here is pure conjecture. Finally, trees provide maximum utility to their local ecosystem when dead. That's because all types of fungi and insects can inhabit and consume the rotting material. It also provides nutrition to the ground level such that the CO² is released into the soil rather than the atmosphere. Ancient woodlands, the most biodiverse ecosystems in the UK require sunlight to reach past the canopy on to the ground level, promoting the undergrowth that contributes to its diversity. The woodland will be fine and you might see bluebells even pop up where felling has occurred. These are all facts that are readily accessibles. I'm seeing a lot of unsubstantiated assertions here and they're potentially harming the future of the UK landscape through defunding the Woodland Trust. Please share this to mitigate the damage caused by Farrage's misinformation.
I’m serously fed up of the decision making going on in the UK, I was born here and I’m starting to feel like were being violated repeatedly and nobody is being held accountable.
@cassandra 8 Even if you do figure out where to go, how will you get there with all the crazy restrictions these days? The government is becoming too powerful nowadays.
@@6treeman agreed, but this doesnt really seem to be about removing specific species that might damage the woodland, they are just cutting down stuff to lessen the risk of it eventually coming down, which is a bit silly if you ask me
These trees are being felled as part of a 25 year management plan which involves harvesting timber - a great renewable resource - the use of which reduces the use of fossil fuels. In the long term managed woodland provide great benefits to wildlife. Sometimes you have to cut down some trees to do that.
@@00100000station he's literally just said the reason why they're doing it and they've said its for 'health and safety reasons' nothing to do with helping the planet.
These trees are being felled as part of a 25 year management plan which involves harvesting timber - a great renewable resource - the use of which reduces the use of fossil fuels. In the long term managed woodland provide great benefits to wildlife. Sometimes you have to cut down some trees to do that,
Cut down some tree's how many are being cut? Where is the wood being sent and how much money is being made and what happens to the money. The answers to these questions may enable you to get the public on your side.
Don't think it's as simple as that for areas that are open to public. Landowner has a responsibility to ensure safety along footpaths, so any dead, diseased and damaged trees would need to be pruned/removed. Sadly it's a sign of the times, as in if a tree or brach falls and injures or kills someone others will be asking why the land wasn't maintained to a higher standard. Landowner goes to court, found guilty of negligence or something else, fined plus possible imprisonment/criminal record. And I would put money on all the people saying enter at own risk being ones that would be taking legal action of something happened to them and theirs.
I remember mention of a case in the United States where s bunch of mature trees were cut down in a park because some kid fell off and broke his arm. At the time the story was run, an old British case was cited where the decision was made to leave trees up. They said all human activity entails risk. That risk has to be balanced against all the enjoyment the people will have by having the trees around. Looks like things have changed.
This madness is symptomatic and tipical of this sick decadent society, very similar in it's justification to the covid bullshit. In a communist society nobody is responsible (nor belong to tho) for himself but everybody is responsible for the others. This principle of non-accountability of the individual answers to a childish desire typical of this Peter Pan society, following the rejection of traditions/parental authority (that's what drives all modern ideologies, teenager immaturity). And it also follow the communist principle imposed from the top of common property, as because it has to be impose from the top (being against human nature, and being push by selfimportant people with a high opinion of themself and a low opinion of the others) the individual therefore becomes a "thing" too and not a freewill and obey to the same principles of "property" as the goods.. Plus plastic people are deconnected from the reality that nature is our natural environment, not cities, and that we belong to it therefore nobody should be "responsible" for what comes from nature to somebody. That's how dumb modern people have become.
Good point, tell that to satn, he's the twat carrying out iniquity under the cloak of health and safety, just look at the covid bullshit, you can fly to Dubai but you cant go to local pub 'Because of health and safety" . We are not saving the NHS and if we had wanted to have saved the NHS we could have chosen to be more virtuous towards it 20 years ago, just another bullshit story, we are under attack from China because the west never settled its debts and thought it would print money to inflate its way out of the problem thus impoverishing much of the rest of the world via the Petro dollar. I can only guess the government says nothing about it because the chief executives of Rolls Royce and BAE cant weight to flog China more engines, aircraft or weapons of represSION. SION, the rock that blunts the sword .
We've had several enquiries regarding our recent felling work at Blackbush & Twenty Acre Shaw Woods. Please see below for reasons why we're carrying out felling work👇 • The works being carried out at Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw are to manage the impact of ash dieback disease. Ash dieback is a fungal disease that affects ash trees and is unfortunately present in this woodland and prevalent across Kent and the wider UK countryside. There is no cure for ash dieback disease, and those trees affected become structurally unstable as the disease extends into the tree. As all Woodland Trust woods are open to the public, visitor safety is of utmost importance. We take the health and safety of every visitor to our woods extremely seriously, and we’re proud of that. • We are legally obliged to ensure trees on our estate are safe and do not pose a hazard to visitors. Trees with ash dieback are annually inspected to check on advancement of the disease. A significant number of ash trees at Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw are in an advanced stage of decline and were felled to ensure public safety. Felling has concentrated on affected trees adjacent to paths, public rights of way, and roads. Diseased ash trees growing away from paths and roads are left, giving areas of the wood the time and space to naturally decline. This is in line with our best practice guidance for managing ash dieback on our estate that is applied consistently across the UK. • Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw Woods are much loved woodlands, and we are grateful to everyone who helped us to purchase the first site in 1997, and to help continue the management for the past 23 years. These essential works will ensure that Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw woods is a safe and welcoming place for visitors, and the woodland habitat is safeguarded in the long term for the best they can be for wildlife and people. • Ash dieback will kill around 80% of ash trees across the UK. At a cost of billions, the effects will be staggering. It will change the landscape forever and threaten many species which rely on ash. Ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) is a fungus which originated in Asia, and its spread across Europe has devastated the population of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) because our native ash species did not evolve with the fungus and this means it has no natural defence against it. • The threat of tree pests and diseases is one of grave concern to the Woodland Trust, not only because it may impact our own woods but also the wider woodland landscapes. It is why we have invested heavily in ensuring that every tree planted by the Woodland Trust is UK and Ireland Sourced and Grown. This means we can be confident that we will not be increasing the risk of importing similar devastating issues like ash dieback as we create new woods and will continue to campaign for a reduction in imported trees.
This is what a gynocentric risk averse country looks like. Trees that have been local landmarks for generations cut down on the theoretical risk someone might get hurt.
@@6treeman WELL what would you do if u were in charge JG? Tell us. Cutting back & pruning is one thing; but here in Luton Beds the council absolutely butchered, not pruned or cut back, the trees along Stockingstone road. There was no need for it, & without consulting any of the householders along that road either.
@@6treeman If you believe "woodland management" means chopping healthy trees down in case a branch falls and hits someone then I would suggest you're the one in need of research.
Nigel I suggest you arrange an interview and walkabout with one of their foresters. I'd be interested in seeing you put these questions to them and either satisfying yourself that their reasoning is sound or demonstrating the opposite. As an ecologist I'm not convinced you're not jumping to conclusions because preemptively taking down dodgy trees along pathways is common and frankly a good idea that doesn't really negatively impact the overall endeavour. Also, a few minor points - several months ago there were leaves blocking out the sky and it looks like they still will when they grow back, besides maybe a small strip directly above the path. Those logs will also provide habitat for many important species that are important in their own right and also as a larder for bird, while the extra light will encourage populations of r-selected species of plant. I'd be surprised if they don't know what they're doing to be honest, but conducting an investigation can only be a good thing one way or another so please arrange one and video it. You'd bring attention to what you've already correctly identified as the number one effective solution to restoring environmental stability and resource security.
Walks through Hazelborough Wood near Silverstone Village is like negotiating The Somme in WWI. Didn't know the reason for the hideous destruction. Do now.
@@cfbm125 No, I am a Yorkshireman with common sense I have plenty trees of my own Trees do need maintaining at times..But nowadays if you have not been and got a degree The media think you are thick and stupid...[I have been to the University Of LIFE for a lot of years]
@@keith-nb8ps well said, and so sensible. Yes of course trees need to be managed for damage and disease, but we don’t need the whole tree cutting down.
Hardly. Catch James O'Keefe and Project Veritas scourge of main stream media. Currently, nailing CNN, during the Presidential Election filming ballot harvesting, bribing people to vote and more. Multiple legal battles with MSM, never lost one. Nigel isn't half bad though.
Spent most of my childhood playing in woods, never got hit by a falling branch or any part of a tree, fell out of a few but that was my own fault happy days 😂
nf is just using a simple situation and the knowing that his simple minded followers, will lap up his bs in order too get votes one day! he is more see through than a "cloaked Predator" " GET TOO DA CLEARING! " up there!! in the trees, " i saw it god dam it " again like this movie nf is playing out a fantasy that he knows people will get up het about !
Just like those well funded political parties? They are all crooked. Nigel has a point whether he has a different agenda. To cut trees down because it might fall on someone is stupid.
@@lynnyoungman1280 Well look around most people are going to accept it. Had a bus driver become deranged the other day because I wasn't wearing a mask. Everyone is going to give up their liberty for non existent safety.
the rspca are not fit for purpose. The people collecting the animals are usually caring and decent. But then they just massacre the one's that cant be homed easily. My ex sister in law trained vet' nurses and in her spare time checked animals over at small local animal charities. She noticed some with rspca paperwork and at first dismissed it. However it happened quiet a few times and so she asked how come they had them. She was told that the rspca would ring and say they were full. And they would have to put the animals down if they could not find a new place for some. So if the smaller charity had space they would agree to take them, but of course they would then be dumped with the elderly animals that were difficult to home and the rspca made them sign for them...eg adopt them. So the rspca figures would show that they found a home for the animal (making them look good) and the small charity got stuck with a frail elderly one. Despite this practice/con they still put down massive numbers of animals a year, while having millions in the bank, top officials on huge wages and conning oap's into giving them donations in will's etc.......... Always give to the dogs trust ,blue cross or PDSA they are better at protecting animals and never put a healthy animal down....thanks.
There would be less animals needing re-homed if people would adopt from shelters, instead of buying puppies from greedy breeders, churning out designer / trendy labradoodles, cockadoodles ect.
@@antonyjones4259 I have supported the RSPCA for over 20 years, in the hope I was helping poor defenceless animals, after reading this iam so upset and disgusted , I will now stop my monthly donation..
It makes me so mad when I see this happening! The world has gone mad- They have been hacking down trees on the golf course too near me in Wales! I love walking in woodlands!
Same happened in my area but they used the excuse a wheelchair might get stuck, the paths were already wide enough for 2 wheelchairs to pass comfortably. Its sanctioned vandalism
I would like to know who was responsible for surveying these trees and the rationale for this seeminly large scale clearance. I would be surprised if it was really just health and safety.
They have destroyed the atmosphere and magical feeling of those woods. I'm a supporter. I will make my views known with them. Natural places shd be exempt from being sued.
Thank you Nigel for shedding light on this, it's absolutely disgraceful. Common sense should be compulsory, when you become prime minister I'd like it to become law.
Nigel Farage the voice of common sense the only politician to speak up for the British public. We need the Reform UK 🇬🇧 party change politics for good.
It's because there scar to get a claim of someone if there walking and a tree hit them I'm dont think its woodland trust problem it's about 65% of this country just likes to make claims which is realy sick this way to make money of doing claims for nothing so guys who likes making claims get off your fat beeps and work instead as if you can walk though the woods it means you may can do some kind of work not going around the place to see what claim you can do next this is why the trust as to be cure to the tree as there got a duty to look for heath and safety all this is sick so please dont put the finger at woodland trust it's you all who is greedy for money to make money I'm hope woodland see this message as I am to straight and tell users what I think
MAYBE THEY, THE TREES, HAVE COVID AND WE WILL BE ASKED TO SOCIAL DISTANCE WHICH IS EASY NOW THEY HAVE BEEN SAWN DOWN! ALL TO SAVE POLICE TIME, DON'T THINK! EXCUSE CYNICISM.
Don't you think this is a farce when fallen leaves present a trip hazard? Common sense is getting in shorter supply. April Fool? Bit early though. All you're seeing is sound woodland management.
I have worked in conservation and very often it is to open woodland rides for woodland butterflies, flowers etc. UK woods have evolved with management so many species rely on glades and clearings. Even oak trees saplings flourish when more light gets to woodland floor. It can seem brutal but is beneficial if not essential.
What? Because the spread of ash dieback will kill even more trees if they don't? And potentially dangerous trees in public places and over roads? Sounds pretty good to me.
@@Anthonyinkz that's how they cut down perfectly healthy trees and turn them into woodchip, they class it as 'renewable' energy, similar to the 'natural' gas label, it makes it sound better than it is, its gas and its a fossil fuel at the end of the day
@@themorphman100 Not if they're congested with twats doing time trials on shared paths! 2 wheels do not trump 2 legs as the holy cyclist have self proclaimed, and 99% of said holy cyclist deserve a No-Bell prize for failing to warn when stalking from behind!!!!
I've always refrained from donating to the Woodland Trust, a far worthier and more in-need recipient would be one of the many Red Squirrel conservation charities across the UK.
@@suzyqualcast6269 they are also present on the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, around Merseyside, Newcastle and so on, but upon contact with non-native invasive greys they contract Squirrel Pox disease which kills the Reds.
Yes its happening in Sutton Park ( West Midlands) exactly like you show, cut down thousands of healthy trees! Mostly on narrower paths that have now lost there charm. So sad.
They devastated Sheffield over two years, wiping out thousands of trees, including over 30 beautiful cherry blossoms on my road. All in the name of health and safety - roots were a tripping hazard.
Dead wood is an essential habitat, providing food and shelter for countless tiny invertebrates and, in turn, a hunting ground for small mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. It also provides a safe area for them to hide or hibernate over winter.
@@judythomas2939 im a retired tree surgeon and landscape gardener,and i still plant trees and other shrubs amap,everyone should do likewise, whether you own or rent,even if its just saplings,we all need to play our part for this once wonderful land 😢
@@judythomas2939 in the area I used to manage we used to plant about 70000 trees per year (conifer and broadleaves) to replace the mature plantations that had been harvested, so throughout the whole country 1million trees isn’t inconceivable. It is just part of the ongoing management. The contractors I used to employ would plant about 1000 trees per day, which is some going and is back breaking work as I know because I have done the same. To be fair to the Woodland Trust, many of these trees will coppice and regrow and there is also the chance of natural regeneration if is has been a good seed year and enough light can get through to the forest floor.
@@diogenesegarden5152 There was an excellent report a couple of years ago recommending that we need more light coloured trees with pale bark to reflect sunlight away, to keep water in the ground. Even the fallen leaves being a lighter colour would do this. I live in Scotland and the only tree planting I see are dark conifers, which make dark hillsides and dark labdscapes. Has no one ever seen films or photos of New England in the Fall. I've been there and it's astonishing. The variety of colours has to be seen to be believed. Scotland could look like that. Scotland could use the tourists that love such scenery.
@@maureendavidson4635 I totally agree, that we need to move away from the strict monocultures, although they do provide a quicker return to land owners and investment houses like pension funds. The main issue we have is the economics of forestry as it currently stands. When you start looking at forestry as a single purpose economic crop, and factor in compound interest on the cost of establishment and maintenance such as planting, drainage, road building, fencing, weeding through the first few years, it simply isn’t a viable return on investment to plant slower growing broadleaved species which may take 200 years to mature as opposed to a relatively faster return of 65 to 80 years for the faster growing conifers like Sitka spruce. Although many have tried to factor in amenity and environmental benefits as a form of return on investment, when it comes down to ‘brass tacks’, unless there is significant funding to cover the shortfall, then the people who invest in forestry will be loathe to beautify the countryside. Ironically if there was a greater market for fuel wood and lower quality small dimension lumber, as organisations such as Coed Cymru (Welsh Woodlands) promote along with others organisations, and more people in the countryside willing to work these woodlands, then we would most likely have more beautiful, landscaped broadleaved woodlands. I have thought long and hard over the years how this can be achieved and have a few ideas as to how woodlands could be managed to achieve this. Interestingly, when the uplands are drained for agriculture and forestry, high rainfall periods can cause catastrophic flooding down stream, which ends up costing billions in damage, as the water flow spikes more sharply and is not allowed to stay stored on the land to be released slowly or sink in to refill the aquifers. So it is more about appropriate land use than anything else. This is why upland bogs are so important, apart from the interesting biodiversity and habitats they allow to flourish. I don’t want to write a complete essay on the subject here but hope it has helped is some way.
@@judythomas2939 sweet chestnut is a multi-purpose tree, it can be coppiced to provide excellent poles for fencing and building (they use them a lot in France for roofing poles) and fuel wood, it produces excellent nuts and, as you mentioned, has fine durable timber on a par with oak and is wonderful in the landscape as an amenity planting and it has all the benefits of trees for reducing soil erosion and increasing the water holding capacity of the soil. In the UK we used to manage coppice plantations solely for providing walking sticks for the National Health Service, back when it was a service and not a business. If managed as coppice with standards you can reap all these benefits. Unfortunately, as you say, this requires labour and management. In today’s world everything is about moving people out of the countryside (re: Agenda 21/30) and rapid returns with minimum effort.
@@6treeman ,I'm not joking. They started conker championship for the last three years I was in primary school and I won all three of those years and some called me cheater cause I was so good. Smashed everyone
As usual, having any sort of knowledge of a subject doesn't stop Nigel from having an opinion about it - NIMBYism at its finest. Frankly it is good that the Woodland Trust do actually seem manage their woodlands .
Nigel Farage would make a great PM he’s the voice of common sense, can’t wait for the Reform uk 🇬🇧 party in all constancy’s gives me hope that my vote is not wasted.
Totally agree! I wont be donating to them in future as a side note I bought a xmas tree this year with roots and re planted it in the woods near my house the other day
I lived homeless in woods for a year, didn't even get a leaf on my head.
Leonard Piercy
- a year in the woods ? - i'd like to read your diary of your day to day events.
@Just Browsing No. My tent was beneath a great oak which was surrounded by Laurels, in a woods of various trees but only the odd random pine here and there.
@@Jordie0001 I didn't keep one but I wish I had.
@@leonardpiercy9837 that actually sounds really cool! I bet it was relaxing and calming in the day but creepy in the night lol
@@Jordie0001 it's carved in the bark
We ranked 189th out of 218 for countries that are most nature depleted. That's shocking.
Not really that puts in 29th place, the UK are the 32nd most densely populated territory in the world, if it was just England alone we would be about the 15th most densely populated country on the planet.
Someone in high position must take responsibility here and stop this madness.
@@terryforsdyke306 No it puts us in 189th place not 29th.
The English country is the best thing about England and they are destroying it.
@A12 1270 thier destroying the whole of the UK and no one in power to stop it.
@Ron Catton the rest of the UK has not suffered as much as England with diversity is our strength.
England is like a different country now because the people have been replaced.
Great shame, very sad to see this happen.
Build back better eh ?
@Ron Catton No housing developments for the large Indian and Pakistani families and for them to buy as properties to let to make a big profit off good old Anglo Saxons.
@Ron Catton ......Google 'Barton Stacey' (village).
Looking at the stumps that are being left, it appears that they are practicing coppicing, which while the initial felling may look destructive, the remaining stumps will regenerate within a few months. The timber left lying will create habitat for numerous invertebrates. These in turn will provide food for birds and amphibians. The regrowth of the stumps will provide nesting habitat for birds. The surrounding woodland floor will spring into life with various wild plants some of which may have been lying dormant for years. This will in turn attract woodland butterflies.This is due to the woodland canopy being opened up. Please do not think of it as vandalism or destruction. I note that some of the logs behind you Nigel appear to be diseased anyway. So the health and safety concerns are well founded. I hope this gives you some of the answers you are looking for. Sometimes it's difficult to see the wood when all you can see are the trees.
Dont forget the fungi will help break down the logs
@@ianrobinson64 I do know that and did think I should have put that in. 🙂 If you look at the logs in the background you can see they're spelt. Rot has already set in.
This
Within a few months? Errrr no.
@@flyboy970 they will start to regenerate within a few months. It will obviously take several years for it to look anything like it used to.
The forestry commision, a government body, are just as bad, never seem to plant anything but love cutting things down!!
Forestry commission is plantations, those trees are grown to be cut down.Woodland trust are supposed to conserve trees.
Go up Scotland you will see loads of planting sites.
TBH trees aren't really being cut down on that grand a scale these days most of them were cut down during WW2 for more farming land, the answer to climate change is nuclear power more than anything else
@@user-ve3jk4uc3o nuclear power is what will destroy the planet when we are gone. History tells us that eventually we will have an extinction level event. Who will maintain the safety systems when we have another ELE? who will prevent these currently 440 nuclear reactors from going into meltdown.
The legacy of are species will be to leave behind a planet uncapable of sustaining any life let alone human. One which more resembles Venus than Earth. And don't tell me there are safety systems to prevent this from happening. This is banking on the fact that there are humans around to keep the reactors cool and topped up with petrol etc.
@@useyourbrain.5574 there grown to be cut down for TIMBER. It’s basically private woodlands but they allow you to walk and enjoy your self there it’s a working woodland they replant aswell
As a species, we get dumber by the decade.
Speak for yourself
@@6treeman DON;T WORRY PAL! WITH THAT COMMENT HE IS SPEAKING ABOUT YOU!!
AND more compliant & submissive too.
Welfare does that reducing people to voting bacteria that eventually kill themselves off with overgrowth.
@Just Browsing Ok you are concerned about the unfortunate right? Well, a large portion of any population is as well and we have the means to voluntarily organize and fund safety nets for the unfortunate so we don't need the government to point guns and force the issue.
The people responsible for this madness should be named and shamed.
@ecky1965 what the corpses? I agree, chuck a couple of decaying bodies into the prisons and just leave them there, maybe re offending rates will go down?
Yes I fully agree.
@ecky1965
How meany have these crazies killed in Birds and animals. Rise up UK.
Instead of culling the trees those ppl should be !
Bloody so called farmers aren't no better, I don't mean real farmers of course, I'm talking about the land owners in places like east Anglia. Absolute disgrace.
We must drain the seas in order to stop people drowning also!
Good idea, anyone know where the plug is?
@@bensims7501 just of the coast of Lowestoft
Love your comment.
Great comment. Lytham anyone ?
Think big work smart. Now where is the plug?
They did this in Cow Hollow wood Waterbeach. I cancelled my Direct Debit with them for that reason. I am glad you have noticed it too.
I've noticed this aswell, they were cutting where people don't walk.
I will be cancelling mine tomorrow , I do also give to Dogs trust as a sponsor and am on my 2nd dog as last year my 1st dog wad elderly and had passed away after about 10 years of sponsoring him .
@@jonmould2946 Me too, no longer a member of WT, il keep spending it on planting trees and shrubbery on my 1/4 acre, rented land.!
Cow Hollow Wood was planted to be a coppiced woodland, cut 4 times during the growing season. If you don't understand what that means or why they would do it, you can take the time to read the management plan online.
You're right!!! It's a load of health and safety bollocks!
Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
@NOTINMYARSE!! ! =)
Yes, too many lefty university dropouts and too many lefty university commy lecturers. They are all chewing at our vitals and slowly waring us down. Stalin would be proud of them.
Yes, there is something very wrong with this country, normal values are being eaten away on a daily basis. There isn't an aspect of our live that isn't being attacked by extremists, cranks and champagne socialists.
Yes there is. It's full of sick, woke, me me me bastards.
Here comes the crescendo! V
Is it because we're being told the countryside is racist ?
What is that "white savior" Farage doing in the woods anyway? asks David Lamey and er, er, er Diane.
It’s not bio-diversity it’s just diversity.
Health n safety important
I think we should move the sea further back from the beach
Because it’s cold
No cus health n safety all the health and safety bullshit rules from my school are now coming to society love my generation.
@@maxtelero4904 And too salty.
In sunderland there was protests about some trees getting cut down the council said they were dangerous. 2 months later its a building site.
Local councils are just another layer of government scum
Where abouts like, I'm also a mackem
Disgusting.
A lot can change in 2 months ........
Yeah right, send the link
I'm a member of the woodland Trust and I'm devastated to hear this. WTF
Defund them until they see the errors of there ways.
@@lynnyoungman1280 So true. They are commie f**kers now
I'm cancelling my direct debit payment to them.
These trees are being felled as part of a 25 year management plan which involves harvesting timber - a great renewable resource - the use of which reduces the use of fossil fuels. In the long term managed woodland provide great benefits to wildlife. Sometimes you have to cut down some trees to do that.
@@00100000stationExactly! It's nothing but forest restoration. Much of what we have left is being damaged and once it’s gone, it can’t be replaced. But through restoration, we can stop the damage, encourage these habitats to recover and reverse years of decline
I am really annoyed with the woodland Trust, more like woodland sawdust.
It's pathetic! All they need to do is put up a sign warning people that they hold no responsibility if a tree falls on somebody! 🤣
@@kepnjem yep. "Here be trees."
Yes and sawdust heads at work.
@@kepnjem That’s no enough these days I’m afraid , so let’s say as does often happen that the rotten trees fall across the path , god forbid not on anyone , how long would it be before people started moaning about it blocking the path ,quite happy to see bad man with chainsaw then eh .
@@kepnjem better still put a sign up saying keep out. Nature is having a tough enough time as it is, it doesn't need continually disturbing by every man and his dog.
They have done exactly the same thing at Londonthorpe wood, the nearest wood to their headquarters in Grantham. They are totally clueless. their actions could not be more inappropriate.
This is a form of woodland management, by thinning out certain tree you are allowing a other species to develop, this would ultimately lead to a higher biodiversity as well as allowing rare species to thrive.
Correct, but the quarrel with this specific woodland management is that it is apparently for 'health and safety' and some of the trees being sacrificed for this reason are rare species.
Then the Woodland Trust are either lying or stupid, as they never told him that, when they could easily just have done so.
Rare species are rare for a reason; because of the natural ecology of the biome. There's a very delicate balance in these forests, a most natural balance that's been weighed over millions of years. In these rare zones that we humans have rightly agreed to preserve, we should not be playing God.
Im told that in henry 8ths time a squirrel could leave London and travel to Edinburgh without touching the ground... Just let that sink in.
Certainly bollocks, but the sentiment is there and it truly would be great to see more trees...
2/3 of Britain were once Forest, I read somewhere. If you want to walk in forest these days, you'll have to travel there. It's so sad.
Ok what about in Henry V time, I bet a squirrel could then - a Red one at that...
@@nopenope6050 You're just another Nay-sayer...
I've heard that too Michael, but the red squirrels are now gone. I've also heard that the French are doing a lot more to stop immigrants....
It’s like some schools chopping down horse chestnut trees in case a conker falls on little Johnny’s head.
its not just little Johnny anymore, it might be his non-binary friend
Poor little Johnny!
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oh god yes
😐🤷🏼♂️
Some people think trees live forever , ash are all going to to die with ash dieback , horse chestnut only live so long then limbs start falling off, so it’s not the conkers you worry about it’s the whole limb , one came down in our local caravan park this year , luckily no one was near it ,same with a huge limb on a beech , came down , luckily in the middle of the night across a busy foot path , so you can see why landowners have to take these steps .
Isn’t it interesting how health and safety is becoming more synonymous with tyranny and control?
exactly and there's the real purpose behind all of this
'Elfins have invaded the woods!
Remove common sense and people become reliant on a book. That's always historically gone well
It's called "coppicing" it's been carried out in woodland for centuries. I used to live in a small village in East Sussex but moved away about 16 years ago. before I left my local woods were coppiced and to my eye then it looked like total devisation with huge open gaps of sky throughout the wood. I went back to the same wood about a year ago, it was once again thick with trees totally unrecognisable to the perceived "devastation" I once saw.
See someone who now knows the way of the tree cutter. All land management takes time to reveal its aim. Just got to be patient Rome wasn't built in a day. The fact some coppiced woodland for example has been managed like you saw, for generations is why its probably so bio diverse. If you don't periodically cut a coppice habitat you loose that diversity.
@James Pink This practice is known as ride (aka track) clearance. A ride acts as a woodland edge or margin, and woodland margins are one of the most diverse areas of a wood - they have the most variety in terms of different species of flora and fauna, and this only happens when they get enough sunlight. So they benefit from some help to keep them open and diverse. Keeping rides open to the sky is essential for the health and biodiversity of the woodland. Many woodland species can exist only in these marginal zones, and not in the deeper, more thickly wooded areas where less sunlight reaches the forest floor. When too many mature trees crowd the rides with their dense light-blocking canopies, the understorey habitat suffers as a result. So removing trees in these areas can be a very good thing!!
It's not all about protecting walkers and people exploring the woods as Farage erroneously claimed.
If a tree falls over in an empty forest does it make a sound?
You wouldn't know for the noise of the Woodland Trust's bloody chainsaws!
A chainsaw should be their emblem
@Digamas Shakespeare said All The World Is A Stage - V-Day is up yours V.... Is it another made up story, is a off road cycle track being put there.
Woodland Trust's plan is to clear the land, build houses...get rich...speculate?
Yeah, probably to build free housing for all the gimmegrants piling into this country on a daily basis
oh dont be so silly!
What a pathetic excuse, so what about if someone steps off of the footpath and a twig falls on them. More wokeness and ridiculousness , that blights our daily lives now.
This has been going on since before "wokeness". It is party a result of adopting the American style compensation system that allows people to claim it is the owner of the land's fault if they get themselves injured while on the land.
This gives license to the landowners to then cut down any tree they like- they just have to designate the area next to it a footpath.
Or trip over all that wood that's lying around
Didn't nutters at Sheffield City Council do something similar just a few years ago to beautiful horse chestnut trees in case children injured themselves "conkering"?
If I remember, locals tried to stop it. But, in vain. It is vandalism; just done in the name of officialdom. People who permit this need to face sanctions thhat are immediately personal to them and their families, and to be banned from holding any and all public office FOR LIFE.
if someone trespasses on to your property, say they put a swing in a tree, and get an injury , or worse, the landowner is liable ,fact.
Yes some people will be indoctrinated won't they.
And all these nice fields being turned into housing estates. Yet homeless people remain homeless
Gotta put the Gimme-grants somewhere...
New housing estates on virgin fields and woodland, don't you just love it when they call the estates something like 'The Poppy Field Estate' or 'Bluebell Wood' estate!!!!!!!!!!
@ well that's just tosh
@@octolot2005 is it? Look into United nations global impact treaty.
@@boybull please, do tell.
If vaccine manufacturers have no liability then the same can afforded to managers of woodland.
surely it would be a act of god.
Modern wisdom : "The best way to prevent tooth decay is to have all your teeth pulled."
Lol. If you could even find a dentist theses days. Still I wouldn’t recommend it.
That way you'll never bite the hand that feeds you.
So the Woodland TRUST can't be TRUSTED with Woodland. What a crazy world this has become.
This literally Orwellian.
Cause of death, not by falling tree/branches . Yes, you've guessed it = COVID .
Not here in France matey - here we are sane!!!! And stuff your bloody brexit!!!
@steve hazard
The heavy machinery they'll use to remove the logs is destroying the ground of the woodland, squashing and condensing it and that is irreparable. It's not only the water reservoir for the trees, but also the necessary biotope for many creatures and bacteria that they need.
@@terencefield3204 This is not about French trees. We haven't rattled on the EU-cage your are sitting in ;)
Thank you for sharing this.. 🌸 what madness! And sadness.. caused by the ridiculous health and safety mindset..! 🕊🤍
*They'll have labels on every tree soon, with a warning "This tree may contain nuts".*
That should be on Parliaments entrance.
Gold
@@audraperkins3451 🤣🤣🤣
@@audraperkins3451 nice
🤣🤣mad
What are they going to do if people trip over the timber lying around?
Stinging nettles are a real cause for concern, sod it concrete the whole place and build houses!!
Hahahaha
Oh bet they never thought that far.
2020 is a year when our country went absolutely mad!
Is there something in the water that’s sending some people mad on power?
ah 2021 is coming and thinks are going to go nuts
Target numbers of foreigners achieved, initiate the great replacement
@@MenacedAssassin “the great replacement”😂😂 oh god get over yourself.
It is the same all over the world. why not put up a sign saying you walk here at your own risk.
All this disinformation will inadvertently cause those well intentioned to do more harm than good. The Woodland Trust does not dictate legislation nor regulation. Rather, that is the job of the Forestry Commission.
If anybody believes the Woodland Trust have felled more trees than they have planted, they are simply foolish.
They don't make the rules, but they do need to follow them. If not, they'll incur financial liabilities that will have a negative effect on their output.
Woodland coverage, despite population increase is higher than it ever has been since the Medeval ages. That's because 70% of England's land has long given way to agricultural needs. This is even chronicled by early viking settlers that described the land as one of endless pastures and fields.
You guys clearly mean well but perhaps you're barking up the wrong tree. By cutting their funding you're impeding upon the development of the very countryside you want to see. The Woodland Trust have built and maintained many woodlands throughout the UK.
To those that think they're corrupt, check their readily available Financial Statements. All I'm seeing here is pure conjecture.
Finally, trees provide maximum utility to their local ecosystem when dead. That's because all types of fungi and insects can inhabit and consume the rotting material. It also provides nutrition to the ground level such that the CO² is released into the soil rather than the atmosphere. Ancient woodlands, the most biodiverse ecosystems in the UK require sunlight to reach past the canopy on to the ground level, promoting the undergrowth that contributes to its diversity.
The woodland will be fine and you might see bluebells even pop up where felling has occurred.
These are all facts that are readily accessibles. I'm seeing a lot of unsubstantiated assertions here and they're potentially harming the future of the UK landscape through defunding the Woodland Trust.
Please share this to mitigate the damage caused by Farrage's misinformation.
Then they could simply have said that to him on the phone - had they done so this video would probably not have been made. Not rocket science.
@@christrickett3291 true
I’m serously fed up of the decision making going on in the UK, I was born here and I’m starting to feel like were being violated repeatedly and nobody is being held accountable.
@cassandra 8 Even if you do figure out where to go, how will you get there with all the crazy restrictions these days? The government is becoming too powerful nowadays.
ENGLAND NEEDS MORE FOREST NOT LESS
100% agree. Plant more trees.
Have you considered going vegan?
Not according to the woodland trust.
I agree
This is absolutely disgraceful and it really saddens me ....this world is not going to last much longer with the way everything is going.
Woodland management is a complex thing, the removal of certain species can create better diversity for a woodland.
@@6treeman agreed, but this doesnt really seem to be about removing specific species that might damage the woodland, they are just cutting down stuff to lessen the risk of it eventually coming down, which is a bit silly if you ask me
@@Sam-hy2rc - the tree's are being Coppiced love, that's a Copse not Woodland.
These trees are being felled as part of a 25 year management plan which involves harvesting timber - a great renewable resource - the use of which reduces the use of fossil fuels. In the long term managed woodland provide great benefits to wildlife. Sometimes you have to cut down some trees to do that.
@@00100000station he's literally just said the reason why they're doing it and they've said its for 'health and safety reasons' nothing to do with helping the planet.
He needs to do something about the ancient woodlands being cut down for hs2.
Especially when it’s cheaper to do electric trains underground now. Look at Elon Musks Boring company managing
It's disgusting how nature is treated by human beings. This whole health and safety culture has gone mad. What a total waste of trees.
These trees are being felled as part of a 25 year management plan which involves harvesting timber - a great renewable resource - the use of which reduces the use of fossil fuels. In the long term managed woodland provide great benefits to wildlife. Sometimes you have to cut down some trees to do that,
Cut down some tree's how many are being cut? Where is the wood being sent and how much money is being made and what happens to the money. The answers to these questions may enable you to get the public on your side.
@@00100000station
It’s almost like you believe your own bullshit.
@@Woody991 Well said
@@00100000station but burning logs is as bad as fossil fuels not better.
all they had to do was put a sign enter at your own risk
Don't think it's as simple as that for areas that are open to public. Landowner has a responsibility to ensure safety along footpaths, so any dead, diseased and damaged trees would need to be pruned/removed. Sadly it's a sign of the times, as in if a tree or brach falls and injures or kills someone others will be asking why the land wasn't maintained to a higher standard. Landowner goes to court, found guilty of negligence or something else, fined plus possible imprisonment/criminal record.
And I would put money on all the people saying enter at own risk being ones that would be taking legal action of something happened to them and theirs.
It doesn't work like that as previous comment.
I remember mention of a case in the United States where s bunch of mature trees were cut down in a park because some kid fell off and broke his arm. At the time the story was run, an old British case was cited where the decision was made to leave trees up. They said all human activity entails risk. That risk has to be balanced against all the enjoyment the people will have by having the trees around. Looks like things have changed.
Where do all the animals go?
The madness of this world continues...
Why do you think they want you in LOCK DOWN ?? So they can do these type of things without you seeing them doing it 💩💩💩💩
It was same during foot & mouth. Farmers could do allsorts that they couldn't when people were walking by.
The only politician the UK has that actually talks about real issues
I reckon so.
Nigel is the voice of common sense, he understands people’s concerns.
@@beyond1957
HOW MANY BIRDS AND ANIMALS HAVE THESE CRAZIES KILLED BY CUTTING THESE TREES. RISE UP UK
He’ll be PM within the next decade.
RISE UP STORMCLOAKS!!
One of life’s pleasure is to walk through the English countryside on a warm sunny day and be shielded and cooled by a canopy of trees.
This madness is symptomatic and tipical of this sick decadent society, very similar in it's justification to the covid bullshit. In a communist society nobody is responsible (nor belong to tho) for himself but everybody is responsible for the others. This principle of non-accountability of the individual answers to a childish desire typical of this Peter Pan society, following the rejection of traditions/parental authority (that's what drives all modern ideologies, teenager immaturity). And it also follow the communist principle imposed from the top of common property, as because it has to be impose from the top (being against human nature, and being push by selfimportant people with a high opinion of themself and a low opinion of the others) the individual therefore becomes a "thing" too and not a freewill and obey to the same principles of "property" as the goods..
Plus plastic people are deconnected from the reality that nature is our natural environment, not cities, and that we belong to it therefore nobody should be "responsible" for what comes from nature to somebody. That's how dumb modern people have become.
Even on an unpleasant day it’s perfect.
Good point, tell that to satn, he's the twat carrying out iniquity under the cloak of health and safety, just look at the covid bullshit, you can fly to Dubai but you cant go to local pub 'Because of health and safety" . We are not saving the NHS and if we had wanted to have saved the NHS we could have chosen to be more virtuous towards it 20 years ago, just another bullshit story, we are under attack from China because the west never settled its debts and thought it would print money to inflate its way out of the problem thus impoverishing much of the rest of the world via the Petro dollar. I can only guess the government says nothing about it because the chief executives of Rolls Royce and BAE cant weight to flog China more engines, aircraft or weapons of represSION. SION, the rock that blunts the sword .
utter madness, well done Nigel for highlighting it.
This just takes health and safety to a whole new level of stupidity.
They are probably cutting them down so they can eventually stick houses up for the masses pouring into the Country!
@@a.d.c.1056 Couldn't agree more!
Its always been a hypocrisy!
@Captain Sabertache perhaps you could maybe tell the plod that using a baton to control peaceful protesters can in fact be a dangerous thing
We've had several enquiries regarding our recent felling work at Blackbush & Twenty Acre Shaw Woods. Please see below for reasons why we're carrying out felling work👇
• The works being carried out at Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw are to manage the impact of ash dieback disease. Ash dieback is a fungal disease that affects ash trees and is unfortunately present in this woodland and prevalent across Kent and the wider UK countryside. There is no cure for ash dieback disease, and those trees affected become structurally unstable as the disease extends into the tree. As all Woodland Trust woods are open to the public, visitor safety is of utmost importance. We take the health and safety of every visitor to our woods extremely seriously, and we’re proud of that.
• We are legally obliged to ensure trees on our estate are safe and do not pose a hazard to visitors. Trees with ash dieback are annually inspected to check on advancement of the disease. A significant number of ash trees at Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw are in an advanced stage of decline and were felled to ensure public safety. Felling has concentrated on affected trees adjacent to paths, public rights of way, and roads. Diseased ash trees growing away from paths and roads are left, giving areas of the wood the time and space to naturally decline. This is in line with our best practice guidance for managing ash dieback on our estate that is applied consistently across the UK.
• Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw Woods are much loved woodlands, and we are grateful to everyone who helped us to purchase the first site in 1997, and to help continue the management for the past 23 years. These essential works will ensure that Blackbush and Twenty Acre Shaw woods is a safe and welcoming place for visitors, and the woodland habitat is safeguarded in the long term for the best they can be for wildlife and people.
• Ash dieback will kill around 80% of ash trees across the UK. At a cost of billions, the effects will be staggering. It will change the landscape forever and threaten many species which rely on ash. Ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) is a fungus which originated in Asia, and its spread across Europe has devastated the population of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) because our native ash species did not evolve with the fungus and this means it has no natural defence against it.
• The threat of tree pests and diseases is one of grave concern to the Woodland Trust, not only because it may impact our own woods but also the wider woodland landscapes. It is why we have invested heavily in ensuring that every tree planted by the Woodland Trust is UK and Ireland Sourced and Grown. This means we can be confident that we will not be increasing the risk of importing similar devastating issues like ash dieback as we create new woods and will continue to campaign for a reduction in imported trees.
Absolute nonsense, one of the best things about living in the UK is that you're never far from the countryside.
..now means never far from a farmer's field
@@peterharknett4695 Housing estate more like !
You clearly haven't visited the countryside recently.
@@peterharknett4695 I honestly don't know what you mean, please explain.
I'm about a 5 minute walk from some beautiful woodland.
@@jessop- I am not 5 minutes walk from a woodland, I am 5 minutes walk from a farmer's field ! Hope that helps
This is what a gynocentric risk averse country looks like.
Trees that have been local landmarks for generations cut down on the theoretical risk someone might get hurt.
You have heard of woodland management? If not then do some research before commenting on such matters.
@@6treeman WELL what would you do if u were in charge JG? Tell us.
Cutting back & pruning is one thing; but here in Luton Beds the council absolutely butchered, not pruned or cut back, the trees along Stockingstone road. There was no need for it, & without consulting any of the householders along that road either.
@@6treeman If you believe "woodland management" means chopping healthy trees down in case a branch falls and hits someone then I would suggest you're the one in need of research.
Nigel I suggest you arrange an interview and walkabout with one of their foresters. I'd be interested in seeing you put these questions to them and either satisfying yourself that their reasoning is sound or demonstrating the opposite.
As an ecologist I'm not convinced you're not jumping to conclusions because preemptively taking down dodgy trees along pathways is common and frankly a good idea that doesn't really negatively impact the overall endeavour.
Also, a few minor points - several months ago there were leaves blocking out the sky and it looks like they still will when they grow back, besides maybe a small strip directly above the path. Those logs will also provide habitat for many important species that are important in their own right and also as a larder for bird, while the extra light will encourage populations of r-selected species of plant.
I'd be surprised if they don't know what they're doing to be honest, but conducting an investigation can only be a good thing one way or another so please arrange one and video it. You'd bring attention to what you've already correctly identified as the number one effective solution to restoring environmental stability and resource security.
Walks through Hazelborough Wood near Silverstone Village is like negotiating The Somme in WWI. Didn't know the reason for the hideous destruction. Do now.
Might need to lop some branches Dont cut the whole tree down Unless it is ROTTEN..That is our stupid modern society these days
Are you an arborist Keith ?
And then not even using the wood. We are truly in crazy times. That would be a good name for a newspaper.
@@cfbm125 No, I am a Yorkshireman with common sense I have plenty trees of my own Trees do need maintaining at times..But nowadays if you have not been and got a degree The media think you are thick and stupid...[I have been to the University Of LIFE for a lot of years]
@@keith-nb8ps well said, and so sensible. Yes of course trees need to be managed for damage and disease, but we don’t need the whole tree cutting down.
@@keith-nb8ps Agree with you absolutely Kieth. The best of our knowledge is being forgotten it seems.
Investigative reporter of the Year 2020: Nigel Farage reports.
Defo
Hardly. Catch James O'Keefe and Project Veritas scourge of main stream media.
Currently, nailing CNN, during the Presidential Election filming ballot harvesting, bribing people to vote and more.
Multiple legal battles with MSM, never lost one.
Nigel isn't half bad though.
Don’t normally agree with Farage, but in this case he’s on point!
He really should be
@@6079SmithW William Shakespeare said All The World Is A Stage.. V-Day up yours V
Spent most of my childhood playing in woods, never got hit by a falling branch or any part of a tree, fell out of a few but that was my own fault happy days 😂
nf is just using a simple situation and the knowing that his simple minded followers, will lap up his bs in order too get votes one day! he is more see through than a "cloaked Predator" " GET TOO DA CLEARING! " up there!! in the trees, " i saw it god dam it " again like this movie nf is playing out a fantasy that he knows people will get up het about !
Just like those well funded political parties?
They are all crooked. Nigel has a point whether he has a different agenda. To cut trees down because it might fall on someone is stupid.
You are presuming he is telling you the truth rather than his warped version of it.
And so self serving? And you think Farage is man of the people. Shepherd of the ignorant is Farage. The epitome of self serving
They're going to close off the national parks, forests and woods from the public in the future anyway. Then they'll squash everyone into smart cities.
God what a future to look forward too.
@@lynnyoungman1280 Well look around most people are going to accept it.
Had a bus driver become deranged the other day because I wasn't wearing a mask.
Everyone is going to give up their liberty for non existent safety.
Yep, NOT building on green belt land, much like many ancient laws in the UK, have gone straight out of the window !
@@paladinsmith7050 WELL we should not! What did Benjamin Franklin say about those who give up their freedom for security, anybody?
That's terrible. They are doing exactly the opposite of what they are entrusted to do.
Someone will be making money
Just like the RSPCA putting animals down because they can’t be re-homed that’s proper protection
the rspca are not fit for purpose. The people collecting the animals are usually caring and decent. But then they just massacre the one's that cant be homed easily. My ex sister in law trained vet' nurses and in her spare time checked animals over at small local animal charities. She noticed some with rspca paperwork and at first dismissed it. However it happened quiet a few times and so she asked how come they had them. She was told that the rspca would ring and say they were full. And they would have to put the animals down if they could not find a new place for some. So if the smaller charity had space they would agree to take them, but of course they would then be dumped with the elderly animals that were difficult to home and the rspca made them sign for them...eg adopt them. So the rspca figures would show that they found a home for the animal (making them look good) and the small charity got stuck with a frail elderly one. Despite this practice/con they still put down massive numbers of animals a year, while having millions in the bank, top officials on huge wages and conning oap's into giving them donations in will's etc..........
Always give to the dogs trust ,blue cross or PDSA they are better at protecting animals and never put a healthy animal down....thanks.
There would be less animals needing re-homed if people would adopt from shelters, instead of buying puppies from greedy breeders, churning out designer / trendy labradoodles, cockadoodles ect.
And PETA, even worse.
@@antonyjones4259 I have supported the RSPCA for over 20 years, in the hope I was helping poor defenceless animals, after reading this iam so upset and disgusted , I will now stop my monthly donation..
Atleast it puts them out of their misery.
I think, in the name of health and safety, we need to trim back some of these MP's and their wages.
What about the wildlife that lived there before cutting down the trees? The trust isn't fit for purpose.
It makes me so mad when I see this happening!
The world has gone mad-
They have been hacking down trees on the golf course too near me in Wales!
I love walking in woodlands!
Same happened in my area but they used the excuse a wheelchair might get stuck, the paths were already wide enough for 2 wheelchairs to pass comfortably. Its sanctioned vandalism
Happening around here. Good trees disappearing. Don't know why!
@@elizabethfermor344 money most likely, someone will be cashing in
So they cut down trees, so that people can trip over the trees instead.
@Loki &Loki Nigel Farage, is that you?
@Loki &Loki knew it! This is your troll account High Five
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I would like to know who was responsible for surveying these trees and the rationale for this seeminly large scale clearance. I would be surprised if it was really just health and safety.
I wonder how many houses 🏘️ they are going to build there??
@@mullimulli6259 It is certainly not an issue related to development.
@@dorsetbigcats6292 time will tell ...
@@mullimulli6259 Yes it will and I can assure you that you are barking up the wrong tree [stump] .
@@dorsetbigcats6292 its the root cause of solving the housing issues.
They have destroyed the atmosphere and magical feeling of those woods. I'm a supporter. I will make my views known with them. Natural places shd be exempt from being sued.
Was wondering why in North Kent all the trees were coming down, not impressed.
Great place to work. Lovely multi million pound HQ, decent salary, and a job for life. Not sure what's in it for the trees.
Thank you Nigel for shedding light on this, it's absolutely disgraceful.
Common sense should be compulsory, when you become prime minister I'd like it to become law.
Nigel Farage the voice of common sense the only politician to speak up for the British public. We need the Reform UK 🇬🇧 party change politics for good.
Nigel is probably our only hope of ever having a decent pm 😐
You mean he isn't pm?
It's because there scar to get a claim of someone if there walking and a tree hit them I'm dont think its woodland trust problem it's about 65% of this country just likes to make claims which is realy sick this way to make money of doing claims for nothing so guys who likes making claims get off your fat beeps and work instead as if you can walk though the woods it means you may can do some kind of work not going around the place to see what claim you can do next this is why the trust as to be cure to the tree as there got a duty to look for heath and safety all this is sick so please dont put the finger at woodland trust it's you all who is greedy for money to make money I'm hope woodland see this message as I am to straight and tell users what I think
I'm think hes talking about the pieminister my friend as he is a toffee apple lol
I'm sorry but going for a walk in the woods involves walking through trees ???
That s the
MAYBE THEY, THE TREES, HAVE COVID AND WE WILL BE ASKED TO SOCIAL DISTANCE WHICH IS EASY NOW THEY HAVE BEEN SAWN DOWN! ALL TO SAVE POLICE TIME, DON'T THINK! EXCUSE CYNICISM.
It's insane
Just put a sign up. Enter at your own risk.
Don't you think this is a farce when fallen leaves present a trip hazard? Common sense is getting in shorter supply. April Fool? Bit early though. All you're seeing is sound woodland management.
Beautiful woodland. Woodland trust should be explaining themselves.
I work in forestry these cowboys have been doing this for years and some councils. This needs to be stopped immediately.
I wonder how our ancestors survived when the whole country was forest, it must have been so scary without the pc brigade to protect them.
lol
Places of safety for Kings with loose heads.
🤣🤣 It's very true though. Mans insane interference with Mother Earth and Nature
They didn't have people suing themfor injuries look up corporate culpability
@@Mac-pi4cy Well then all they have to do is bring in a legislation to prevent them from all liability as they have with the rushed dangerous Vaccines
I think the people in charge of The Woodland Trust have sawdust for brains.
I have worked in conservation and very often it is to open woodland rides for woodland butterflies, flowers etc. UK woods have evolved with management so many species rely on glades and clearings. Even oak trees saplings flourish when more light gets to woodland floor. It can seem brutal but is beneficial if not essential.
that's the most lame excuse I've ever heard for fully chopping whole trees down 🤔
What? Because the spread of ash dieback will kill even more trees if they don't? And potentially dangerous trees in public places and over roads? Sounds pretty good to me.
@@00100000station if you killed everything that was 'potentially dangerous' to people in this world, there wouldn't be much of a world left
@@yorkshirelad3133 agree .
Isnt most of the wood now chipped up and burnt as biomass?
@@Anthonyinkz that's how they cut down perfectly healthy trees and turn them into woodchip, they class it as 'renewable' energy, similar to the 'natural' gas label, it makes it sound better than it is, its gas and its a fossil fuel at the end of the day
they will be putting a bicycle lane in next
We need more cycle lanes.
@@themorphman100 Not if they're congested with twats doing time trials on shared paths!
2 wheels do not trump 2 legs as the holy cyclist have self proclaimed, and 99% of said holy cyclist deserve a No-Bell prize for failing to warn when stalking from behind!!!!
Probably already consulting Sustrans aka the cycle lobby.
@@GimpSlayerGeneral Im taking the piss. Hate the bloody things
OR A TARMAC WHEEL CHAIR PATH
I've always refrained from donating to the Woodland Trust, a far worthier and more in-need recipient would be one of the many Red Squirrel conservation charities across the UK.
The Woodland Trust - the latest in a growing list of 'charities' that you can no longer trust...
All Reds live in Scotland
What gives ¿?
@@suzyqualcast6269 they are also present on the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, around Merseyside, Newcastle and so on, but upon contact with non-native invasive greys they contract Squirrel Pox disease which kills the Reds.
Yes its happening in Sutton Park ( West Midlands) exactly like you show, cut down thousands of healthy trees! Mostly on narrower paths that have now lost there charm. So sad.
@Just Paul 👌🏻
What will be the point of 'The Woodland Trust' when there is no more woodland?
They devastated Sheffield over two years, wiping out thousands of trees, including over 30 beautiful cherry blossoms on my road. All in the name of health and safety - roots were a tripping hazard.
@Just Browsing HOW'S your constipation? Getting worse JB?
@Just Browsing 😉ANYTIME JB
A tripping hazard? Hahahahaha, what a country of wussies we've become.
@@chesshooligan1282 OO! I'm sooe offended by your remark! 😱
Maybe Prince Charles should go on those walks and denounce issues like this and expose them in Davos...
Old jug lugs is party of the big reset.
@@lynnyoungman1280 it figurea, he is as thlck as shit and with political views like his, is wholly unsuitable to role of monarch.
@@lynnyoungman1280 😂 exactly he don’t give a shit about us or our country
A product of too much inbreeding; a compromised bloodline.
I don't want CIIR for sure.
It will be worse than Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria!
Dead wood is an essential habitat, providing food and shelter for countless tiny invertebrates and, in turn, a hunting ground for small mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. It also provides a safe area for them to hide or hibernate over winter.
Then they could simply have said that to him on the phone - had they done so this video would probably not have been made.
There is a big difference between providing shelter and what has happened here, which is the destruction of perfectly beautiful woodland.
Can't they just put some warning signs up for the snowflakes if they are so worried? Are we fencing off all clifftops next?
For goodness sake don’t give them any more idiotic ideas.
Marshmallows on spiked fences
They need stop this with trees
Shh. Don't give them ideas.
I will stop donating to them from now on. This is insane, and wicked. Thank you for letting us know.
I have emailed them. I am appalled at what they are doing!
So totally agree! This is bloody madness!🇬🇧
Nigel, have a look at all the trees cut down for the HS2, most of them were protected, and they were informed of this.
HSBS2
We should catapult those logs through chief exec's living room window...
Decent fire wood there, send it round my house.
Kaber toss!
Absolutely disgusting and so sad as well this is effecting the wild life.
I have also noticed the shocking level of de-forrestation in the S.W over the last two years..it saddens and disgusts me.
Wow, shameful, absolutely shameful!!! SAVE THE TREES, PLANT MORE , AND MORE!!! WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY DOING???
What’s wrong with periodic inspections of the trees on the access routes and removal of dangerous or decaying specimens ?
YES, what are the criteria, & who makes these decisions, & why didn't the WT cosult the locals & WT members?
Absolutely. That was always the practice, trees were marked to be culled. Like annual dredging of rivers , it was normal routine. K
@Just Browsing just a suggestion but browse somewhere else .
sggibson62 It takes brains, work and dedication. Which apparently is boring.
Petition it, more to the point why aren’t the Brazilian government being prosecuted for the destruction of the Brazilian rain forest!!!!
100% agree with you Nigel. World has gone mad. All being done in the name of...
MONEY!
When the mps say we are planting 1 million trees 🌲 they never tell you how many they cutting down
@@judythomas2939 im a retired tree surgeon and landscape gardener,and i still plant trees and other shrubs amap,everyone should do likewise, whether you own or rent,even if its just saplings,we all need to play our part for this once wonderful land 😢
@@judythomas2939 in the area I used to manage we used to plant about 70000 trees per year (conifer and broadleaves) to replace the mature plantations that had been harvested, so throughout the whole country 1million trees isn’t inconceivable. It is just part of the ongoing management. The contractors I used to employ would plant about 1000 trees per day, which is some going and is back breaking work as I know because I have done the same. To be fair to the Woodland Trust, many of these trees will coppice and regrow and there is also the chance of natural regeneration if is has been a good seed year and enough light can get through to the forest floor.
@@diogenesegarden5152 There was an excellent report a couple of years ago recommending that we need more light coloured trees with pale bark to reflect sunlight away, to keep water in the ground. Even the fallen leaves being a lighter colour would do this. I live in Scotland and the only tree planting I see are dark conifers, which make dark hillsides and dark labdscapes. Has no one ever seen films or photos of New England in the Fall. I've been there and it's astonishing. The variety of colours has to be seen to be believed. Scotland could look like that. Scotland could use the tourists that love such scenery.
@@maureendavidson4635 I totally agree, that we need to move away from the strict monocultures, although they do provide a quicker return to land owners and investment houses like pension funds. The main issue we have is the economics of forestry as it currently stands. When you start looking at forestry as a single purpose economic crop, and factor in compound interest on the cost of establishment and maintenance such as planting, drainage, road building, fencing, weeding through the first few years, it simply isn’t a viable return on investment to plant slower growing broadleaved species which may take 200 years to mature as opposed to a relatively faster return of 65 to 80 years for the faster growing conifers like Sitka spruce. Although many have tried to factor in amenity and environmental benefits as a form of return on investment, when it comes down to ‘brass tacks’, unless there is significant funding to cover the shortfall, then the people who invest in forestry will be loathe to beautify the countryside. Ironically if there was a greater market for fuel wood and lower quality small dimension lumber, as organisations such as Coed Cymru (Welsh Woodlands) promote along with others organisations, and more people in the countryside willing to work these woodlands, then we would most likely have more beautiful, landscaped broadleaved woodlands. I have thought long and hard over the years how this can be achieved and have a few ideas as to how woodlands could be managed to achieve this. Interestingly, when the uplands are drained for agriculture and forestry, high rainfall periods can cause catastrophic flooding down stream, which ends up costing billions in damage, as the water flow spikes more sharply and is not allowed to stay stored on the land to be released slowly or sink in to refill the aquifers. So it is more about appropriate land use than anything else. This is why upland bogs are so important, apart from the interesting biodiversity and habitats they allow to flourish. I don’t want to write a complete essay on the subject here but hope it has helped is some way.
@@judythomas2939 sweet chestnut is a multi-purpose tree, it can be coppiced to provide excellent poles for fencing and building (they use them a lot in France for roofing poles) and fuel wood, it produces excellent nuts and, as you mentioned, has fine durable timber on a par with oak and is wonderful in the landscape as an amenity planting and it has all the benefits of trees for reducing soil erosion and increasing the water holding capacity of the soil. In the UK we used to manage coppice plantations solely for providing walking sticks for the National Health Service, back when it was a service and not a business. If managed as coppice with standards you can reap all these benefits. Unfortunately, as you say, this requires labour and management. In today’s world everything is about moving people out of the countryside (re: Agenda 21/30) and rapid returns with minimum effort.
Nigel this country’s finished mate,
I’m with you on this one Nigel it actually pains me to see good healthy mature trees being felled 🤨
I would love to challenge you to a Conker match,
@@6treeman ,I'm not joking. They started conker championship for the last three years I was in primary school and I won all three of those years and some called me cheater cause I was so good. Smashed everyone
Those ash trees in the video are not healthy, you can see the rot through the core, they had maybe a couple years left before they became widowmakers
As usual, having any sort of knowledge of a subject doesn't stop Nigel from having an opinion about it - NIMBYism at its finest. Frankly it is good that the Woodland Trust do actually seem manage their woodlands .
Thank you Nigel. This is outrageous
In the meantime Nigel stop giving them money and when your in No10 you can stop this happening.
Nigel Farage would make a great PM he’s the voice of common sense, can’t wait for the Reform uk 🇬🇧 party in all constancy’s gives me hope that my vote is not wasted.
"people get stung by bees.."
Woodland Trust: "hold my beer.."
Totally agree! I wont be donating to them in future as a side note I bought a xmas tree this year with roots and re planted it in the woods near my house the other day