Bad News Ash Disease discovered in East Anglia

[HCR]

The detection of the disease is as follows:

 

Nursery sites - 15

Recently planted sites - 39

Wider environment - 61

 

If it was all nurseries and new plantings, I'd be very dubious of the wind theory, but as it stands it's mainly present in established sites.

[Andy Collins]

Ok fair point, so the nurseries supplied the recently planted sites, more probable than the spores travel against the direction of prevailing wind? Needless to say, I'm not 100% convinced. As I said elsewhere, this now is irrelevant, it's here and we probably cannot do much to prevent it's imminent spread across the nation.

Armed with the FC and David's recent pictures, I have perambulated around my parish, studying every ash today armed with binoculars. And I am pleased to report that I have not found or managed to identify correctly, one case of Chalara.

[David Humphries]

Armed with the FC and David's recent pictures, I have perambulated around my parish, studying every ash today armed with binoculars. And I am pleased to report that I have not found or managed to identify correctly, one case of Chalara.

 

Do you have the ashtag app Andy ?

 

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[Andy Collins]

Not yet, tbh it was a spur of the moment decision. I knew we have several Ash around here, but I was staggered just how many there are, and how few of anything else significant. I might just take this seriously at this rate.

[HCR]

I haven't spotted it yet either, though to be honest I've been too busy with mundane stuff to do as much hunting as I'd like to. I had a quick peek at some F angustifolia yesterday - in rude health, apparently.

[Andy Collins]

Just got to run a bit of updating before I can download Ashtag, then it will be done

[Dilz]

Its very annoying that imports of ash were allowed to continue for so long even after all the problems with the ash in Europe! I know you should never discuss politics or religion if you don't wish to offend but.... I cant help feel like this is the result of the 'Business and profits before all else' attitude of the current government, whom - please correct me if im wrong - weren't exactly elected into power....

Why is it that the persons in power who are given the information they need fail to act until its too late! Is it that they are just too short sighted? It never ceases to amaze me how moronic the UK government can be.

 

Back to the ash trees, latest figures from the FC are

 

Confirmed findings at 21 November 2012:

 

Nursery sites - 17

Recently planted sites - 84

Wider environment, e.g. established woodland - 121

Total: 222

 

something tells me this is going to have the same devastating effect on the landscape as DED

[Mark Bolam]

The Labour government would never have allowed Ash imports would they?

[Bassett]

Thought this was an interesting article from Germaine Greer in The Telegraph -- Worth a look.

 

Germaine Greer: Don't panic about ash dieback. Look at the science - Telegraph

[Ty Korrigan]

It is ravaging Northern France, Belgium and Netherlands.

I've made several trips across France these last couple of months and seen hedgerows and entire woodlands bristling with bare ash stems as well as piles of cut ash waiting to be chipped for bio-mass.

Not seen it's presence in Brittany but ash is fairly uncommon here.

 Stuart