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Publications

Report launch

Barbara Stagles at the
launch of 10th Anniversary Report

This page has links and references to publications such as documents and slide sets which may be of interest to members. They include materials published by WDVTA and documents from independent authors and organisations.

Index

WDVTA Tree Watch

Full index to all articles between issue 1 - May 2009 and issue 39 - November 2018

Each page number in the Contents list is a link taking you to that page in the body of the Index.

Tree Watch Index 2009-18

Tree Watch Library


DateLinkContents
May 2026Issue 67Welcome, Events - June - August, AGM, Survey completion report, A new tree group in Budleigh Salterton, Local News St Paul&39;s Churchyard, Keephatch, Hedge Laying, Community Champion, TPO Enforcement, Tree Protection during Development, Trees in the City of London and Welford Park, A Challenge from Sarah Swatridge, Profile - Cathy Boddy, Confessions of a Tree Warden, The Veteran Tree Survey - update for MRN 2163, Tree Mosaic, Agroforestry, Species in Focus - Monterey Pine, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
February 2026Issue 66Welcome, Events - March - May, AGM, The Veteran Tree Survey, Parish/Town Activity - Members' Reports Arborfield & Newlands, Charvil, Finchampstead, Hurst, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Wargrave, Wokingham Town, Wokingham Without, Woodley, Other Local News, Redlands Farm Park Planting, Hedge Trees, Succession Trees, National (Tree) Treasures - Studley Castle, Lidar Mapping, Trees in Art, New tree health forum established, Tree Warden Book Club, Did you know? - Grey squirrels only strip bark in the UK, Species in Focus - Karri, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, A Room around a Tree, Wokingham Today features survey completion
September 2025Issue 65Welcome, Events - October - February, Parish/Town Activity - Members' Reports Charvil, Earley, Other Local News, Walnut Trees, The Varied Life of a Tree Warden, Protecting a Notable Oak in Woosehill Meadows, Squirrels like Oak Tree Bark, Tree of the Year 2025, Patricia Green 1934 - 2025, National (Tree) Treasures, WDVTA Hedgerow Walk, Circle Dancing, Holiday Trees: Tresco Abbey Gardens and Isle of Scilly, Species in Focus - Northern Rata, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
June 2025Issue 64Welcome, Events - July - September, WDVTA Report for 2024, Parish/Town Activity - Members' Reports Finchampstead, Barkham, Wokingham Town, Other Local News, Trees in Art, Sadly Departed - MRN 84, National Tree Treasures - Harcourt Arboretum, Holiday Trees - Oriental Planes in Greece, Veteran Tree Survey Snapshot, Species in Focus - Franklin Tree, Species in Focus - supplemental, Book Review - The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Schfak, Did you know? An ancient Babylonian text forbade the cutting down of garden trees without permission, Trees on the University of Reading's Whiteknights Campus, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
March 2025Issue 63Welcome, Events - April to June, Trees in Art, Parish/Town Activity - Members' Reports Arborfield and Newlands and Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Twyford, Wokingham Town, Wokingham Town and Barkham, Other Local News - Spruce bark beetle, Local Plan update, Hall Farm development, Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, Tree planting in Wokingham, Felled trees, Feely Fruity King's Award for Voluntary Services, Local author, Tree Establishment Monitoring, Tree City Status, Free the Tree, Two Tree Council Golden Jubilee Trees, National Tree Treasures - Clayfield Copse, Tree of the Year - Skipinnish oak, Trees in Art, Malcolm Butler 1945 - 2024, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
August 2024Issue 62Welcome, Events - September to December, Trees in Art, Parish/Town Activity - Members' Reports Arborfield and Newland, Charvil, Hurst, Twyford, Finchampstead, Other Local News - The New Hurst Village Society, New Local Wildlife Sites, King's Award for Voluntary Service nominations, Wokingham Beating the Bounds, Did you Know? - Some common trees are proscribed, Veteran Tree Survey, Tree of the Year, National Tree Treasures - Ascott, Death of an Old Friend, Species in Focus - Lawson Cypress, Sadly Departed, Almost Departed !!, Postcard from Swanage, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
May 2024Issue 61Welcome, Events - June to August, The 2023/24 WDVTA Committee, Parish/Town Activity - Members' Reports Charvil, Finchampstead, Sonning, Twyford, Wokingham, Other Local News - Oak Processionary Moth, Tree Planting, The Finchampstead Society, Landslip at Sonning Cutting, More Land up for Sale, Celebrating Ancient Woodland, New Information Boards for Highwood, Gillian Hopkins 1935 - 2024, Consultations for a Local Nature Recovery Policy, Tree Cover, Tree Maintenance, Early Recording of Veterans, Did you Know? - 6000 Trees in the Construction of HMS Victory, National Tree Treasures - Cricket St Thomas, Species in Focus - Sanfordiacaulis densifolia, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
February 2024Issue 60Welcome, Events - March to August, Jubilee Oaks 10-year Report, St Paul's Oak, State of Nature Report - Woodland in UK, Did you know? ... Using email and searching the web adds to your carbon footprint!, Remarkable Trees, National Tree Treasures - Holme Lacy House, Hereford, Some Local News - Local SANGs, Woodley, Barkham, Twyford, Wokingham Without, Wokingham Town, The Veteran Tree Survey, Heather McAteer, Ancient Trees to Visit and Tree Trails, Resilience, Species in Focus - Alder, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
November 2023Issue 59Welcome, Events - December to February, Congratulations to Martin Woolner, National Tree Week, Did you know? AONBs are 'National Landscapes', Tree of the Year, Some Local News (Living Roofs, Another Award for Feely Fruity, The Coombes Woodland, St Paul's Oak), More Protection for Ancient and Veteran Trees, Sadly Departed - MRNs 4286, 1829, 1900 and 4810, Also Sadly Departed (The Sycamore Gap Tree, The Lichen Tree, The Komfo Anokye Kola Tree), Threatened Trees (Darwin's Oak, Coton Orchard, The Witham Elm, Reprieved), The Veteran Tree Survey, An Oak Leaf will Feature on the New 5p Coin, National Tree Treasures - Coate Water, Species in Focus - Norway Spruce & Hazel Spruce, Christmas Quizzes from the Woodland Trust, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
August 2023Issue 58Welcome, Events - September to November, WBC Tree Strategy, Tree Strategy Data, Honorary Alderman Status Given to Angus Ross, Other Local News (Oak Processionary Moth, Local SANGS, WBC new website, Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy, Tree Planting in the Borough, Green Flag Award, Nature in Earley 2024, National Award for Shinfield School, Kew Herbarium Coming to TVSP, Fox Hill Woods, Berkshire Record Office, Earley Green Corridor Network), Bigwood - the 'Fairy Tree' - a Highwood Village Treasure, Community Orchards, The Veteran Tree Survey, Sadly Departed - MRNs 3206, 3207, 3208 and 3209, National (Tree) Treasures, Tree of the Year 2023, From the Commemorative and Special Tree Inventory - W119, Did you Know? - There are Pocket Novels, Species in Focus - Coastal Redwood, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, Trees that Refuse to Die, ... and to make you smile ...
May 2023Issue 57Welcome, Events - June to August, AGM, Trees versus Development - 1, King's Spy Oak in Caversham (RTWN), Trees versus Development - 2, Hall Farm - a Green Field Site, Some Good News, Did you Know? - Tree Carbon Performance Certificates, Local Tree Planting - Miyawaki Forest in Shinfield, Local Tree Planting - Orchard Nursery and Memorial Wood in Barkham, Species in Focus - Black Pine, Tree Houses at Kew Gardens, The Veteran Tree Survey, In Praise of WDVTA, FAQ - What is the Largest Organism on Earth?, National Tree Treasures, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ... , "We haven't surveyed any of these ..."
February 2023Issue 56Welcome, Events - March to April, AGM Talk - Mathias Disney, Tree Watching from my Chair (Introduction, Wokingham Borough Tree Strategy and Garden Tree scheme, Media articles on trees, AGM - March 27th), Five New Oak Trees For The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, FAQ: Should I Plant a Tree in a Round or a Square Hole?, Other Recent Tree Planting, Annette Greathead 1929-2022, The Veteran Tree Survey, WDVTA Walk in Ruscombe, Did you Know - your old or broken laptop is needed, Proposed Development in Hurst, National Tree Treasures - Littlecote House, Sadly Departed - The Hardy Ash, Species in Focus - Western Red Cedar, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
November 2022Issue 55Welcome, Events - December to February, Tree Watching from my Chair (Introduction, Reports of tree felling, Hedge trees, Trees and Telecommunications, Platinum Jubilee Trees, and finally ...), Woodland Fungi Walk, Identifying Fungi, This Summer's Drought, Walking in Highwood, Woodley The Veteran Tree Survey, An Ancient Tree in Earley?, (an extract from 'Earley Days'), Sadly Departed (Remenham), Tree of the Year, Veteran Tree Survey Snapshot, Acronyms / Initialisms, National Tree Treasures, Species in Focus - Railway Poplar, Recent Activities, Recommended Reading, Viewing and Listening, ... and to make you smile ...
August 2022Issue 54Welcome, Events - September to November, Tree Watching from my Chair (Dry weather, Sadly departed, Last entries into the Survey, Wokingham Borough Tree Strategy, Request for tree stories, Trees in the national press, Bicycle Tree) Project Hairstreak, WBC Garden Forest Scheme, Platinum Jubilee Trees, Why not grow your own Platinum Jubilee Oaks? Trees in Literature, Did you know? Wokingham's Sculptures are missing from a national database, FAQ: What is meant by a bundled tree?, Species in Focus: Purple or Copper Beech, Then and Now: The Duck and the World, Silly Season, Pub Names, Tree Related Pub Names in Berkshire, Recommended News Items, ... and to make you smile ...
May 2022Issue 53Welcome, Events - May to August, AGM 2022, WDVTA Committee, Planting 250,000 Trees and Developing a Tree Strategy, Where should you plant trees in your Parish? Tree Watching from my Chair (Queen's Green Canopy, The Mulberry Tree spring) The Veteran Tree Survey, Aldermaston Ancient Tree Survey, Last Apple Tree Standing? Old Orchards at Emmbrook House, Did You Know? It was Orchard Day on April 29th., Wellingtonia Avenue, 1000 year old Oaks used to Create a 'Super Forest', Technical Innovations, Demise of the AONB, Trees and the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Storm Damage, Other Sadly Departed - MRN 679, Has your Parish Produced a Tree Walk? Whiteknights Trees, More Trees for Keephatch, Species in Focus - White Poplar, Recommended Reading and Viewing, ... and to make you smile, Would you believe it?
February 2022Issue 52Welcome, Events March to May, Tree Watching from my Chair (What a difference a tree makes, Happy Birthday [Elms], Help needed to look after another new tree, Leonardo Di Caprio has a tree named after him) Doreen Dye 1929 - 2021, Safety First, Twyford Tree Festival, Tree Plantings in Charvil, Other Community Orchards, Tree Protection, Acronyms / Initialisms, Pocket Parks, Did You Know? You can contribute to tree planting by having a coffee at the Rose Inn in Wokingham, Loddon Nature Reserve at Twyford, Sadly Departed, Species in Focus - Sweet Gum, Remarkable Trees - The Bridegroom's Oak, The MacPherson Lime, Recommended Reading and Viewing, ... and to make you smile
November 2021Issue 51Welcome, Tree Week in Wokingham, Trees Available and Trees Wanted, Replacement of Lost Street Trees in Wokingham, Fox Hill Woods, Barbara's Jubilee Trees, Reporting Tree Issues to WBC, Tree Watching from my Chair (WBC Tree Strategy Officer, Owls carving, Cedar and hornbeam, Autumn colours, Swamp cypress and Dawn redwood, Birches growing on stump) Arborfield's Bridge Wins Biodiversity Award, Inappropriate Planting, Tree Council New Tree Warden Training Material, TPOs Old and New, Oak Processionary Moth Status in England, Sadly Departed and Reprieved, Ash Culling, FAQ What is CO2e? Woodland Coverage and CO2 Emissions, Species in Focus - African Baobab, Remarkable Trees, Book Reviews, Recommended Reading, Listening and Viewing, ... and to make you smile
August 2021Issue 50Welcome, Tree Watching from my Chair (Local tree diseases , Yeldall Manor Wargrave, Tree Council Tree Warden information, Plant a Tree for the Jubilee) Warning – Oak Processionary Moth, Tree Planting in Wokingham, Inappropriate Tree Planting, Tree Planting or Rewilding, Tree Planting in Reading, The Veteran Tree Survey - 8000th tree - Finchwood Oak, Commemorative and Special Trees, The Chairman's Oak - W140, Tree Guards, Did you know? - There's a professor of tree-ring science, Jubilee Oaks, Weird and Wonderful, Species in Focus - Sweet Chestnut, Sadly Departed - MRN356, Acronyms / Initialisms, Then and Now - Wellingtonia in Palmer Park, Acorn 'Coffee', Recommended Reading, Listening and Viewing, ... and to make you smile
May 2021Issue 49Welcome, AGM, WDVTA Committee, Events - a Ramble in Covid Times, Tree Watching from my Chair (Multi-leadered trees, Is tree felling ever good news?, Trees in the media) Remarkable Trees, Acronyms / Initialisms, Winnersh Bridge Trees, The Veteran Tree Survey, Steve Radford does it again, Trees, Hedgerows and Climate Emergency, FAQ: What Can We Do About Plastic Tree Guards?, The Native Crayfish Reappears In Berkshire!, Can We Resurrect The English Elm, Species In Focus – Banyan Trees (Ficus spp.), Sadly Departed - MRN 4418, Recommended Reading and Viewing, Did you know?, ... and to Make You Smile
February 2021Issue 48Welcome, Tree Watching from my Chair (Arboricultural Association Award for Jill Butler, Trees in the Media, Rescue of rare lichen,Other National Trust headlines, Are Native Plants the best choice? Forest Research Launches Climate Change Factsheet Series, Advantages of letting trees reseed themselves to restore and increase woodland, Ten Golden Rules for Tree Planting), OPM warning, Planting for Success - Tree Management, Tree Charter, Nature's Calendar, What is the Opposite of 'Sadly Departed'?, Heritage Osier Beds in Twyford, The Memory of Elms, Remembered English Elm Trees in the 1940 – 1960s, Acronyyms / Initialisms, Species In Focus – English Elm (Ulmus Procera), Missing Trees, Then and Now, The Big Twyford Tree Planting Project - From Acorn to “Forest”, Did You Know?... There is an on-line map of tree graffiti, Growing Wood in the Laboratory, Remarkable Trees- MRN545, Sadly Departed - MRNs 5493, 5494, 5495, 5496, 5499, 5505 AND 5507, Recommended Reading and Viewing, and to Make You Smile
November 2020Issue 47Welcome, Events, Tree Watching from my Chair (Forum meeting, 8000th tree, Trees in the Media), Elm trees, White elms in Charvil, This month's Acronym, Tree Warden Conference, Favourite trees, Then and Now, Earley Community Orchard, Did you know? - there are more trees in towns, Wellingtonia Avenue survey, The Veteran Tree Survey, Sadly Departed, Remarkable Trees, Citizen Science, Species in Focus - Wild Service Tree, Ancient Redwoods Survive Californian Fires, Recommended Reading and Viewing, And to Make you Smile ... Weird and Wonderful
August 2020Issue 46Welcome, Tree Watching from my Chair (Then And Now, WDVTA Activities, Tree Forum Meeting, Trees in the Media), Calculating the Value of Trees for Carbon Storage and Sequestration, Reading Tree Warden Network, Network Rail Clearance Work, The Coombes Woodland Added to the Ancient Woodland Inventory, Sadly Departed – MRN 3836 - in the Coombes, Did You Know? There are albino trees! Discovering a Chafer Beetle Infestation in Winnersh Oaks, Acronyms / Initialisms, The Veteran Tree Survey - update on MRN1031, Commemorative and Special Trees – The Charvil VJ Tree (W106), Sadly Departed in Charvil, Watering Newly Planted Trees, Species in Focus – Monterey Cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa), Looking For Somewhere New to Walk? Recommended Reading and Viewing, Remarkable Trees, And to Make you Smile ...
May 2020Issue 45Welcome, Events in Covid times - reflection, Tree Watching from my Chair (Last Tree Watch, Daily Walks, Trees in the Media, Olive trees, Oak trees, Ash dieback, Tree planting, Tiny forests), WDVTA Committee, WDVTA Fundraising, Appreciation from the WDVTA sidelines, Reflecting on Trees, Seed Banks And The Pineosaurs, Did you know? Tree Cities of the World, The Veteran Tree Survey, MRN 3773 - The Importance Of A Photo And A Location Description, A Good Read - The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy, Sadly Departed - MRN 1031, Sculptures From Fallen/Felled Trees, Acronyms / Initialisms, Species in Focus - Wollemi Pine, The Mighty Kauri, Remarkable Trees, Veteran Tree Survey Snapshot, Recommended Websites - Audio and Visual, And to make you smile ...
February 2020Issue 44Welcome, Events, Tree Watching from my Chair (Catkins, Developments, Ancient woodland, Meeting with councillors and officers, Dead trees on developments, Elm trees, Trees in the media, Ginkgo biloba), The Veteran Tree Survey, Reprieve for Veteran Oak, Reading's Verdun oaks, Acronyms / initialismsIdentifying Trees In Winter, Tree Walks from RTWN, A Great Read Wilding by Isabella Tree, Tree Cover, FAQ: What Tree Species should be Planted, Tree Week Planting - November, The Importance of Old Trees, Kingston Lacy Avenue, Species in Focus - Lucombe Oak, Remarkable Trees - Fingringhoe Oak, Then and Now, Sadly Departed - MRN 7370, When Tree Planting is not good, Did you know? - International Year of Plant Health, There's a Year 2020 bug! Recommended websites and reading.
November 2019Issue 43Welcome, Events, Tree Watching from my Chair (Meeting with Borough councillors and officers, Network Rail vegetation management, Tree of the Year, Impact of pests and diseases, Climate change and trees in politics, Carbon neutral by 2030, Susurration, Old maps and an aerial photo), Completion of our Veteran Tree Survey, Veteran Tree Survey - current status, WDVTA visit to Savernake Forest, What is the difference between epicormic and endocormic growth? My favourite tree, In defence of weteran trees, Protected trees, Remarkable trees, Species in Focus - Common Lime, Felling ash trees in Swallowfield, Sadly departed – MRNs 350, 352 and 6741, Verdun oaks in Reading, Did you know? - Acorns and conkers are recalcitrant, Fi Young's Tree Science: Plant evolution in my lifetime - elms, And to make you smile, Recommended websites and reading.
August 2019Issue 42Welcome, Events, Tree Watching from my Chair (Developing a Borough TreeStrategy, i-Tree, Tree articles in the media, News from the local paper, Young dead trees, Network Rail vegetation management, Tree Watch index), The Walter Oak and the Sindlesham Oak (naming trees at Bearwood rec.), Tree cover, Earley fears loss of more woodland, A sapling oak versus a Veteran, Tree planting in Wokingham, Tree planting has mind-blowing potential to tackle climate crisis, The large oak tree (MRN 120) in Redlands Farm Park, Watch index – version 2 : 2009 to 2018, Did you know?...biochar is being used as a cattle feed, Ash die-back, Sadly departed – MRNs 2901, 2902, 3203 and 6628, Masefield Gardens Tulip tree - MRN 2902:TROBI 206529, Species in Focus – Monkey Puzzle Tree (Araucaria araucana), Where is it? Remarkable trees, Trees on the Moon, And to make you smile, Recommended websites and reading.
May 2019Issue 41Welcome, Events, The Art of Trees, New Committee, Tree Watching from my Chair (Introduction, AGM, Displays at the AGM, Trees in the media, Tree identification in winter, Reporting new tree features, What do you think of this?, New tree disease and Observatree), WDVTA Photo Library, Charvil's commemorative trees, Favourite Books: Around the world in 80 trees, Sadly Departed - nine trees lost, Species in Focus: Tulip Tree, Where is it?, Did you know? - everywhere has a 3-word address, And to make you smile, Recommended Websites and Reading.
February 2019Issue 40Welcome, Events, AGM, Tree Watching from my Chair (Our largest plane, Identifying trees in winter, Pruned and lost trees, New plantings, Trees in the media, New mosaic features oak leaves and acorns, Another contrast), Last Tree Standing, Fox Hill and Coombes Woods, Tree Preservation Orders, Sadly Departed - MRN 1095, Boundary Trees, Acronym/Initialism: NNSS, The Importance of Oaks, Identifying English Oaks, Species in Focus: Turkey Oak, The Ivy and the Crab Apple, Where is it? FAQ: why is my Excel file so large?, And Another one Bites the Dust, And to make you Smile, Recommended Websites and Reading.
November 2018Issue 39Welcome, Events, Apologies, Tree Watching from my Chair (Jubilee trees, Ash trees, New members, training and projects, Tree Charter day, European Tree of the Year, Wild Cookham, Commemorating the end of the First World War, Wokingham Market Place), Fox Hill Woods, The Veteran Tree Survey, Commemorative and Special Trees, Sadly Departed - 5 more veterans, Network Rail's Vegetation Management, Species in Focus - Cypress Oak, Did you know there is a Yew Forest in Sussex?, Planting Elms for Butterflies, WDVTA Visit to Wytham Woods, Where is it?, Acronyms / Initialisms, And to make you smile, Recommended Websites and Reading.
August 2018Issue 38Welcome, Events, Tree Watching from my Chair (borough map for TPOs, tree articles in the press, tree protection in the new National Planning Policy Framework, tree identification quiz, European Tree of the Year, commemorating the end of the First World War, library talk), Oak Processionary Moth in Bracknell, Introducing the Walter Oak and Sindlesham Oak, Prince Albert's Trees, Something for nearly everyone to do, Ash Dieback Locally, Ancient Tree Hunt / Inventory, The Quarry Oak at Croft Castle, Using Computer Modelling to find Old Trees, Acronyms / Initialisms, Wood Pasture - and another Project for you, FAQ - What is the definition of 'Ancient Woodland'?, Species in Focus - Ash, Tree Rescue for Veterans, Did you know? - Fortingall Yew has changed its sex, Where is it?, And to make you smile, Recommended Websites and Reading.
May 2018Issue 37Welcome, Events, New Committee, Membership Details and Data Protection, WDVTA Tree Forum Meetings, Tree Watching from my Chair (Mistletoe, Television tree documentaries, European Tree of the Year, Meeting WBC, Anniversary Report follow up, Please can you help, AGM, Surveyor Training, Tree Loss in Cantley Park, Flora Locale, Ash dieback and Oak Processionary Moth), Did you Know? - Just two spores are responsible for Ash dieback, Jubilee Tree #11 - Ashenbury Park, Events Review 2017, Veteran Tree Survey snapshot, Another Sadly Departed - MRN 7848, Planting Trees on a Grand Scale in Kenya, Acronym / Initialism - SOAR, Species in Focus - Weeping Willow, FAQ - Can I use my Smart Phone to get an Accurate Grid Reference?, Where is it?, ... and to make you smile: John Sequoia, aka John Redwood, Recommended websites and reading.
February 2018Issue 36Welcome, Events, Membership Details and Data Protection, Tree Watching from my Chair (Trees labelled on OS maps, Rate of tree planting, An unusual stamp, Charter for Trees, Tree of the Year, Street trees), The Northern Forest, 'The Heart of the Park' - a Walk in Windsor Great Park, Jubilee Oaks 5 Years on, Tree Warden Activities, Lifetime Achievement Award for Ann Booth, In Memory of Penny Miller, From Whitebeam in Wales to Looking after our Tree Values, Did you know? - web searches could help plant trees, Where is it?, Acronym / Initialism - GRIIS, Sadly Departed - MRNs 183, 184 and 185 - felled for Elms Field Development, Species in Focus - Idiot Fruit, Recommended websites and reading.
November 2017Issue 35Welcome, Events, Tree Watching from my Chair (Trees labelled on OS maps, Rate of tree planting, An unusual stamp, Charter for Trees, Tree of the Year, Street trees), Tenth Anniversary Celebration and Report Launch, Database Update, Coppiced Laburnum in Bearwood Recreation Ground, Report on the Tree Warden Forum, TVERC Recorders' Conference, Penny Miller: 15 January 1948 - 21 August 2017, Where is it? Wokingham Arts Trail 2017, Did you know? - Berkshire has a new flag, Species in Focus - Hawthorn, Reprieve for Hedge Trees, Do you want us to complete our survey? Sadly Departed - MRN 6686, Tree Cutting Mystery, Acronym / Initialism
August 2017Issue 34Welcome, Events, Tree Watching from my Chair, Tree Trails, Farewell and Thanks to Fee Young, Did you Know? - Wokingham has a biodiversity forum, Profile - Jon Stokes, The Shady Side of Town: Reading's Trees, Species in Focus - Golden Rain Tree, Ten Years Recording Veteran Trees, Where is it? Acronym / Initialism, FAQ: how do I find documents associated with our recorded trees?
May 2017Issue 33Welcome, AGM Report, WDVTA Committee, Tree Watching from my Chair, This Month's Acronym/Initialism, Where is it?, Profile - Malcolm Butler, Species in Focus - Sycamore, FAQ - How many tree species are there in the world?, Welsh Dragon Tree, Recommended Websites and Reading
February 2017Issue 32Welcome, Do you know of someone who could help?, Tree Watching from my Chair, This month's Acronym / Initialism, Shaping the Land - why is the first of our new galleries all about trees?, Profile - Glynn Percival, Where is it?, Woodland Trust Tree of the Year, Ray Stagles 1921 - 2016, Species in Focus - Turner's Oak, Sadly Departed - MRNs 3562 and 2047, Are they playing Tree-a-Side?, Recommended Websites and Reading
November 2016Issue 31Welcome, Events in 2017, Tree Watching from my Chair, Visit to the Medieval Oaks in High Park Blenheim Palace, Tree Warden Activities, Veteran Tree Database, Commemorative and Special Trees, Mulberries, Sadly Departed - MRN 6812, What is a Tree?, Urban Forests, This month's Acronyms / initialisms, Profile - Stephanie McKay, Did you Know? - Forest School, Where is it?, Holiday Trees, Species in Focus - Holm Oak, Hitler's Coffin
August 2016Issue 30Welcome, Tree Watching from my Chair (Tree Protection, Dick Greenaway Citizen Science, Happy Arbor Day, Earley Green Fair, Original Bramley Apple Tree, Wokingham Bororugh News), St Pauls Churchyard Tree Succession Project wins Dorothy Morley Award 2016, Database - which Parish has recorded most trees?, Profile - Cathy Harris, Earley's Shrinking Natural Environment, Holiday Trees, Swinley Forest, Species in Focus - Carob Tree, Then and Now - MRN 23, Community Orchards, Sadly Departed - MRN 347, New Trees at Wokingham Station, Where is it? Fee Young's Puzzles, Tree Sculpture Did you Know? A pine in Europe over 1075 years old
May 2016Issue 29Welcome, New Committee, News from the AGM, Ash die-back, Tree connections with the First World War, The Verdun Oak, Shakespeare's Trees, the Meaning of Trees, Profile - Sarah Hanson, Heritage Walnuts, Search for Heritage Walnut Varieties, Species in Focus - Walnut, Dick Greenaway's Citizen Science, Happy Arbor Day! Then and Now - MRN 4504 in 2010 and 2016, Where is it? Sculptures, The Parishes of Wokingham, Does this remind you of anyone?
February 2016Issue 28Welcome, AGM and other Events, The Veteran Tree Survey, Jubilee Oaks, New Oaks for Finchampstead, Profile - Chris Hannington, Trees at Risk, Species in Focus - Wellingtonia, Fee Young's Tree Science Column, Where is it? Did you know? - Britain has the oldest 3-dimansional conifer fossils, Word Sudoku, This month's Acronym - GSPC, Hope for Ash Trees, Charter for Trees, Woods and People, Emailing Trees, Recommended Websites and Reading
November 2015Issue 27Welcome, Events, Woodland Trust - Tree of the Year, The Veteran Tree Survey, Commemorative and Special Trees, Jubilee Oaks, Getting Involved, Where is it? Profile - Dick Greenaway, Significant Trees along Waingels Road, Sadly Departed - MRN 2398 and 5847, Species in Focus - Japanese Umbrella Pine, Did you know? - We wouldn't have Magna Carta without the oak tree, Holiday Trees - Dartington Hall, Fee Young's Tree Science Column, This month's Acronym - EDGE, Paradise found: It's Wokingham, Recommended Websites and Reading
August 2015Issue 26Welcome, Events, Tree Warden Activities, The Veteran Tree Survey, Commemorative and Special Trees, Profile - Duncan Fisher, The Trees of Hiroshima, Sadly Departed - Protected Trees Felled, Swallowfield Park, Species in Focus - Ashleaf Maple, Fee Young's Tree Science Column - A Weighty Problem, Acronyms / Initialisms - SPA and SANG, Did you know? - Green Flag Awards: Whiteknights, S Paul's Schools - a historical note, Recommended Websites and Reading
May 2015Issue 25Welcome, AGM, Lime Avenues, Tree Warden Activities, The Veteran Tree Survey, Extending our Survey, Sadly Departed - Black Mulberry MRN 2039, Profile - Jane Selwood, This Month's Acronym - VETree, Species in Focus - Black Mulberry, Fee Young's Tree Science Column - Pollen, Did you know? - Pollen Allergy, WDVTA Facebook Page, Would you like help with your computing?, Recommended Websites and Reading,
February 2015Issue 24Welcome, AGM, Events, Tree Warden Activities, Commemorative and Special Trees, The Veteran Tree Survey, Sadly Departed, Could you help train Bracknell surveyors?, Updates on items from November issue, Ivy - Friend or Foe, Profile - Linda Martin, This month's Acronym / Initialism - TROBI, Windsor Forest, Species in Focus - Oriental Plane, FAQ - How can I easily plot several trees on a map?, Fee Young's Tree Science, Very Sad News - Oliver Rackham
November 2014Issue 23Welcome, Events, Historic Trees along Footpaths, Tree Warden Activities, South East Region Tree Warden Forum Sept. 2014, Commemorative and Special Trees, The Veteran Tree Survey, Heritage Trees, England's Tree of the Year, Profile - Steve Radford, This Month's Acronym / Intialism, Wokingham Biodiversity Action Plan, Good News (Redhatch Copse), Bad News (Sonning Cutting), Sadly Departed (MRN 577), It all Started with a Simple Question, FAQ - Is ivy bad for trees?, Ivy - Friend or Foe? - Advice Revisited, Holiday Trees - Ficus elastica, Bangkok University
August 2014Issue 22Welcome, Events, Ash Dieback, The Veteran Tree Survey, Age Estimates, Commemorative Trees, Crowd Sourcing, The X Factor, Traditional Orchard Survey, Ancient Woodland is Important, Profile - Grahame Hawker, Micro-moths of Berkshire, Countryside Warden, Frequently Asked Questions - Why can't I just say "holes"?, This month's Acronym - CROW, Holiday Trees - Tree Heathers of Tenerife, Heather as an Energy Source, Did you Know? - Fastigiate Oaks, Plants - from Roots to Riches
May 2014Issue 21Welcome, AGM, Trees can cause Accidents!, Tree Warden Activities, Planning Tree Succession at St Paul's Churchyard, Commemorative Trees, Veteran Tree Survey, Sadly Departed - in Barkham and Ruscombe, A Little Report from Up North, When is Abuse not Abuse?, Profile - Rachel Sanderson, The Garden at Swallowfield House, Swallowfield Park, Frequently Asked Questions - Do our politicians value trees?, A Favourite Tree - The Old Man of Calke, Diseases Update - OPM, Ash Die-back, Elm Yellows, This month's Initialism - NPPF, Did you Know? - Help with Computing Problems, Websites and Reading
February 2014Issue 20Welcome, Events, Hedgerow Foragers, Hedge Tree Project, Hedge Planting, DEFRA confirms Hedgerow Regulations will not be Scrapped, Commemorative Memorial and Special Trees, The Chilterns Box Woodland Project, This month's Acronyms, Profile - Andy Glencross, Photo Tip - Set Date and Time on your Camera, Sadly Departed - the 'Duke of Wellington Cedar' at Kingston Lacy, Sacred Trees, Fee Young's Tree Science - Photosynthesis is Fundamental for Animal Life on Earth, The Miracle Pine of Hope, Survey Snapshot, Frequently Asked Questions - What is the Largest...?
November 2013Issue 19Welcome, Events November - December, Photographing trees, Photos for the Veteran Tree Survey, Tree Stories, Diamond Jubilee Plantings, Something for the Long Winter Nights, CAPTCHA, Green Spaces can Save NHS Billions, A Shared Vision for Biodiversity - Berkshire Recorders Day, Hedgerow Harvest History and SE Region Tree Warden Forum 2013, A New Elm for Wokingham, Trees could Monitor Air Pollution, Holiday Trees: Umbrella Oaks and Plane Trees with Gaiters, Profile - Gordon Veitch, After the Felling, Did you Know? about one-third of all PCs in the world run Windows XP, Sadly Departed, Fee Young's Tree Science - What's in a Name?, Survey Snapshot
August 2013Issue 18Welcome, Events September - November, Diamond Jubilee Plantings, Heritage Trees, Our Largest Tree - MRN 5845, Hedge Tree Project, Tree Aid Charity, CIRCLE - Centre for the Integration of Research, Conservation and Learning, Traditional Orchards, Profile- Derek Oxborough, Genetic Variability, Cloning and GM, My Favourite Tree - the Wellingtonia, Sadly Departed (almost) - Death of a Horse Chestnut, Oak Processionary Moth, Update on some other Diseases, Fee Young's Tree Science Column - What's in a Name?, FAQ - I'm using Chrome, why does the Webmap take so long to load?, Did you Know? - Camera that focuses and changes perspective after photo has been taken, More Amusing Photos
May 2013Issue 17Welcome, Events June - August, Diamond Jubilee Legacy Grows and Grows, Tree Warden Activities, New Committee, Britain's National Species, Profile - Jon Matthews, Another Tree Survey, Sadly Departed - The Hurst Lime, Sadly Departed - The Great Pontfadog Oak, Fee Young's Tree Science Column, Ash Die-back Update, Wokingham Art Festival Summer 2012, Warning - Spam Emails, Did you know? - change font to save printing costs, The World's Rarest Tree, And finally ... the Crooked Forest
February 2013Issue 16Welcome, Events March - May, Rounding off the WBC/WDVTA Diamond Jubilee Trees Project, Jubilee Plantings, Profile - Angus Ross, Tree Warden Activities, South East Region Tree Warden Forum, World's Oldest Timber Structures, Hedgerows, Sadly Departed - 144 years ago!, Sadly Departed - now!, Duck and World Oak Sculpture, Earley, Exciting New Identification Keys (Bayesian methods), Climate Change - reports relating to trees, Did you know? - computer classes in Wokingham, Recommendations - websites and reading
November 2012Issue 15Welcome, Events December - February, Ash dieback, Other diseases, Ralph Spreadborough, Wokingham's Jubilee oaks - visit to Barcham Tree Nursery, Our first Jubilee oak planting, Ambassadors' Jubilee Woods, A more unusual Jubilee oak, Profile - Fee Young, A veteran tree's story - destruction prevented!, Sadly departed - a fine eucalyptus in Finchampstead, UoR Shinfield development appeal - conditions, 400 trees cut down for space shuttle Endeavour's final flight, The Great Storm - 25 years ago, Fee Young's Tree Science column, The Cashmir Cypress, More acronyms, Did you know? - there is a new tallest oak
August 2012Issue 14Welcome, Events September - November, A Favourite Tree, The Sibley Hall Saga - retraction, A Timely Reminder (look out for hedge trees), Preparing to Plant 60 Diamond Jubilee Hedge Tree Oaks across Wokingham Borough, OPAL Hedge Awards, Profile - Gill Hopkins, Another new Threat - Ash Dieback, John Heggadon 1939 - 2012, Memories of a Campaign to save an Oak (MRN 2802) in the 1960s, An English Oak at the Hawthorns, Appeal for Return of GPS and Tapes, Forest Sell-off Update, FAQ - How do I record Jubilee Hedge Trees?, Excel Tip for Recorders - Freezing Panes, Did you know? - A Penny Hedge is Built on the Beach at Whitby every Year on Ascension Eve, Website and Publications Recommendations
May 2012Issue 13Welcome, Jubilee Plantings, Trees Help Establish Welsh Heritage, Asian Longhorn Beetle, The Sibly Hall Saga, Fish Live in Trees too, Confused by recent Biodiversity Initiatives?, Chinese Pompeii, Hedge Trees, Excel Tip for Recorders (Sorting data), Thunderbird Fonts, Profile - Anne Booth, More Poetic Talent amongst our Recorders, FAQ - Why is my Word Document so Large?, Did You Know? - An oak stump is Grade II listed building, Website and Publications Recommendations
February 2012Issue 12Welcome, WDVTA AGM, Jubilee Hedge Tree Project, A Favourite Tree (largest in survey), Garden Trees, Profile - Michael Rea, Oak Processionary Moth update, The Cashmir Cypress Revisited, A Difficult One to Record, New Tree Plantings in Wokingham (and old ones), The Bristlecone Pines of California, Grid Reference Errors, Excel Tip for Recorders (viewing sheets side-by-side), FAQ - What is Masting?, Did You Know? - Fastest Growing Tree, Book Recommendation - Around the 3 Valleys
November 2011Issue 11Welcome, A Champion Tree - the Ruscombe Yew, Excel tip for recorders (feature combiner), Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, The Cashmir Cypress, FAQ - Why wasn't that tree protected by TPO? Profile - Janet Firth, Odd locations, Did you know? - oldest wooden door made from poplar, Sadly departed
August 2011Issue 10Introduction, 5000 trees recorded, New walks leaflet, Tree Warden scheme, Mulberry trees and Wokingham's silk industry, Profile - Stephen Loyd, FAQ - loading trees on the web map, A favourite tree - Bound Oak, Arborfield, Excel tip for recorders (inserting today's date), Sadly departed
May 2011Issue 9Welcome, AGM Surprises for Barbara, Trees at Risk, Rooks Nest Wood, Barkham Profile - Patricia Green, Meetings with Remarkable Trees, The Great Yew Tree Hunt - Dissertation Project, Commemorative and Notable Trees, Verification Trial, Did You Know? - Oak and Ash coming into Leaf
February 2011Issue 8Welcome, The Big Forest Sell-off, Take part in a special yew survey this month, The Great Yew Tree Hunt - Dissertation Project, Thank you Barbara, Profile - Barbara Stagles, A Favourite Tree - Lucombe Oak, Trees in Literature, Sadly departed trees, Would you like ..? (WDVTA assets)
November 2010Issue 7Welcome, Web site, Parish totals, Profile - Ian Potts, Oak Processionary Moth, Frequently Asked Questions - why trees are so important, Recording Trees can be Complicated, Dead Trees are Good, Did you know? - the great oak change
August 2010Issue 6Welcome, Wokingham's Largest Trees, Profile - Coralie Ramsey, The Aldworth Yew, The Cedars of Lebanon, Did you know? - the scalloped oak moth, Frequently Asked Questions - felled trees and the database
May 2010Issue 5Welcome, Trees saved in Finchampstead, Profile - Alison Griffin, Bullace and Blackthorn, Recording notable features, Sadly departed - #452, Did you know? - dedicate a tree, A Favourite Tree - Holm Oak, Frequently Asked Questions - GPS accuracy, grid references
February 2010Issue 4Welcome, Cedar of Lebanon at All Saints Church Wokingham, A Favourite Tree - the Palmerstone Oak, Did you Know? - Tree Infections, Bullace and Blackthorn, Profile - Sheila Crowson, Frequently Asked Questions - TPOs
November 2009Issue 3Welcome, Validation and Verification, Favourite Trees - Pollarded Willows Along the Emm Brook, The Joys of Volunteering for WDVTA, Lichens on Trees and Tar Spots on Sycamore Leaves, Profile - Ray Stagles, Turner's Oak - Kew Gardens, Frequently Asked Questions - Why don't we have more information on our web site and what is the difference between a web site and a Yahoo group?
August 2009Issue 2Welcome, The Crowthorne Launch, Speedy Neighbours Stop Developer Axing Protected Trees, More Veteran Trees to be Mapped, The Magnificent Crowhurst Yew, A Favourite Tree, Profile - John Baster, An Evening Amble, A Threat to our Conifers? Your Yahoo Site
May 2009Issue 1Welcome, The Woodland Trust and Us, A Favourite Tree, When is a Scots Pine not a Scots Pine? Profile - Stuart Croft, Linking Current and Historic Trees, Sadly Departed (#2364), Did you Know? - Corsican Pines, Frequently Asked Questions - Recorders, Your Yahoo Site

WDVTA Newsletters

Newsletters are no longer published but back issues are available here to view online. Much of the material that used to be published in Newsletters now appears in Tree Watch, and details of forthcoming events can be found on the Events page.


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February 2011Issue 13Barbara's Final Newsletter as Chair, Trees in Literature, Veteran Holm Oak in Earley, Tree Walk at Cantley, Forthcoming Events, Reflections from the Chair

WDVTA Publications

WDVTA Organisation and Membership

WDVTA Health, Safety and Risk Assessment

Local Guides and General Information

Tree Identification

Event presentations

Projects, Strategies, Research and Advice

  • Creating a Tree Strategy for Wokingham Borough

    The document sets out WBC's plans for how trees will be planted and cared for with the objective of protecting the local environment as well as promoting the health and welfare of everyone who lives, works or studies in the borough.

  • Trees and Telecommunications

    The Association of Tree Officers has published this report written with the engagement of the mobile phone industry infrastructure providers. It covers when trees can and cannot be pruned by providers without permission and gives advice on the planning process for the siting of cabinets and masts to minimise the impact on local trees.

  • Using Old Maps and Aerial Photographs

    Guidelines drawn up by members of the WDVTA to help those interested find out more about the history of the veteran trees they have come to know. The document gives help in taking the initial steps in consulting old maps and aerial photographs.

  • New map of ancient trees an opportunity for conservation

    BBC News item 30 June 2022

  • Restoring the Emm Brook

    A new and exciting partnership project by the South East Rivers Trust to breathe life back into the Emm Brook by restoring the river for both people and wildlife.

  • Trees and Design Action Group

    This is the organisation referred to by Jon Banks in his talk to WDVTA on January 2020.

  • Forest Research Advisory Note: Oak Processionary Moth

    The oak processionary moth is a major defoliator of oak in Europe. The larvae (caterpillars) feed on the foliage of many species of oaks, including English, Sessile and Turkey oaks (Quercus robur, Q.petraea and Q.cerris). Oak processionary moth is also a risk to human health.

  • Ivy - Friend or Foe?

    The issue of ivy and trees is one of those matters where it is all down to personal opinion. To some, it is a pernicious weed that smothers the natural form of trees and on which constant war must be waged. To others, it is an essential part of the wildlife habitat, providing shelter and food for a diverse range of different organisms.

  • Forestry Commission and DEFRA: The Big Tree Plant

    The main aim of The Big Tree Plant funding scheme is to encourage and support community groups to plant trees in neighbourhoods where people live and work.

  • The Great Yew Hunt

    Producing a Citizen Science project using EpiCollect software. (Charlie Harrison's 2011 dissertation)

  • Wokingham Town Verification Pilot Summary and WDVTA Verification Trial Analysis

    A WDVTA report (2010) on the results of verifying a selection of records from the WDVTA Veteran Tree database.

  • A Sonnet in Tribute to WDVTA by ChatGPT

    ChatGPT's response to "Describe WDVTA in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet"

Books

  • Around the Three Valleys: An Exploration of the Geology, Landscape & History of the Lambourn, Kennet & Pang Valleys in West Berkshire

    Lesley Dunlop and Dick Greenaway, illustrated by Dorcas Ward.

    Available from The Berkshire Geoconservation Group or the Reading Museum bookshop.

  • A guide to the identification of deciduous broad-leaved trees and shrubs in winter

    Andrew May and Jonathan Panter. [ISBN 1851532072]
    Available from The Field Studies Council.

  • Fungi on Trees - an Arborists' Field Guide

    Available from The Arboricultural Association. An order form can be downloaded from their website.

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    Trees of Britain and Ireland

    Jon Stokes

    The Tree Council   WILDGuides series

    A comprehensive photographic identification guide to all the native trees and shrubs of Great Britain and Ireland and many of the common non-native species.