Images
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Page | Images | Photographer |
HOME | Douglas fir stand | Gareth Buchanan |
Loading timber | Stephen Meyen | |
Tractor | Michael Keane | |
Red squirrel | Alan Edwards | |
Foxgloves | Albert Bridge | |
Autumn colours | Albert Bridge | |
Mountain biking | Coillte | |
Stone circle | R. Mudhar | |
Stream | Martin Bodman | |
Woodland path | Albert Bridge | |
Sitka spruce cones | Walter Baxter | |
Board mill line | Coillte | |
Bluebells | Lamiot | |
Autumn leaves | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Field day | Stephen Meyen | |
FORESTS AND WOODLANDS | Masthead – Autumn colours | Albert Bridge |
Trees | Masthead – Larch bole | Danny Steaven |
Tree species | Masthead – Maple leaves | Albert Bridge |
Veteran oak | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Sitka spruce cones | Walter Baxter | |
Diversity of species | Masthead – Scots pine and beech stand | Albert Bridge |
Species diversity | Michael Keane | |
Grant-aided species | Masthead – Acorns | Albert Bridge |
Silviculture of species | Masthead – Sitka spruce stand | MPF |
Forests of Ireland | Masthead – Scots pine stand | Alistair Pfeifer |
Upland forest | Kevin Higgins | |
Forestry and farmland | Michael Keane | |
St Gobnet’s Wood | John Cross | |
Amenity woodland | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Urban forest | Albert Bridge | |
History of Irish Forestry | Masthead – Cadzow Forest | No details |
Reference literature | Masthead – Wooded landscape | Meindert Hobbema |
Wood through the ages | Masthead – Clanad Basket | William Wild 1849 |
Hunter-gatherer camp | David Hawgood | |
Neolithic sickle | Wolfgang Sauber | |
Bronze Age axe | Notafly | |
Viking boat | Ardfern | |
Trim Castle | Andrew Parnell | |
Forestry since Tudor times | Masthead – Foret de Fontainbleau | Carl Bodmer 1850 |
Forestry Statistics | Graph | No details |
GROWING FORESTS | Masthead – Beech woodland | Albert Bridge |
Forest planning | Masthead – Computer | IFER(Jilove) |
Silvicultural systems | Masthead – Sitka spruce CCF | Alistair Pfeifer |
Clearfelled site | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Establishing forests | Larch contanerised seedlings | Michael Keane |
Reproductive material | Sitka spruce cones | Walter Baxter |
Seed origin | Masthead – Pine cones | Frederick Bohringer |
Birch seed orchard | Stephen Meyen | |
Sitka spruce cuttings | David Thompson | |
Tree improvement | Masthead – Pollination bag | David Thompson |
Oak provenance differences | David Thompson | |
Ash clone bank | David Thompson | |
Genetic resources | Masthead – Ash keys | Albert Bridge |
Planting stock | Masthead – Sitka spruce cuttings | David Thompson |
Precision sowing | David Thompson | |
Larch seedlings | Michael Keane | |
RPG | Conor O’Reilly | |
Cultivation and drainage | Masthead – Mounding machine | Michael Keane |
Mounding | Stephen Meyen | |
Planting | Masthead – young conifer plantation | David Thompson |
Co-extruded bags | Colin Kinnear | |
Widely spaced Sitka spruce | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Natural regeneration of Sitka spruce | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Vegetation control | Masthead – Vegetation control | Stephen Meyen |
Fertilising | Masthead – Fertiliser bags | SeppVei |
Nutrient deficiency | Dermot Tiernan | |
Helicopter | Dermot Tiernan | |
Fencing | Masthead – Deer fencing | Alistair Pfeifer |
Stockproof fencing | Walter Baxter | |
Tree shelters | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Maintenance | Masthead – Young Douglas fir stand | Stephen Meyen |
Tending | Masthead -Pruning | Stephen Meyen |
Thinning | Masthead – Extraction | Stephen Meyen |
Thinning oak stand | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Firewood from broadleaved thinnings | Feci1024 | |
Inventory | Masthead – Inventory field equipment | Claudiusm |
Harvesting | Masthead – Timber harvester | Richard Webb |
Timber harvester | Rob Woodall | |
Operating a chainsaw | Mikkel52 | |
Forwarder | Coillte | |
Horse extraction | Bob Abell | |
Threats to forests | Masthead – Windthrow | Alistair Pfeifer |
Windthrow | Masthead – Windthrow | Alistair Pfeifer |
Shatter | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Fire | Masthead – Burned plantation | Alistair Pfeifer |
Heather burning | Paul Adams | |
Frosts | Masthead – Spring frost damage | Bob Hartzler |
Insect pests | Masthead – Pine sawfly | Taawet |
Large pine weevil | Danny Steaven | |
Pine shoot moth | ||
Pine beauty moth | Olaf Leillinger | |
Pine sawfly | Taawet | |
Diseases | Masthead – Fomes annosus | Jim Lindsey |
Animal damage | Masthead – Red stag | Frederick Bohringer |
Grey squirrel | Albert Bridge | |
Invasive species | Masthead – Rhododendron | Ryan Somma |
Rhododendron invading native woods | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Cherry laurel | H Zell | |
Sika deer | Donald Macauley | |
Muntjac deer | LHG Creative Photography | |
Grey squirrel | Albert Bridge | |
Climate change | Masthead melting arctic ice | NASA |
Instrumentation | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Sustainability | Masthead – Fern | Albert Bridge |
Grant schemes | Masthead – Broadleaf plantation | P Flannagan |
Forest economics | Masthead – Economics perfect competition | Wikimedia |
WOOD INDUSTRIES | Masthead – Log yard | No details |
Sawmills | Masthead – Sitka spruce planks | Donal Magner |
Panel-product mills | Masthead – Processing line | Coillte |
Wood Energy | Masthead – Wood pellets | No details |
Wood promotion and Education | Masthead – Bergen 2006 Night | Paol Hoff |
Forest of Light | Donal Magner | |
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL | Masthead – Bluebells | Lamiot |
Recreation | Masthead – Walking in the woods | Donal Magner |
Mountain biking | Coillte | |
Forest sign | William Murphy | |
Lake in woods | Linda Bailey | |
Cultural Heritage | Ruined cottage – mast head | Alistair Pfeifer |
Archaeology | Masthead – Bronze Age wedge tomb | Joe King |
Built heritage | Masthead – Ruined cottage | Alistair Pfeifer |
Old field wall | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Cultural features | Masthead – Holy well | Kenneth Allen |
Mass rock, Tulla, Co. Clare | No details | |
Literature of trees and forests | Masthead – Newtown Mt Kennedy painting | William Ashford |
Trees and Folklore | Masthead – Hawthron in flower | Alistair Pfeifer |
Trees in Irish place names | Masthead – Holly berries | Alistair Pfeifer |
Glencullen road sign | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Ogham | Masthead – Ogham stone | David Hawgood |
Brehon laws | Masthead – Old Irish text | No name |
Crab apple | Albert Bridge | |
Sacred and magical trees | Masthead – Hawthron in flower | Alistair Pfeifer |
Veteran oak | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Hazel catkins | Danny Steaven | |
Rowan berries | Albert Bridge | |
Hawthorn in flower | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Elder bush | Willow | |
Heritage trees | Masthead – Veteran oak | Alistair Pfeifer |
Wood in the Arts | Masthead – Sleeping warrior | David Barrie |
Wood in music | Masthead – Violin | Patfranca |
Bodhran | No name | |
Uilleann pipes | Bedwyr Photo.com | |
Harp and bodhran | Frederick S Olesen | |
Wood in sculpture and artistry | Masthead – Owl sculpture | Sarah777 |
Family figures | Daniel Schwen | |
Biodiversity | Masthead – Wood anemone | Albert Bridge |
Biodiversity in Irish forests | Masthead – Fly agaric | Frederick Bohringer |
Plantations | Masthead – Young Douglas fir stand | Stephen Meyen |
Native woodlands | Masthead – Charleville | John Cross |
St. Gobnet’s Wood | John Cross | |
Drain blocking | Alistair Pfeifer | |
Old woodland sites | Native woodland vegetation | Alistair Pfeifer |
Protected species and habitats | Masthead – Otter | Peter Trimming |
Protecting and enhancing biodiversity | Masthead – Red squirrel | Coillte |
Research | Masthead – Clouded border moth | Mark Wilson |
Hen harrier | Richard Mills | |
Reports and conferences | Masthead – Polypodium fern | Mark Wilson |
Forests and Water | Masthead – Stream with ferns | Martin Bodman |
Forests and water quality | Masthead – Stream and river Glenarm forest | Albert Bridge |
Regulation | Masthead – Waterfall at Tourmakeady | Trever Miller |
Carbon sequestration | Masthead – Chimney stacks | Pöllö |
GOVERNANCE | Masthead – Beech mast | Albert Bridge |
Forest policy | Masthead – Wild cherries | Frederick Bohringer |
Legislation | Masthead – Sloes | No name |
Forest certification | Masthead – Hawthron berries | Tony Hisgett |
Organisations | Masthead – Hazel nuts | H Zell |
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION | Masthead – Lab | Philip O’Dea |
Research | Masthead – SE propagules | David Thompson |
Education and training | Masthead – Field day | Stephen Meyen |
Avondale House | Ivan Walsh | |
Publications | Masthead – Irish Forestry | Alistair Pfeifer |
LINKS | Masthead – Yew walk at Clonegal | Humphrey Bolton |
EVENTS | Masthead – Teagasc field day | Stephen Meyen |