Pascal Tordeux / Small copse of trees under a summer sky. Champagne, France, July.

Colin Varndell / Hagbourne Copse with flowering Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta). Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Andy Sands / Downy birch (Betula pubescens) left standing among 2nd year coppice re-growth, an ancient woodland indicator species in UK, Suffolk, England, UK, May

Andy Sands / Recently felled ancient coppice woodland showing timber trees and stacked poles with traditional fencing using brushwood to protect re-growth of stools, example of woodmanship and traditional woodland...

Andy Sands / Hazel Trees (Corylus avellana) ancient coppice Hazel stools, with Ramsons (Allium ursinum) growing below, example of woodmanship and traditional woodland managment, Suffolk, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Hazel tree (Corylus avellana) ancient coppice stool with Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) flowering below, traditional woodland management, Suffolk, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Ancient coppice woodland showing coppice stools, timber trees and stacked poles and brushwood in forground, example of woodmanship and traditional woodland managment, Suffolk, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Beech Tree (Fagus sylvatica) ancient coppice stools uncut for several generations, Essex, England, UK, November

Andy Sands / Beech Tree (Fagus sylvatica) ancient coppice stool uncut for several generations self portrait to show scale, Essex, England, UK, November

Andy Sands / Photographer Andy Sands with Beech Tree (Fagus sylvatica) ancient coppard - old coppice stool that was then pollarded and has since not been cut for several generations self portrait to show scale, Es...

Andy Sands / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) ancient coppice stool many hundreds of years old standing on boundary wood bank, Essex, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) flowering en-masse under coppice woodland a good ancient woodland indicator species, Suffolk, England, UK, April