Bark Life
The bark of the Ash tree is smooth and pale grey on young trees, but becoming thick and vertically fissured on older trees.
The bark can be home to many different types of creatures, mostly beetles – including the Bark Beetle (pictured), thousands of which can live in any individual tree.
Of course, the rest of the tree can play home to lots more creatures. Jenkinstown Wood, because of its density and variety of trees in it, is home to many common grey squirrels, as well as countless birds including sparrows, crows, magpies, finches, bluebirds and even robins.