Ireland’s Native Trees - EPISODE 1 OAK

[@anonymous-pc5mf]

I was working as a landscaper between jobs this summer and rescued a few young oak saplings that my ex colleague was going to pull up out of a flower bed. I took them home in coffee cups and am planning on planting them in the local area in a few years. I found this video looking for some info on our local species and now I'm really excited to see the rest of the videos in the series

[@nicevideomancanada]

This video was oakay

[@sarahwithanhyouheathen3210]

I snorted at this 😂

[@rinephilbinartist]

Thank you for making these videos. Well done. We've sowed almost 50 trees over the years , oak among them, in our garden because I'd grown up with a love of trees from my parents.

[@EireSaber]

I enjoyed this way more than expected I watched it twice!

[@BRaff-hl4ip]

Watching this short video gives me a tremendous sense of well being.

[@clinkedylinkedy1]

learned so much about my family's stories from a new perspective. thank you from across the world.

[@captainplanet1260]

Excellent video, great information. I've grown and planted many of these beautiful trees. I would really like to replant these ancient forests. There's nothing stopping a few thousand of us collectively planting massive forests again in Ireland. With govt funding I'd spearhead it without hesitation. Mr Beast accomplished similar in the US.

[@zenith7024]

Nothing stopping? The Irish government doesn't care about native trees or nature, they care about profit from Sitka spruce that offers nothing for nature. Ireland is devoid of trees and our land is supposed to be an Atlantic rain forest. These forests will never return. You look at Donegal and it's mostly just bog land with no wildlife. Even the golden eagles struggle for food. Donegal was once covered in thick birch forest and oak, sadly humanity is the cause of its disappearance

[@mrgreen6221]

Fantastic video. Very well articulated and presented.

[@Joewalshe38]

Thanks to everyone involved for this

[@MrLightningthief101]

Great Video, good work Donegal County Council!

[@christinamontano11]

The soil looks so lush! Great job with all the trees. I love the idea of the children's garden.

[@amnnau]

This was insightful thank you so much!

[@nelled6240]

Thank you for your excellent teaching

[@myriammadigan9966]

Great information, thank you very much.

[@martinraeside]

Thanks for this. I think a great deal of the info is also good for Scotland. Glad the jays got a mention. They recently appeared in my neighbourhood, and I've noticed more oak seedlings appearing. I think magpies do a bit of acorn caching too, as there are suddenly a dozen wee oaks in my brothers lawn (no squirrels or jays, but a recent influx of magpies).

[@peterstourslismore8799]

Fabulous series. GRMMA

[@BigB-qk6zh]

Brilliant video

[@blakespower]

Beech and Oak trees! the best for wildlife

[@shaneodoherty9564]

fabulous work , thank you all

[@patrickodonnell4109]

Beautiful video. Thank you. Subscribed. 😊

[@laoislumberjack8232]

Excellent 👍👍🇮🇪

[@anjarivinius9629]

Thank You !

[@sarahwithanhyouheathen3210]

Oak tree stops getting taller at some point and just starts getting wider every year instead? Yeah i can relate 😂

[@hakametal]

What can we do to bring these trees back? Are there many schemes in Ireland to take part in?

[@zenith7024]

Your joking right? The government only plants foreign trees for profit, trees that make the area look like a green desert, a desert that is devoid of any wildlife what so ever

[@suzannecole9044]

really really excellent - thank you

[@clinkedylinkedy1]

less than 2%??? are we replanting??

[@irishfruitandberries9059]

Shocking how much of ireland has been deforestated

[@byrne8509]

In other eu countries, 2% of forest would be marked as an emergency

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

It's not that devastating if you consider that human hands can be regenerative as well. Imagine selling land to families if they promised to maintain a hedge of native trees. Then imagine those people move away or abandon the property. THat native hedge will turn into a forest that will grow into the now abandoned field... giving wood to the next settlers and a good hedge.

[@zenith7024]

Irish forests will never return, only Sitka spruce will be planted for profit

[@blakespower]

I did not know that Derry means Oak

[@FORANWFS]

I can’t stand seeing big old beautiful trees smothered in ivy ,, I go out of my way to chop the ivy sometimes

[@adjjal]

Ivy doesn't actually harm the tree, it's only its weight that could damage a very fragile tree

[@radharcanna]

Seo scannán ar dóigh. Fíor shuimiúil. Ba dheas a thuilleadh mar seo a fheiceáil.

[@Joewalshe38]

🧡

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

I guess you guys could just start mass planting areas with more trees, right? Why do you guys have so few trees?

[@sydneywood4511]

Get rid of sheep

[@anjarivinius9629]

the sheep isn´t guilty, it´s the shepard....did You know, there are sheep breeds, who don´t bite trees, even not joung ones? And did You know, the´re known in Ireland?

[@jayuppercase3398]

Deer are the issue, to stop speed from damaging a tree all you need is a 3 foot tree guard and to plant the trees when they are big enough. Sheep farms are actually perfect for planting trees

[@pcan7537]

This is so depressing, seeing so much barren landscapes. Woodlands are now just handkerchiefs lying across the countryside

[@SoNoFTheMoSt]

Its pedunculate not pendunculate