David Humphries

Gutted for you mate Have you guys thought about installing motion activated cameras to record activity? .

Liked that, edit tells the story really well Good to read that the project is to be monitored .

Fantastic, what a cracking experience that must of been. Epiphytes must of been like a mini jungle What's on the helmet cam on shot 11, lichen or mic cover? Very jealous mate .

I remember well the deadlines from the level 4, can't imagine (well don't want to if I'm honest, as I'm having a break ) how stressful the deadlines are on the 6. Hats off Not back in till Thursday I'm afraid Good luck with it. If you haven't come across it, here's the City's tree strategy (that is the square miles strategy) which was adopted in 2012 We have a number of open space divisions outside of the square mile that are in the process of putting together a joint tree policy which will in essence fit within the over arching strategy. http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/environment-and-planning/planning/heritage-and-design/Documents/Tree-Strat-Part-1-Complete.pdf .

That would be 'Trees Management Officer' if you don't mind We have in the region of 25,000 trees across our division in North London, all the formal areas (parks mostly) have the trees inputted on to the inventory. But in total, perhaps only 20% of the trees are currently on the system. Our annual inspections have moved from a risk zoning strategy to a risk sequencing system, where areas are prioritized according to their target and occupancy levels (eg; A roads, railways, B roads, parks etc....) These individual sites are then walked over each year starting with priority area 1 onwards with only trees with any works deemed as required with 12 months listed for work schedule. This is resource based, so we get what we can completed with the in-house inspectors that we have who have other areas of work to deal with including storm damage (lots of that this year ) tree health works including p&d inspections for Chalara, Massaria, OPM etc....also our veteran tree program, which probably means in reality, that we won't get all the areas walked over in a calendar year. But as long as the sequence is adhered to and the higher priority areas are walked over, then we are doing what we can to discharge our duty of care. Currently in the process of rewriting our 'policy' which should be finished in the next few months. .

Nah, don't think its that recent, he'd of been utilising the ropetek wraptor if it was .

Haven't got Trees in Towns 2 at hand, but think the forth category of OS may be the informal areas like woodlands, commons and allotments etc.....as opposed to formal ares like public parks Don't quote me though .

As I understand it, termites are associated with feeding on the cellulose of wood, I'm wondering which fungal species was responsible for the hollowing out of this poor sickly redwood Phaeolus schweinitzii perhaps .

Check out the AA's p&d field guide (accompanies the Fungi guide really well) http://www.trees.org.uk/publications/Guides/Tree-Pests-and-Diseases-An-Arborists-Field-Guide .

Hardly .

Fascinating insight into various early ascent systems and p&d management The Tree Surgeon 1944 - YouTube .

Stay as calm and focused as possible You just never know who you may be dealing with Tree work and access is always a potentially explosive combination Tree surgeon stabbed by woman in Chiswick - Get West London http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/27471-what-world-coming-tree-surgeon-stabbed-5.html I agree with treequips advice regarding R/A SSOW are spot on. Too often see inappropriate guarding and signage on (street) tree works. .

I don't know about that Jon, think the 'author' of that particular thread intended it as a pictoral reference not a scientific tome Hello Ken, your beech (from the evidence you have offered up) looks to be in a state of terminal decline. Beech trees can and do survive for many years with the association of Meripilus in the roots but more often than not a declining canopy and numerous fruit bodies is indicative of a tree that's on the way the out and may be in the state of serious dysfunction and open to the very real risk of the tree being wind thrown as the white rot destroys the stability of the roots. As for moving between host trees, roots in close proximity can graft and if a neighbouring tree is stressed by biotic or abiotic conditions then it too can become 'infected' by the mycelium of Meripilus as it's already present. Having said that, I don't believe that this would be enough to condemn neighbouring trees on the off chance that they may be infected just because of close proximity. For a little more info on the major fungi associated with trees, we have a fungi directory here at Arbtalk in the links above. Meripilus giganteus - Giant polypore - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists .

We still get the memorials, teddy bears and flowers Andy, just the visual of accident tends to get removed from what I see in the urban context. .

China and guitar manufacturer Gibson reported as being destination of illegally logged Madagascan Rosewood. Madagascar's forests vanish to feed taste for rosewood in west and China | World news | The Guardian .

So the site and it's owner being awarded at conference by the Arboricultural Association for their "outstanding and continuous contribution to Arboriculture" fits in with your statement how exactly? Happy Christmas Tony .

welcome Janso, A good few members from your neck of the wood, I'm sure they'll pipe up. Good luck with your training .

nice example .

Thanks for taking the time to put your experience of the situation across, much appreciated I find it very interesting that even after the outcomes of both the civil case and HSE investigation found in favour of the National Trust in the aftermath of the tragic Felbrigg Hall case, we still see large landscape and woodland trees (no matter their proven condition) felled (debatably) before their time, due to fear of claim when it's been proven that their inspection systems are robust enough to discharge their duty of care. .

Hello Philip, Merry Christmas How about 'Marcescence' - the retention of dead leaves on trees through winter? Marcescence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

Often get a form of Marcescence of the leaves in old failures. This one may have been from St Judes perhaps. .

Like the second shot where the fibres sit back on themselves on the right hand side. Must of made a fantastic ripping sound .

Most excellent young man .

Not technically true Jules, as there are at least 3 species of Ganoderma (resinaceum, carnosum & lucidum) in the Uk, that are not persistent and put on new fruit growths annually. I think that without the trees long term history then the association between the brackets and the damage would surely be conjecture. .

Have a great Christmas Nod, catch you some point in the new year mate .