https://peertube.lagbag.com/videos/watch/f1d2f04d-01f2-417e-876d-8ebf3864d96b Forests and woodland in the ancient and medieval worlds didn't look the way they show in the movies. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige More archaeology videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26F99D743DDB5026 I visited a local wildlife sanctuary based in a wood. In order to attract birds, they left the woods unmanaged, so that the undergrowth and rotting falling trees afforded good habitat for insects and ground-nesting birds. I talk about a few things, including climax vegetation, the burning of woods by hunter-gatherers, the medieval practices of coppicing and pollarding, and the way a modern managed woodland (the sort that you almost always see in the movies) looks neither like a heavily-managed medieval wood nor a wilderness unmanaged wood. Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me to make. You can now buy the music I use over the end-plates of my videos, which was written as the theme music for The Adventures of Stoke Mandeville, Astronaut and Gentleman: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/releases ▼ Follow me... Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lindybeige I may have some drivel to contribute to the Twittersphere, plus you get notice of uploads. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Lindybeige (it's a 'page' and now seems to be working). Google+: "google.com/+lindybeige" website: www.LloydianAspects.co.uk http://www.youtube.com/user/"Lindybeige" Wed, 27 May 2026 08:02:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.lagbag.com https://peertube.lagbag.com/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://peertube.lagbag.com/videos/watch/f1d2f04d-01f2-417e-876d-8ebf3864d96b All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.lagbag.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.