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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · 9h

Popping Poplar Plantation #trees #autumn #forestry

Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · 1d

Veneer grade timber for the future and stunning autumn colour - more people should plant hybrid walnut. This one ‘NG23’, high-pruned by me in four lifts to 6m. #forestry #silviculture #hardwoods #walnut #autumn

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · 7d

England’s woodlands are beginning to really glow this #autumn #trees #woodland #countryside #england

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Jun 7

Luscious Devon 28mm -1ev f8 1/80sec iso100 #Devon #landscape #photography #leica

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Jun 3

Dog rose Rosa canina #flower #plant #countryside @chilternsnl.bsky.social

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Jun 3

Ecologists’ horror as nature reserves around the world are emptied of insects - with rising temperatures joining habitat destruction as likely causes:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

www.theguardian.com

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · May 21

Bumble bees and honey bees are enjoying the creamy white flowers of black locust Robinia pseudoacacia while it grows some fantastic durable timber for future human society. Filmed at @sylva.org.uk Wood C #wildlife #bees #trees #timber

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Sylva Foundation @sylva.org.uk · May 21

We're keen to connect with more friends, partners and supporters on @bsky.app . Read more about our move from the other place and take advantage of our Starter Pack: sylva.org.uk/join-us-on-b... #environment #forestry #wood

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · May 15

Delighted to lead this important research with @sylva.org.uk and @forestresearchuk.bsky.social exploring how private land managers perceive public access in their woodlands. #publicaccess #recreation #woodlands #countryside

Sylva Foundation @sylva.org.uk · May 15

Today we publish the report of the BWS2004 exploring views among private land managers to #public access in #woodlands, in collaboration with @forestresearchuk.bsky.social. c.500 respondents took part, responsible for 56% of privately-owned woodland area in Britain. www.sylva.org.uk/bws #research

BWS2024 Exploring attitudes, experiences and actions among private land managers towards public access in woodlands. Report of the British Woodlands Survey 2024

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · May 8

Something ‘in the air’ (and soil) urged this common hawthorn to blush pink this spring #trees #hedgerow #countryside #blossom🌸 #nature

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Apr 29

Excited to be arriving in Scotland via the @caledoniansleeper.bsky.social to talk trees for two days in a national conference organised by the Institute of Chartered Foresters 🌳🌲🪵🌿🐿️🪲🦉🍄‍🟫🪻 #trees #forestry

The view this morning from my sleeper berth on the Caledonian Sleeper. Somewhere north of Carstairs Junction I believe.

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Apr 26

Makes me feel a little old (!), but great to see a woodland I designed and planted 30 years ago really coming into its own. Wild pear, blackthorn and wild cherry in blossom. Small-leaved lime, whitebeam and field maple leafing. Hybrid larch towering. #forestry #woodland #trees #landscape

A growing woodland 30 years after planting. Wild pear, blackthorn and wild cherry in blossom. Small-leaved lime, whitebeam and field maple leafing. Hybrid larch towering.

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Apr 19

Green #green #hasselblad #spring #england #trees #farm #rural

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Apr 10

A huge thanks to @nationaltrust.org.uk supporting my book research for The Forest Guides England and Wales, published with @chiffchat.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social I recently visited Ebworth in the Cotswolds, donating a signed copy of the Wales edition for its new Woodland Library.

Author Gabriel Hemery (left) meets Matt Stanway of National Trust, regional forest manager for Wales and South-West England.

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Mar 16

Thanks David! A great pleasure and an honour to have had a personal introduction to the Great Plane Tree of Ely!

Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Mar 15

Honoured to have delivered The Osmond Lecture at King’s Ely school today. Hopefully inspired some bright minds to consider forestry - the noblest of professions - as a career. Even if not, to embrace nature in all they do in future.

Also to meet England’s oldest plane tree (1674).

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Mar 10

I’m pleased to announce that my photozine for Project365 is now available to purchase. The special collector’s edition photozine is limited to 365 copies, featuring all 365 images from #Project365.

gabrielhemery.com/blog/2025/03...

Project365 Limited Edition Photozine

I’m pleased to announce that my photozine for Project365 is now available to purchase. The special collector’s edition photozine is limited to 365 copies, featuring all 365 images from …

gabrielhemery.com

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Mar 5

The Sycamore | #trees #acerpseudoplatanus #sycamore #farming #mist #monochrome #leica

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Mar 4

Thanks!

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Mar 4

Shadows | #trees #woodland #abstract #monochrome #leica

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Feb 28

Day 365 | The End #project365 #blossom #trees #cherryplum #selfportrait #monochrome #leica
The last and final day of Project365, my personal challenge to capture and share a photograph everyday for 365 days.

Support: gabhem.com/365

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Feb 27

Day 364 | Topsy Turvy #project365 #trees #woodland #floods #reflection #nature #water #abstract #illusion #leica

Today is the penultimate day of Project365. What a blast, what a challenge! I hope you’ve enjoyed being with me on my journey.

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Feb 26

Day 363 | Venus Tree Trap #project365 #trees #landscape #clouds #dusk #planets #Venus #panorama #leica

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Feb 25

Day 362 | Spring Galaxy #project365 #spring #blossom #trees #cherryplum #prunuscerasifera #monochrome #leica

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Gabriel Hemery @gabrielhemery.com · Feb 24

Day 361 | Goat Heart #project365 #trees #goatwillow #spring #coppice #sunshine #sky #leica

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