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It'd be rare, but not impossible. Any brash left with them? The buds would be a good tell.

I know beech cah have a dark centre, but this looks very dark. Have you considered walnut? I would agree probably oak for the second...

To me the grain looks a bit too wide for Oak. I would have suggested Ash but the bark is too rough.

The bark in the second picture looks like Lime.

1st pic I'd say Ash, possibly Olive or Mountain Ash, the fresh cut has a pink tint to it just like the Ash and Alder that I've cut here...

2nd picture with the lighter, more regular centre could very well be Alder as the bark looks right as do wood colours. It’s not that...

Rowan (Mountain Ash) is another possibility for the first pic as it often has dark centres like this. Beech can too but rarely so dark...

As I also do Bonsai I'd have said Beech for your 1st photo because of the grey/smooth looking bark... but I'm not seeing any leaves...

Well, there’s one way to find out - clip a bit of that flexible brash, stick it in the ground and wait 12 months ;)

Thanks for all the responses so far. Some good suggestions for tree 2, here's a few more pictures of it :

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The trunk in pic 2 is maybe a couple ft in diameter at the base, would a plum be that big? I’m finishing it tomorrow and will get...

Can't see the pics

Perhaps Beech (main pic) & Oak (top RH) in pic 1 and Oak in pic 2

Thanks, forgot I used a bit from another tree to rest the Beech (?) trunk on, yep, that bit is likely Oak.