Walking Toby down on the sports ground to play ball, I took a few pictures of the interesting trees around the edges of some of the pitches. This Ash has had its top snapped out, an absolute classic. I am going to assume this is purely storm damage.
On the fallen branches by the railway, I found one interesting looking minor branchlet, with something like a Peniophora crust on it. Some patches looked a pure chalky white (the ones on the top of the branchlet), and others (the nearer ones on the side of the branchlet) looked a rather pinky-grey off-white, However, when I looked at the pictures there were no pinky-grey patches to be picked out at all. Despite that, and the apparent lack of a dark underside, my best guess would still be something along the lines of Peniophora quercina.
A mashed oak a little further along, left as a monolith,
By the river heading back towards the car park there was this Birch that is in trouble, with some previous attacks by Fomitopsis betulina.
This is the broken off stalk of the Fomitopsis bracket.
This is where the majority of the mycelium of the Fomitopsis should be, hopefully found throughout the broken down trunk of the Birch. Fomitopsis is a brown rotter, and this might link to the brown black discolouration of the trunk.
Some of the Crack Willows have been worked on, which may have reduced the windage risks. Whether this has been a huge advantage in the longer term, is difficult to tell.
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