How to dispose of logs too wet/rotten to use?

I've been working my way through about 3m^3 of logs felled last year and left in a pile in the garden. Most are file apart from surface damp and mould (all the bark keeps falling off) but some are just sodden and even rotting through - I assume the tree had some rot in it already.

I don't want to bother chopping and stacking them but what am I to do with them? They're messy and heavy and slippery but of course ultimately biodegradable. I don't really have a corner of the garden to toss them in but we do border an area of woodland down a steep valley. The woodland officer told me they like to leave fallen trees in situ for wildlife so I wonder would this constitute fly-tipping, or just add to the ecosystem (it's not a woodland people walk through) as just a few more rotting logs?

Thanks for any suggestions how to deal with this.

d000hg said:

The woodland officer told me they like to

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d000hg said:

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Ask the woodland officer if you can put your rotting logs into the woods.

I do have a heap of rotten bits in the garden that I add to from time to time, plus some larger fallen pieces that I have left in situ. A friend who volunteers at an EH property with a lot of woodland, saw this and commented that he had had a discussion with one of the professional gardeners there. When the gardener was training (a long time ago) such a heap would have been poor woodland management but now it would be regarded as encouraging biodiversity.

I would follow Bernard's advice and ask the woodland officer not just if it is okay but what the best arrangement would be; so one big heap, a number of smaller heaps; in a thick line like a fallen tree, etc.

If the woodland officer says no, could you place them in a thin line along the boundary with the woodland? That will, obviously, take up some space but might be less intrusive than a heap and should be easy to step over if you need to.

Not a bad shout to use them as a rustic boundary marker. I think a previous owner might have done similar.

And I don't know why I didn't think to just email the officer... thanks.