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Lochaber's Skipinnish Oak wins UK Tree of the Year (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A tree in the Scottish Highlands thought to be at least 1,000 years old and known as the Skipinnish Oak has been named UK Tree of the Year.

Native woodland experts had no idea the tree existed until a gathering in 2009.

The band Skipinnish, which had played at the event, knew of the tree and led the conservationists to where it was hidden in a non-native Sitka spruce plantation on Achnacarry Estate.

It has won a public vote against 11 other contenders in the Woodland Trust competition.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Large trees : calming, wise, dignified.

Large old trees : nightmare inducing!