Tree-mendous!
A historic tree north of Inverkip has been shortlisted for Scotland’s Tree of the Year 2017.
The Greenock Cut Oak is the only tree to make the shortlist from the west of Scotland - it is perched right on the edge of a steep embankment alongside the Greenock Cut.
A public vote will decide the eventual winner of the Scottish Wildlife Trust sponsored trophy.
Mike Holcombe, Senior Countryside Ranger at Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park said “This amazing oak is our ‘Ambassador Tree’. Hundreds of school children visit us each year, they stop at this native tree to learn all about it. Like all oak trees the Greenock Cut Oak is a habitat in its own right."
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