Welcome to the fifth edition of SustainabiliTREE, a podcast that explores all things trees and woodlands, with a specific focus on the issue of plastics within the forestry sector.

In each episode we’ll be looking at a variety of topics around this theme, including woodland creation, funding streams, plastic pollution, deer, soils, ecology and so much more!

Episode 5 looks at fluffy creatures “our native small mammals“ and now they can damage trees.

Episode Notes:

0:33: Welcome’s bang on about the weather

3:30: Voles, rabbits, squirrels, mice

4:05: Squirrels, how they impact trees and what can we do?

Grey squirrel and deer damage to trees

Identifying squirrel damage

8:15: Ring barking

15:36: Contraception in squirrels

14:45: Pine Marten return

22:30: Tree diseases

27:20: Voles

34:00: Preparing the ground

40:40: Time for bunnies.

44:40: Pillow Mounds

46:00: Shifting sands project

52:30: Quiz time! Can Katie beat these Hare-y questions?

59:05: Next time out

1:02:10: Parish Notices

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