With help from the local wildlife commission who provided the wood, we laid coppicing & back-filled for a more natural bank. We pulled out brambles & scattered native wildflowers. I added a log for sittin'.
Later, we laid another layer of coppicing, to stop bank erosion & increase flow diversity.
Later, we laid another layer of coppicing, to stop bank erosion & increase flow diversity.
November 9, 2024 at 11:06 AM
With help from the local wildlife commission who provided the wood, we laid coppicing & back-filled for a more natural bank. We pulled out brambles & scattered native wildflowers. I added a log for sittin'.
Later, we laid another layer of coppicing, to stop bank erosion & increase flow diversity.
Later, we laid another layer of coppicing, to stop bank erosion & increase flow diversity.
Seeing as I’ve already been scolded for “chopping down trees”, I’ll share the obligatory intro to coppicing, written by our ecologist writer. TLDR we don’t have herds of roaming bison so manual disturbance is critical to build structure specialist species rely on. protect.earth/articles/int...
Introduction to Coppicing: Benefits for Biodiversity and Woodland Restoration
Learn what coppicing is, why it matters for biodiversity, and how traditional woodland management at Warleigh Nature Reserve helps restore habitats, support ...
protect.earth
September 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Seeing as I’ve already been scolded for “chopping down trees”, I’ll share the obligatory intro to coppicing, written by our ecologist writer. TLDR we don’t have herds of roaming bison so manual disturbance is critical to build structure specialist species rely on. protect.earth/articles/int...
Efforts to revive hazel coppicing are often beneficial for wildlife, but not when it removes old hazel trees bearing Hazel Gloves fungus - an amazing species that's an indicator of temperate rainforest in the west of Britain.
Great to see this advice from the National Coppicing Federation 1/
Great to see this advice from the National Coppicing Federation 1/
March 22, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Efforts to revive hazel coppicing are often beneficial for wildlife, but not when it removes old hazel trees bearing Hazel Gloves fungus - an amazing species that's an indicator of temperate rainforest in the west of Britain.
Great to see this advice from the National Coppicing Federation 1/
Great to see this advice from the National Coppicing Federation 1/
British forests are adopting an ancient practice of cutting back trees to support nature. Counterintuitive, yes, but experts say “coppicing” can help biodiversity thrive.
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August 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
British forests are adopting an ancient practice of cutting back trees to support nature. Counterintuitive, yes, but experts say “coppicing” can help biodiversity thrive.
reasonstobecheerful.world/coppicing-bo...
reasonstobecheerful.world/coppicing-bo...
Hi, the NYT, here’s two lovely words you might want to add to your vocabulary:
Coppicing
Poncing
Coppicing
Poncing
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hi, the NYT, here’s two lovely words you might want to add to your vocabulary:
Coppicing
Poncing
Coppicing
Poncing
The last few days have been spent coppicing willow and hazel to weave a raised edge to a vegetable bed. Learning as we go I think not a bad effort for a first attempt.
June 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The last few days have been spent coppicing willow and hazel to weave a raised edge to a vegetable bed. Learning as we go I think not a bad effort for a first attempt.
they're coppicing me tomorrow
November 15, 2024 at 4:32 AM
they're coppicing me tomorrow
Fantastic to see coppicing happening at the entrance to Askham Bog, a @yorkswildlife.bsky.social nature reserve. Very important that people can see landscapes with active coppicing, and also very important to give more light to the many wet grassland wildflowers that live here
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Fantastic to see coppicing happening at the entrance to Askham Bog, a @yorkswildlife.bsky.social nature reserve. Very important that people can see landscapes with active coppicing, and also very important to give more light to the many wet grassland wildflowers that live here
I spent my weekend carrying out some more habitat management work for Duke of Burgundy in Pickering Woods, with volunteers from @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk and Pickering Env. Group.
We coppiced a strip of approx. 35m x 5m, opening up an area with lots of Primrose coming through.
We coppiced a strip of approx. 35m x 5m, opening up an area with lots of Primrose coming through.
March 8, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I spent my weekend carrying out some more habitat management work for Duke of Burgundy in Pickering Woods, with volunteers from @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk and Pickering Env. Group.
We coppiced a strip of approx. 35m x 5m, opening up an area with lots of Primrose coming through.
We coppiced a strip of approx. 35m x 5m, opening up an area with lots of Primrose coming through.
Coping: Out
Coppicing: In
Coppicing: In
A lot of folks think when #beavers cut trees down or clip off branches then the tree just dies.
But actually, many of the trees beavers like to cut have evolved to re-sprout from the stump and grow back even stronger.
Trying to channel my inner beaver-chewed-tree, today.
But actually, many of the trees beavers like to cut have evolved to re-sprout from the stump and grow back even stronger.
Trying to channel my inner beaver-chewed-tree, today.
January 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Coping: Out
Coppicing: In
Coppicing: In
I sat down and tried to work out a coppicing based coal-free industrial revolution and the math is pretty nuts. Like 65% of earth's landmass dedicated to full time silviculture
April 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I sat down and tried to work out a coppicing based coal-free industrial revolution and the math is pretty nuts. Like 65% of earth's landmass dedicated to full time silviculture
Coppicing is a form of woodland management dating back to the Stone Age.
📷 Anne Purkiss
📷 Anne Purkiss
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Coppicing is a form of woodland management dating back to the Stone Age.
📷 Anne Purkiss
📷 Anne Purkiss
This woodland backs on to my house. The parks department do such a great job of looking after all the woodlands in my area. They have recently done some coppicing and it is so lovely to see they have put the old trees to good use, laying a chipped bark path, lined with the mossy trunks. 🌳
#nature
#nature
May 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This woodland backs on to my house. The parks department do such a great job of looking after all the woodlands in my area. They have recently done some coppicing and it is so lovely to see they have put the old trees to good use, laying a chipped bark path, lined with the mossy trunks. 🌳
#nature
#nature
Isn't this the same as coppicing? Dated back to the Stone Age.
April 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Isn't this the same as coppicing? Dated back to the Stone Age.
The Columbines are putting on a spectacular #WildFlowerShow at Bedford Purlieus NNR, one of their truly native sites.
Not quite as good as in 1884 when Rev Berkeley reported that after coppicing the 'whole land is sometimes blue with ...Columbine'.
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Not quite as good as in 1884 when Rev Berkeley reported that after coppicing the 'whole land is sometimes blue with ...Columbine'.
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Columbines are putting on a spectacular #WildFlowerShow at Bedford Purlieus NNR, one of their truly native sites.
Not quite as good as in 1884 when Rev Berkeley reported that after coppicing the 'whole land is sometimes blue with ...Columbine'.
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Not quite as good as in 1884 when Rev Berkeley reported that after coppicing the 'whole land is sometimes blue with ...Columbine'.
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Bluebells among the coppicing.
📷 #photography
📷 #photography
April 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Bluebells among the coppicing.
📷 #photography
📷 #photography
Yesterday was a lesson in coppicing, bringing some of Hazel Wood’s overgrown hazel stands back into a coppice rotation. Not sure why coppicing is needed? Here’s the amazing Charly explaining in her latest video! youtu.be/l6UMLLj74BU?...
Coppicing - Can our oldest form of woodland management bring our woodlands back to life?
YouTube video by Wood For The Trees
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February 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Yesterday was a lesson in coppicing, bringing some of Hazel Wood’s overgrown hazel stands back into a coppice rotation. Not sure why coppicing is needed? Here’s the amazing Charly explaining in her latest video! youtu.be/l6UMLLj74BU?...
#WinterSolstice work party in the wetland at #AshlawncuttingLNR. Coppicing Willow and dead hedging. A good day :-).
December 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#WinterSolstice work party in the wetland at #AshlawncuttingLNR. Coppicing Willow and dead hedging. A good day :-).
There were a lot of V shaped trees , due to coppicing at the reserve... ideal for posing with, I do love green & blue Raphy #photography #blonde
August 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
There were a lot of V shaped trees , due to coppicing at the reserve... ideal for posing with, I do love green & blue Raphy #photography #blonde
The Wilder Communities team used one of their staff volunteer days to join up with Reserves team colleagues for a brilliant day’s coppicing at The Mens nature reserve. They tell us they all really enjoyed it!
February 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The Wilder Communities team used one of their staff volunteer days to join up with Reserves team colleagues for a brilliant day’s coppicing at The Mens nature reserve. They tell us they all really enjoyed it!
‘Unscheduled extreme guerrilla coppicing’
October 3, 2023 at 9:48 AM
‘Unscheduled extreme guerrilla coppicing’
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers were on Bodmin Moor today for our first work party of the winter. Bracken management and coppicing for Pearl-bordered Fritillaries in the Camel Valley at Jordan. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers were on Bodmin Moor today for our first work party of the winter. Bracken management and coppicing for Pearl-bordered Fritillaries in the Camel Valley at Jordan. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
A magnificent Lime Tree in Cadora Woods. Ancient lime, oak, beech and yew trees line Offa's Dyke all along the English side of the Wye Valley.
August 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
A magnificent Lime Tree in Cadora Woods. Ancient lime, oak, beech and yew trees line Offa's Dyke all along the English side of the Wye Valley.
A fun day coppicing in the dingle with @herefordshirewt.bsky.social volunteers. Very satisfying work! 💪
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A fun day coppicing in the dingle with @herefordshirewt.bsky.social volunteers. Very satisfying work! 💪