Prickly tree beat hundreds of nominations in Woodland Trust contest
A lone, weathered hawthorn, which has stood for at least half a century on the rugged Scottish coast, has been named Tree of the Year for 2021.
Sticking out at an angle over the cockle shell beach at Kippford, with a tangle of broken and twisted branches, the prickly tree beat hundreds of nominations to become the UK’s favourite in the contest run by the Woodland Trust.
