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The ripple effect of a mast year significantly influences the ecosystem, as small mammals and birds thrive on the available food
To dive deeper into mast years and understand their causes, tune in to this week's Wildlife Matters podcast, available on all major podcast platforms #wildlife #mastyear
In this week's Wildlife Matters podcast, we delve into mast years and the intriguing strategy of predator satiation.
In average years, animals like squirrels and birds, such as Jays, can consume much of the crop.
Tune in to learn more about mast years #wildlife #mastyear #podcast #nature
The forest is bursting with natural abundance. I've never seen so many types of fungi.... and all the holly is glittering with shiny red berries.... more berries than I've ever seen before.
#fungi
#holly
#mastyear
A bush with small vivid green leaves almost entirely covered in small orange berries. I think it might be a cotoneaster. Zoom in and the berries look like tiny pumpkins
Just a random dump of the rugged tablet on the ground in an ancient woodland in South Croydon. Luminous field maple leaves and chestnuts popping constantly underfoot. #trees #mastyear #croydon
🌰 Sweet chestnut update: It’s a mast year (when trees produce a bumper seed crop)!
We’re counting nuts to:
1️⃣ Measure orchard productivity
2️⃣ Ensure all clones contribute—protecting genetic diversity.
Why chestnut? Fast-growing, durable, climate-resilient timber.
#Forestry #MastYear
Three huge acorns, one with its hat, on the palm of my hand. Almost 40mm long!
The acorns are enormous under this particular oak tree! #acorns #mastyear
It’s been a year of holding on
A liminal time of loss, long silences.
But here, the oaks remind me
Growth begins in surrender.
Too much to carry? Then let it fall.
#mastyear
Feet in grey walking shoes with turquoise Ravenclaw socks standing on a huge drift if acorns
Bright red shiny round berries against bright green leaves
Swags of round dimpled red Bryony berries trailing through an ivy hedge
Pale yellow-green leaves against a cloudy white sky
#UnconfinedWalks left me in no doubt that this is one of the most spectacular #MastYear s I've ever seen. To the retail park and back along the canal.
This is a photo of a large, flat willow basket filled with hazelnuts.
I reckon there are enough hazelnuts for us, the neighbours and the local squirrel population this autumn!
#autumnbounty #mastyear #hazelnuts
Picture of girls hands bowled and holding lots of acorns with grass in the background.
Acorns and oak leaves on the ground.
Acorns placed into a heart shape on grass.
Acorns and leaves on the ground. showing lots of acorns this mast year.
🌰 Have you noticed a LOT amount of acorns? It’s a #MastYear for #OakTrees!
🐿️ During a mast year, oak trees produce way more acorns than usual. It's nature’s version of a surprise harvest — unpredictable and impressive!
Have you seen signs of the mast year? Share a pic or story below! 👇
Capitalising on the #mastyear managed to collect a good load of Sessile Oak from one of the only populations I know in West Central Scotland. It did meaning hanging of a cliff #Portencross in the driving rain but #happyasachildinasweetshop
Mast Years: Why They Happen and Their Impact. www.upthegardencompany.co.uk. Woodland faint in background with bold outline of tree in the foreground.
Mast Years; a natural occurrence where particular tree species produce a significantly larger quantity of seeds than they would in most years. upthegardencompany.co.uk/mast-years/
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Check out the “Domino”. We can’t take credit for the finish work, but we did some body work, fixed wiring issues and set it up. Ready to rock and to roll!
#MastYear
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