This single oak tree in Phear Park has been chosen by Exmouth Tree Project and Exmouth Wildlife Group for a 'citizen science' study in 2022 - please join in and help us! The oak tree itself is a veteran Pedunculate / Common / English Oak ( Quercus robur ), but there are dozens of other species / organisms that live on it and visit it - and some that the oak depends on for its own survival: Species #1 - the oak itself ( Quercus robur ), in January 2022... ...and in May 2022. It's not the biggest or oldest oak in Phear Park, but it has some lovely low branches that are easily accessible and festooned with lichens, mosses, ferns & fungi. The tree is visited by various bees, wasps, hoverflies, butterflies, bugs and other invertebrates. Several species of birds have also been seen in the canopy, including jays, crows, magpies and pigeons. The ubiquitous grey squirrel has also been noted, nibbling off young shoots up in the canopy. Some statistics: girth = 5.95 m @ 1.5
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