Alexander's Deadwood
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Alexander's Deadwood by Glyn Baker as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 22 Nov 2017
In former times dead wood like this would have been rapidly removed for firewood. In Essex Wildlife Trust's http://www.essexwt.org.uk/ Image it is left as beetle food to encourage invertebrates.