The Parliament Oak Tree

07/09/2021

Well worth a listen....

In a temporarily altered format, for a temporarily altered age, this series (series three/tree/🌳🌳🌳) aims to explore the secrets and stories hidden beneath our 56(ish) native trees. Here’s an introduction to the what and to the why…

20/04/2020

Ancient & still fertile, expecting a good crop of acorns later this year....

24/01/2020

Wow you humans still have so much to learn....

Brown ants herd and milk giant pale aphids, building barns for them from beetle exoskeleton

22/12/2019

New perspective on myself using a fisheye lens. Maybe rather appropriate because if you humans don't start reducing fossil fuel exploitation soon most of us will be underwater.

15/09/2019

Ancient & fertile, new crop of acorns coming along nicely. Nature is my Vi**ra!

07/07/2019

Humans have you ever wondered why Ancient Oak woodlands are full of different shaped trees? Well here's partly an answer. One of my offspring has 4 stems growing from 1 acorn.

You'll not find those growing in plantations.

wisdom.

18/06/2019

Ancient but still crawling with life and also growing acorns for the next generation....

05/05/2019

My leaves and flowers are fully out. Glad I made it thro another winter. Ancient but alive and fertile.

03/04/2019

Humans please watch this short video...

When living systems – like forests, peat bogs, saltmarshes and the seabed – are allowed to recover, they draw down carbon from the atmosphere, reducing the c...

31/03/2019

Some of me today.

17/03/2019

Up close my bark is full of life. So Macro shots from today

10/03/2019

Its my birthday today I'm 1179! You humans could learn a lot from listening to old trees, they can give you perspective on change beyond your human years.

Got some old reading to catch up on later once I've warmed up a bit.