I stumbled upon the website for The Ancient Tree Hunt group because of my post on the Goat Horn Tree and I'm glad I found it.
The Woodland Trust is a British organisation most of us will be familiar with, dedicated to the preservation of our ancient trees. They recruit help from all over Britain, looking for and documenting those trees which are ‘old and fat’ to keep them safe from then on. You might think that, hey, these trees have been there for half a millennia, why do we need to take care of them now? But some of the trees already catalogued are showing serious signs of wear and tear. If we care for them before their canopies collapse or something like that, then we can help them live a lot longer. Also, if the trees are listed and protected, then of course they can’t be cut down by anyone who wants to!
There are tens of thousands of trees recorded so far, but the Ancient Tree Hunt group aims to have recorded over 100,000 by the end of next year. That’s a tall order of fat trees, but I think this is something that everyone can get behind and hopefully the ATH will zoom over the mark! Oh, and by the way, the way to determine if a tree is an Ancient is based on the informal measurement of ‘hugs’. Yes, that’s right, they hug the trees. Isn’t that awesome? I think so! It’s 3 adult hugs for an oak, 2 for a beech, 1 for a Scots Pine or Rowan, and a wrist hugmeasure for a birch.
Now, after finding that news story about the blooming Goat Horn Tree and then stumbling across this website (though I’d actually heard of the ATH before this) I now have a strong desire to plan a holiday (I think early Autumn would be great for this) around driving from ancient tree to ancient tree around a certain area. Even just sticking to the southern end of England, you could have a very enjoyable road trip of tree seeing.
I spoke with my wife (who absolutely adores trees, especially old ones, let alone ancient ones!) and she loves the idea! So, now to get out the interactive map on the site and plan our very own tree hunt!
I remain, measuring trees with hugs
Morgan D
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