Ash dieback

[Kimosabi]

Anyone else noticed the amount of ash trees in Northern Ireland with ash die back, seems to be really taking off here. 

[Macpherson]

Same here in the NW trees dying everywhere, also noticing something that at least looks similar on some Rowan although I know they're not related. and also a lot of sick looking Sitka dropping needles and the tops dying out, first noticed this a couple of years ago but not many talking about it.. may be an Aphid 👎

[Kimosabi]

The biggest problem i see with it is the general public don't really seem to  know that much about it yet and by the time they do and decide to do something about it the trees will be too far gone and unsafe to climb so it's all going to be cherry picker work and that's if access allows 

[Stere]

What surprises me is when on some ocassions iv'e mentioned it and some people haven't  noticed  half the large ash trees are dead/dying down there road etc.

 

 

 

Some people aren't very observant or don't pay much attention to the enviroment arounds them I guess....

[sime42]

The sad fact is that most people are more or less completely detached from the natural environment these days.

Apart from people on here, and others who work in similar sectors, how many of the general population could actually identify an Ash tree, (or Oak, Beech, Willow etc)?

 

[peds]

Bump

 

This could be purely my imagination, but has anyone else seen a good bit of healthy growth on a number of ash that they thought would be on the ground by now? There's still a load of casualties around obviously, but the 95% seems pessimistic now with what I'm seeing.

[Dan Maynard]

Took this just after Christmas, meaning to add it to this thread. This tree has been struggling for a few years with dead limbs, there is definitely white rot in the roots but I can't tell if that colonised a tree weakened by dieback, or was actually the underlying problem.