Trees in ancient Denbighshire woodland have been given a regal look at they live out their dying days. Shorn of their crowns, they’ve been given coronets instead.

The pruning technique mimics the way diseased and wind-damaged trees appear when their trunks are fractured. Those pictured here are at the Graig Wyllt (Wild Rock) Nature Reserve, a former limestone quarry near Ruthin.

Oak and ash trees covers the craggy slopes of a site that gives way the a grassland panorama giving spectacular views of the Vale of Clwyd and the Eryri mountains beyond. The place positively blooms in spring when the woodland floor is carpeted with flowers.