Aspect Forestry and Rural Management
@aspectforest.bsky.social
Timber harvesting contractors and woodland advisors. Achieving the most from your woodland with a flexible and conscientious approach. Established in 2004.
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Thinning of a compartment of beech on my current site is nearing completion. Thinning this stand will allow the trees of better form and health to grow on with less competition. More light to the woodland floor should allow this to develop in a more diverse nature over time. 1/2
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Thinning of a compartment of beech on my current site is nearing completion. Thinning this stand will allow the trees of better form and health to grow on with less competition. More light to the woodland floor should allow this to develop in a more diverse nature over time. 1/2
I just captured some winter sun coming through the trees on my worksite today. Everything feels better with a bit of brightness but unfortunately it’s forecast to be another wet day tomorrow.
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I just captured some winter sun coming through the trees on my worksite today. Everything feels better with a bit of brightness but unfortunately it’s forecast to be another wet day tomorrow.
The recent cold weather and the resulting frozen ground conditions, has enabled the extraction of some of the beech firewood from my on going thinning contract. Probably back on the harvester tomorrow if the rain returns.
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The recent cold weather and the resulting frozen ground conditions, has enabled the extraction of some of the beech firewood from my on going thinning contract. Probably back on the harvester tomorrow if the rain returns.
Out walking at 6am. It should have been total darkness. However, with terrific moonlight and a bit of reflective snow, I was able to take this photo opposite our house, with no flash.
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Out walking at 6am. It should have been total darkness. However, with terrific moonlight and a bit of reflective snow, I was able to take this photo opposite our house, with no flash.
2 minutes later.
January 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
2 minutes later.
Sunset over the village just now.
January 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Sunset over the village just now.
The first sunrise over Suffolk of 2026. Out early this morning for my first day of this years January, 5k everyday challenge organised Ben Martin.
January 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
The first sunrise over Suffolk of 2026. Out early this morning for my first day of this years January, 5k everyday challenge organised Ben Martin.
4/4…..general public react negatively towards the industry when they see work as bad as this. All I can ask is that this is not accepted by anyone. Many of us operate professionally with great care and commitment
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
4/4…..general public react negatively towards the industry when they see work as bad as this. All I can ask is that this is not accepted by anyone. Many of us operate professionally with great care and commitment
3/4…..employing people who carry out such a poor level of workmanship. I normally keep quiet about this sort of thing but I see it all too often and I’m now sick and tired of seeing it. Forestry and tree work should not be carried out in this manner. It’s no wonder the….
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
3/4…..employing people who carry out such a poor level of workmanship. I normally keep quiet about this sort of thing but I see it all too often and I’m now sick and tired of seeing it. Forestry and tree work should not be carried out in this manner. It’s no wonder the….
…..2/4. The quality of the work is appalling. Nearly every stool or pollard has been cut with tree shears and then just left. The cuts are too high and the shattered stumps will rot out. The contractor who did this should be ashamed and the works manager should not be……
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
…..2/4. The quality of the work is appalling. Nearly every stool or pollard has been cut with tree shears and then just left. The cuts are too high and the shattered stumps will rot out. The contractor who did this should be ashamed and the works manager should not be……
I’ve been for a walk this afternoon with my daughter to a local nature reserve and SSSI. There has been some recent management work carried out by the estate. Willow coppicing and pollarding. All good practice in theory but……..🧵1/4
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ve been for a walk this afternoon with my daughter to a local nature reserve and SSSI. There has been some recent management work carried out by the estate. Willow coppicing and pollarding. All good practice in theory but……..🧵1/4
I saw this video featured in January’s copy of Forestry Journal @Forestry_UK
A really well put together video of the work that myself and others do in our day to day forestry jobs.
Throughly recommend giving it a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxo00…
A really well put together video of the work that myself and others do in our day to day forestry jobs.
Throughly recommend giving it a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxo00…
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I saw this video featured in January’s copy of Forestry Journal @Forestry_UK
A really well put together video of the work that myself and others do in our day to day forestry jobs.
Throughly recommend giving it a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxo00…
A really well put together video of the work that myself and others do in our day to day forestry jobs.
Throughly recommend giving it a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxo00…
I’ve finished work tonight for Christmas. I wish everyone who follows me seasons greetings and a prosperous new year. I shall continue to post about all things forestry and woodland management in 2026 as well as insight into our future projects.
All the best,
Matthew.
All the best,
Matthew.
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I’ve finished work tonight for Christmas. I wish everyone who follows me seasons greetings and a prosperous new year. I shall continue to post about all things forestry and woodland management in 2026 as well as insight into our future projects.
All the best,
Matthew.
All the best,
Matthew.
My local tractor run is extremely well organised and as far as I know many others are. They raise huge amounts of money - here, for the air ambulance. The whole thing would not be possible without the huge amount of hours put in by volunteers.
December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My local tractor run is extremely well organised and as far as I know many others are. They raise huge amounts of money - here, for the air ambulance. The whole thing would not be possible without the huge amount of hours put in by volunteers.
The winter solstice. For myself, a day of quiet but significant celebration. A turning point. Winter has not done with us yet, not by a long way but there is hope of lighter days to come.
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The winter solstice. For myself, a day of quiet but significant celebration. A turning point. Winter has not done with us yet, not by a long way but there is hope of lighter days to come.
I moved the machines at the beginning of last week to a site south of Ipswich. This is a large, standing sale contract to thin compartments of beech and Corsican pine. All the areas will receive their 3rd thinning. I’ve made a good start but I will be on this one for a while.
December 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I moved the machines at the beginning of last week to a site south of Ipswich. This is a large, standing sale contract to thin compartments of beech and Corsican pine. All the areas will receive their 3rd thinning. I’ve made a good start but I will be on this one for a while.
Earlier this evening. Daylight is in short supply at this time of the year but you’ve got to keep on keeping on.
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Earlier this evening. Daylight is in short supply at this time of the year but you’ve got to keep on keeping on.
I carried out an amount of similar work at this farm last year. I got the chance to look at the progress of the regeneration one morning last week. Despite a very dry summer the growth is significantly pleasing. Field maple, ash, elm, black and hawthorn are all amongst the mix.
December 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I carried out an amount of similar work at this farm last year. I got the chance to look at the progress of the regeneration one morning last week. Despite a very dry summer the growth is significantly pleasing. Field maple, ash, elm, black and hawthorn are all amongst the mix.
I finished the hedge coppicing work last week. 908 m cut in total across a patchwork of assorted fields. 220 tonnes of brash was extracted and stacked for air drying. This will be later chipped for the farm biomass systems. Each hedge will now be fenced to prevent browsing. 1/2
December 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I finished the hedge coppicing work last week. 908 m cut in total across a patchwork of assorted fields. 220 tonnes of brash was extracted and stacked for air drying. This will be later chipped for the farm biomass systems. Each hedge will now be fenced to prevent browsing. 1/2
Forestry……..some days are good, some days are bad. Today has been very much at the bad end of the scale.
December 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Forestry……..some days are good, some days are bad. Today has been very much at the bad end of the scale.
I found this in the bottom of the ditch where I’m hedge coppicing this morning. I suspect is was once lost by a Suffolk Punch. Makes you wonder what the ploughman would think of the current state of the rural sector in 2025 compared to the day his horse lost its shoe?
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I found this in the bottom of the ditch where I’m hedge coppicing this morning. I suspect is was once lost by a Suffolk Punch. Makes you wonder what the ploughman would think of the current state of the rural sector in 2025 compared to the day his horse lost its shoe?
Coppice with standards woodland harvested this November by a tracked harvester. Extraction will take place when ground conditions are favourable.
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Coppice with standards woodland harvested this November by a tracked harvester. Extraction will take place when ground conditions are favourable.
After a brief look today I can see field maple, some healthy ash, dog rose, blackthorn, hawthorn, elder and bramble. This will make a fantastic feeding and nesting habitat for farmland birds in the future. Maybe one day even a turtle dove. 2/2
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
After a brief look today I can see field maple, some healthy ash, dog rose, blackthorn, hawthorn, elder and bramble. This will make a fantastic feeding and nesting habitat for farmland birds in the future. Maybe one day even a turtle dove. 2/2
Four years ago this very small farm woodland was a stand of very poor, dead and dying Norway spruce with no understory to speak of.
I felled the trees for the farms biomass boilers.
Today…..it’s developing into a lovely national regenerated area of scrub. 1/2
I felled the trees for the farms biomass boilers.
Today…..it’s developing into a lovely national regenerated area of scrub. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Four years ago this very small farm woodland was a stand of very poor, dead and dying Norway spruce with no understory to speak of.
I felled the trees for the farms biomass boilers.
Today…..it’s developing into a lovely national regenerated area of scrub. 1/2
I felled the trees for the farms biomass boilers.
Today…..it’s developing into a lovely national regenerated area of scrub. 1/2