🌳 Hawthorn on Scottish beach named tree of the year 2021
A weathered coastal hawthorn awarded UK Tree of the Year status
📋 Fast Facts
- Located on Kippford cockle shell beach, Scottish coast
- Estimated age: at least 50 years
- Named UK Tree of the Year 2021 by the Woodland Trust
- Distinctive gnarled form with twisted, broken branches angled over the beach
A solitary hawthorn stands on the rugged Scottish coastline at Kippford, its weathered frame tilted at an angle over a cockle shell beach. The tree, which has endured at least half a century of coastal exposure, was selected as the United Kingdom's Tree of the Year 2021 following a nationwide contest run by the Woodland Trust ...