Clearing beech tree from an old track

This picture shows a multi stemmed beech tree that has been growing out of the stone wall that holds up the old track to the left of the tree. The tree has started to move in the wind, and several of the stones have been dislodged this winter. The track would be severely damaged if the tree blew over, so one historical feature has had to be felled to protect the other historical feature. Several stems have already been felled, leaving the biggest till last.

Once this has been felled, you can see that the single stem shown in the first picture was actually four stems that had completely grown together over time.

Here's the weather in Argyll. It was a nice sunny day. This light is pouring in where beech tree was creating shade a minute before, & it will give a chance for some more plants and native trees to grow: just neeed to make sure that the trees are not growing out of the track this time.