By Slimdil
Northumberland,
United Kingdom 
Identification please.
I’m ashamed to say this tree has been in the wood area of our garden for many years and I’ve never asked anyone what it is Along came Storm Arwen and exposed it a lot more and it’s lost a lot of the competition with the balding spruces, 12 of which were lost (don’t tell hubby but I was absolutely delighted they’d gone!). I’ve added a photo of the “things” that the tree seems to have dropped. Enlighten anyone?
8 May, 2022
Answers
But surely its too tall to be a hazel - about 150 ft high!?
8 May, 2022
Sorry, wrong glasses. Try Elm.
8 May, 2022
I'd go beech as the very pleated leaf is typical at this time of year. are their lots of 1" long gingery brown leaflets/stipules coming off the ends of the leaf as it emerges?
8 May, 2022
Its that very round end to the leaf that puzzles me. I thought Alder, but the tree looks much too big for that.
8 May, 2022
Our Beech trees has thousands of nut shells underneath them which makes it very easy to identify the trees.
8 May, 2022
Will have a look more closely in the morning at the leaves emerging.
8 May, 2022
Damn - the photo of the leaves has disappeared when I added the new one.
9 May, 2022
Ah - managed to get it back!
9 May, 2022
I thought Carpinus betulus, the Common Hornbeam.
9 May, 2022
the foliage looks right for hornbeam and the size fits.
9 May, 2022
Previous question
Hazel.
8 May, 2022