Coppicing Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood
24th December 2010

Arriving at the coppice at 9:45	The black ash from last week's fire has thawed a ring of snow			A coppice stool covered with snow	Bright colour of cut Alder, Alnus glutinosa
	Tracks	more tracks		Sculpture by Nick Ball	Dead stump of Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, left as a habitat
Evidence of woodpeckers, probably Great Spotted Woodpeckers	Leaving the woods at 2:30 pm