Low stumps after fractures, broken rhizomes of uprooted trees, dead tree trunks and rotting wood can also be left in gardens or commercial forests. They represent a sought-after source of food and refuge for many, not only animals living in hollow wood. Just follow a few basic rules.

  • Avoid logging during the nesting season (from snow fall to the end of June).
  • Hollow trees are generally not mined. It is necessary to remove these trees from the intended extraction in the places of mining intervention.
  • Leave small groups formed by hollow or veteran trees to live the rest of their lives naturally in forest stands, even after the regeneration of the forest has been completed. Burrowing trees can remain in forests individually, as permanent stands.

The presence of slowly aging trees allows animals living in the hollow wood to permanently inhabit the forest and find their shelter here.