Tree Felling and Daffodils (#1401 - 1427)

1401. Daffodils in the south corner of the meadow (island B*) with the rubble pile in the background. (12/MAR/2014)

1402. Daffodils in the south corner of the meadow (island B*). (12/MAR/2014)

 

1403. Daffodils in the south corner of the meadow (island B*) facing north-west across the meadow. The teaching wing can be seen on the left. (12/MAR/2014)

1404. Ivy growing up a tree, surrounded by daffodils, on island B* in the meadow. Facing west. The Orchard Learning Resource Centre and Teaching Wing can be seen in the background. (12/MAR/2014)

1405. Daffodils in the south corner of the meadow (island B*) facing south, with the OLRC in the background. (12/MAR/2014)

1406. Daffodils in the south corner of the meadow (island B*) facing south. (12/MAR/2014)

1407. Daffodils in the south corner of the meadow (island B*) facing south-east. Bristol Road is behind the hedge. (12/MAR/2014)

1408. The Pink flowers of a Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) bush growing in the Bristol Road boundary of the meadow. Facing west. The Teaching Wing can be seen on the left. Now that the meadow/demolition site boundary has been chopped down, you can see straight through to the thicket, which is background centre. (12/MAR/2014)

1409. More trees have been cut down in the east corner of the meadow and within the Weoley Park Road boundary. Lime trees, whose branches can be seen here,  once stood in the foreground. (12/MAR/2014)

1410. Taken in the east corner of the meadow, a view along the north-east boundary where several trees, including a huge Chestnut tree, once stood. (12/MAR/2014)

1411.Taken in the east corner of the meadow, a view along the north-east boundary where several trees once stood. The large Horse Chestnut tree can be seen on the ground in the background. Behind that is BMS and Hamilton Drive. (Baptist Mission Society) Weoley Park Road is on the right. (12/MAR/2014)

1412. Taken from the east corner of the meadow facing south, showing the Bristol Road meadow boundary, and the Lime trees that have been cut down. (12/MAR/2014)

1413. The huge Horse Chestnut Tree that has been cut down close to the Bristol Road boundary of the meadow. Weoley Park Road and BMS in the background. (12/MAR/2014)

1414.  The huge Horse Chestnut Tree that has been cut down close to the Bristol Road boundary of the meadow. (12/MAR/2014)

1415. A Pine tree has also been cut down within the Weoley Park Road boundary, and its branches lie on the road to nowhere. Weoley Park Road in the background. (12/MAR/2014)

1416. The end of 'the road to nowhere'. The wood on the left is the Horse Chestnut tree. (12/MAR/2014)

1417. Cross section of the big Pine tree cut down at the top of 'the road to nowhere'. (12/MAR/2014)

1418. View from the top of 'the road to nowhere'. Facing Bristol Road. George Cadbury Hall is now visible over the hedge, background left. (12/MAR/2014)

1419. Panoramic view (not much distortion) from the top of 'the road to nowhere'. Facing Bristol Road. George Cadbury Hall is now visible over the hedge, background left. (12/MAR/2014)

1420. A rare view inside a hole in the Horse Chestnut tree. (12/MAR/2014)

1421. This morning's fog on Hamilton Drive. This picture shows the reaching machine that is being used to cut the branches from the trees, what is left of the cedar tree, and the thicket in the background. (13/MAR/2014)

1422. View of the demolition site from Hamilton Drive, with Weoley Park Road in the background. Two trees left standing on Weoley Park Road - the Blue Cedar on the left, and a Lime in the middle. (13/MAR/2014)

1423. A view of the thicket across the demolition site, from Hamilton Drive. (13/MAR/2014)

1424. The thick moss on Hamilton Drive has been raked by the Grounds Team. (13/MAR/2014)

1425. In the thicket, the moss is showing signs of new growth. (13/MAR/2014)

1426. An Easter Rose bush (Kerria japonica 'Plentiflora') growing on the BCC (Birmingham Christian College) side of the driveway to the OLRC staff car park. The rear of the OLRC is in the background. (13/MAR/2014) 

1427. Easter Rose (Kerria japonica 'Plentiflora') 

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