Tree identification please

[Millet]

i have little time for idiots millet...you decide.

 

[Millet]

i have little time for idiots millet...you decide.

So in reality you are just guesstimating like me, i don't have degree in trees But i know what burns good and i also know what the bullfinch prefer.

 

[Into the lions den]

I thought willow produced nectar too

Most (all?) willows come in sexes. The ones with the pussy cathkins...white with pollen...are male trees and nectarless in most species. The female trees have smaller green cathkins that get sticky in perfect weather and can give appreciable nectar, but you would need to be well south of the UK to get a good flow for surplus.

The male trees just drop their cathkins one finished, the female ones by contrast stay on e three and fill out until ripe.

Beekeepers are very good at taking cuttings from male trees and shoving them in in new places, not really noticing or transplanting the female ones.

Many are actually unaware the trees have sexes.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes, our common Salix caprea is dioecious. Both sexes provide nectar but only the male, pollen. There are plenty of both in our hedgerows and as for the Japanese willow by the apiary pond, blue tits and long tailed tits are searching them for wildlife

 

[8ace]

Did a few quick pics on way to work looks like there is some fluffy buds on it

 

[Millet]

Willow.

 

[Swarm]

A photo of one of these buds would have made id much easier.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

If there was much doubt - the trees were correctly identified in post #3 - the next couple of pages was just posturing

 

[8ace]

No just thought it would be a better reference for others if I put a better Pic up did try to get some of the actual buds in but did not turn out very well was running a bit late for work

Yesterday about 200 meters behind that I noticed on the mountain side there is gorse in flower for miles too, shame the weather is turning to junk on the weekend

 

[BeeJayBee]

Still useful for identification because, realistically, most people see trees from the inside of their cars and often don't have time to stop to take a closer look.