A tree within the Scottish Highlands believed to be not less than 1,000 years previous and generally known as the Skippinish Oak has been named UK Tree of the Yr.
Native woodland specialists had been unaware of the tree’s existence till a gathering in 2009.
The band Skipinnish, who performed on the occasion, knew concerning the tree and led rescuers to the place it was hidden in a non-native Sitka spruce plantation on the Achanakery Property.
It received the general public vote in opposition to 11 different contenders Woodland Trust competition.
The winner was introduced on BBC TV a show.
Runner-up was the Darwin Oak in Shrewsbury and third was the 1,000-year-old Bothorpe Oak in Lincolnshire.
Skipinnish, which performs conventional and up to date Scottish music, is making ready a brand new music in honor of the winner.
The tune is because of be carried out for the primary time at a gig in Glasgow subsequent 12 months.
Gus RoutledgeBand member Andrew Stevenson grew up in Lochaber and knew concerning the historic oak tree.
Piper mentioned: “I’m delighted that the Skippinish Oak has received Tree of the Yr.
“The tree has held a particular place in my coronary heart since my father first instructed me about it, and I first noticed it a few years in the past.”
George Anderson of Woodland Belief Scotland mentioned: “That is the tree that point forgot however the piper remembered.”
