by Ruth Pybus | Aug 6, 2023 | Research, Woodland Management
Please use the links below to access David’s MSc dissertation (Bangor University, 2019). His research had 3 major themes: Timber Potential – Estimate of time taken for timber stems to come on-line in a mixed broadleaf plantation undergoing transformation...
by Ruth Pybus | Apr 10, 2023 | Research, Woodland Management
Stuart Taylor is a dairy farmer, his land looking over the market town of Yr Wyddgrug (Mold) in North Wales. I first visit in May 2022 as Stuart’s Woodland Management Planner, a new role for me. It was obvious as I cycled up the track from the busy bypass to his...
by Ruth Pybus | Feb 10, 2023 | Research, Woodland Management
Climate change has put the C word high up on the land use agenda and all of a sudden everyone wants to tell you how great they are at storing it. Sitka spruce growers exclaim, ‘look how fast my trees grow!’ whilst large-scale farmers brag, ‘grassland’s a great carbon...
by owain barton | Oct 27, 2021 | Research, Species
My name is Owain Barton – I am a PhD student at Bangor University. The project I am working on focuses on the fallow deer population in the Elwy Valley region of North Wales. Deer are among the most treasured and charismatic wildlife species in Britain. They are...
by Ruth Pybus | Feb 14, 2021 | Research, Woodland Management
As our young people find themselves increasingly screen-bound in their education, it is more important than ever to get outside, be active and explore. Beyond the silicon chip, the real world is still out there! I have been very lucky during the latest covid-19...
by Ruth Pybus | Dec 13, 2020 | Research
The right tree in the right place is a great way of storing carbon. As well as their great mass being a carbon sink, temperate broadleaf woodland is one of the best land uses to help build mineral soil carbon levels. Add to this, the methane emissions that are no...
