You regularly see Holly trees with their bark stripped, the chisel marks left by hungry pony teeth clearly recognisable, but I can't remember seeing young Beech trees targeted. Walking through Mark Ash there are a noticeable number of gnawed Beech. On the Holly the marks heal, the trunk scars and the tree continues to grow; you can see Holly with grown overs scars all over the forest. I don't though remembers ever noticing Beech with similar scarring. One to keep my eye on.
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