Alive or dead, the tree has a vital part to play in the life of the woodland.

Living veteran trees 

Wood rotting to

soil

Lying timber 

Standing dead trees 

Managing dead wood in our woods In order to manage our woodlands sustainably and meet UK Woodland Assurance Standards we need to increase the amount of deadwood to the equivalent of at least 15­20 dead and decaying trees on every football pitch sized piece of woodland. In doing so we always bear in mind site safety and the needs of other woodland wildlife. Sites are regularly inspected to identify, deal with or monitor potential hazards to our visitors and neighbours, this includes monitoring the dead wood. In some cases diseased trees may have to be removed from the site or burnt, but this is rare.

Do you have dead wood in your garden? Why not make a log pile from any trees or shrubs you manage. Put them in at least partial shade, with as much of it on the ground as possible for the space available.

Please do not put any logs or other garden waste in Tameside woodland. You may be covering up an area important for other wildlife or introducing aggressive alien plants. These alien plants can quickly spread and lead to the loss of important native woodland plants like bluebells.

Tameside Countryside Service

If you go down to the woods today­

leave the logs alone...

your wildlife needs them!

For more information contact Tameside Countryside Service

0161 330 9613 or visit : www.tameside.gov.uk/countryside

  

                

                    

                                                     

                                              

                                

                                          

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Dead but alive... decaying wood is a key part of a healthy woodland From small twigs to huge trunks, whether standing trees or lying on the ground, dead and rotting wood provides homes and food for thousands of species of invertebrates, fungi, mosses and lichens. Birds and bats feed on the bugs and insects and use cavities in decaying wood for their nests and shelter.

PLEASE

DO NOT REMOVE OR BURN ANY DEAD WOOD INLCUDING FRESH CUT LOGS

Tameside’s Countryside Service look after many of the woodlands in Tameside. If you remove any wood from our sites it is not only damaging for wildlife, you will be committing theft, as the trees and wood from them are the property of the Council.

Where we have amore fresh cut logs than are needed for dead wood it may be available for sale.

This leaflet is funded with grant aid For more information contact: from the Forestry Commission. Tameside’s Countryside Service

0161 330 9613