Arborists

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What arborists can do

Create new conservation features

The chainsaw is a remarkably versatile woodworking tool that can be used not only to remove parts of trees as cleanly as possible but also to fashion living and dead wood in a way that is more useable by the variety of tree dwelling wildlife. Look around and see how trees break up under natural forces. The complex, shattered surfaces produced provide micro-habitats that the straight, flat cut of a chainsaw does not. Simulating it is not as simple as it may seem – crude coronet cuts can look as false as target pruning. However, with skill and practice a passing resemblance to nature can be achieved that provides deep cracks to shelter invertebrates or hold a nuthatch’s food. Additionally, the chainsaw can be used to cut cavities within larger pieces of timber that could shelter bats, provide a nest sites for hole-nesting birds or initiate internal decay to promote saproxylic invertebrates.

PLEASE NOTE

Only certificated chainsaw operatives experienced with their saws, the characteristics of wood and working within LANTRA and HSE guidelines should attempt these specialist operations!!