Please help identify these twisty branches

Hello..

perhaps an odd call for help.. and possibly a long shot; but I plan on buying these branches for use in an aviary, so I would need to know what type they are so as to determine whether they are safe or toxic.

They are distinctly twisted.. and I haven't been able to find anything similar by a google search so perhaps they are an obvious species that I am too inexperienced to recognise. They seem to be sold for interior decorative purposes.. I was hoping they might be a mature curly willow but it doesn't look like it..

Thanks,
Bigyouth

 

Contorted Hazel. Corylus avellana contorta aka Harry Lauder's Walking stick.

 

Thankyou very much, I've uploaded a couple more pictures there just in case. Contorted Hazel is listed as safe for birds so fortunately I will be able to use it.

 

Hi Bigyouth.

My mother had birds and aviaries for many years. She didn't buy branches but collected what she could from either our garden or from wooded areas and other places. I see your location is Hong Kong, perhaps you have branches from fruit trees that you could use as I'm not sure what else is growing there.

 

Sorry, did not notice the location of Bigyouth. Agree, it is more likely to be something growing in the local area.

 

Thanks very much for the help, I decided not to buy them for now. Next time I am in that shop I'll ask what they are. I've taken branches from 'government-owned' land before, but it can be hit and miss how much pesticides have been sprayed on it; the further you go into the wilderness the less potent it becomes.