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© WDVTA 2019 Jul - Version 2 Contents

A favourite Tree (in ) ...... 3 Acronyms ...... 4 AGM / Committee news ...... 5 And to make you smile...... 6 Articles ...... 7 Article information sources ...... 14 Book recommendations ...... 15 Database statistics ...... 16 Did you know? ...... 18 Editorial ...... 20 Events... - coming up ...... 22 - review of indoor events ...... 24 - review of outdoor visits ...... 25 Fi (Fee) Young's Tree Science Column...... 26 Frequently asked questions ...... 27 Leaflets ...... 28 Obituaries ...... 29 Our presence on the internet ...... 30 Our Projects - 10th Anniversary Report ...... 31 Our Projects – Commemorative, memorial and special trees ...... 32 Our Projects - Diamond Jubilee: 60 trees for Wokingham Borough ...... 33 Our Projects - Hedgerows ...... 34 Our Projects - Tree Wardens ...... 35 Our Projects – The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 36 Pests and diseases ...... 39 Poems ...... 41 Profiles ...... 42 Quizzes / Puzzles (word search / word sudoku / where is it?) ...... 44 Quotations ...... 45 Recommended websites & reading ...... 47 Sadly Departed ...... 51 Species in focus ...... 53 Then and Now...... 54 Trees beyond Wokingham ...... 55 Tree watching from the Chair ...... 57

© WDVTA 2019 July - Version 2 A Favourite Tree (in Wokingham) MRN36: Oak, Cantley , Wokingham Town ...... 2009 May (1): 1 MRN1887: Oriental Plane, Parish ...... 2009 Aug (2): 3 MRN76: Oriental Plane, Wokingham Town Parish ...... 2009 Aug (2): 3 MRN258 & MRN275: Pollarded along the ...... 2009 Nov (3): 2 MRN4117: Cedar of Lebanon, All Saints , Wokingham Town ...... 2010 Feb (4): 1-2 MRN3403: The Palmerstone Oak, Palmerstone Road, Town Parish ...... 2010 Feb (4): 2 MRN4642: Holm Oak (Quercus ilex), Crawford Close, Earley Town Parish ...... 2010 May (5): 4 MRN1642: Lucombe Oak, Sewage Farm Road, Parish ...... 2011 Feb (8): 5 MRN4197: The Bound Oak, Parish ...... 2011 Aug (10): 6 MRN2277: The Yew (Taxus baccata), Ruscombe Parish ...... 2011 Nov (11): 2 MRN5845: Our largest so far: sweet chestnut, Wargrave Parish ...... 2012 Feb (12): 3 Do you have a favourite tree? Give a short tree presentation on 23rd October ...... 2012 Aug (14): 2 Request for articles on your favourite tree ...... 2013 May (17): 6 MRN5845: The Old Vicarage, Wargrave Parish ...... 2013 Aug (18): 4-5 MRN4341 to MRN4359, MRN4371 to MRN4381, MRN4383, MRN4385, MRN4386, MRN4388, MRN4389, MRN4392, MRN4393,MRN4394: The Wellingtonia Avenue (Sequoiadendron giganteum), , Parish ...... 2013 Aug (18): 8 MRN6916: Bearwood Road, Barkham Parish & MRN (unlisted) Wilsford Close, Shinfield Parish (under the heading: More amusing photos)...... 2013 Aug (18): 14 MRN7707: St. John's Copse, Upperwood Farm, Shinfield Parish (The Garden at House) ...... 2014 May (21): 10 MRN3366: Cypress Oak (Quercus robur 'Fastigiata'), Earley Town Parish ...... 2014 Aug (22): 9 MRN180: Cedar of Lebanon ( libani), St. Pauls Churchyard, Wokingham Town Parish ...... 2015 Feb (24): 4 MRN7802: Alder (Alnus glutinosa) – not a mangrove tree! ...... 2015 May (25): 13

© WDVTA - 3 - 2019 July - Version 2 Acronyms Confused by recent biodiversity initiatives: NPPF ...... 2012 May (13): 5 LNP; BNCF; NE; EA; NIA; SDL ...... 2012 Nov (15): 11 CIRCLE ...... 2013 Aug (18): 5 CAPTCHA ...... 2013 Nov (19): 5 BNCF; BLNP; BOA; CTA ...... 2014 Feb (20): 5 NPPF ...... 2014 May (21): 13 CROW ...... 2014 Aug (22): 7 ASNW / PAW ...... 2014 Nov (23): 8 TROBI ...... 2015 Feb (24): 9 VETree ...... 2015 May (25): 8 SPA / SANG ...... 2015 Aug (26): 10 EDGE ...... 2015 Nov (27): 9 GSPC ...... 2016 Feb (28): 12 NNSS / RISC / RINSE ...... 2016 Nov (31): 9 MERL ...... 2017 Feb (32): 3 BGCI ...... 2017 May (33): 6 LEAF ...... 2017 Aug (34): 10 EEG ...... 2017 Nov (35): 13 GRIIS ...... 2018 Feb (36): 9 SOAR / MRT ...... 2018 May (37): 9 WT / ATI / TNSI / NE / AWI / ASNW / PAWS / OSNW / NPPF / NPPG / PTES / csv...... 2018 Aug (38): 9 BOC / BGG / BFNHS / BFVTS / RDNHS / RGS / EEG / FOLL / FOTEB / HCCV / MGLG / RTWN ...... 2018 Nov (39): 12

© WDVTA - 4 - 2019 July - Version 2 AGM / Committee news Thank you Barbara : our Chairman retires ...... 2011 Feb (8): 4 AGM 2011 : AGM surprises for Barbara ...... 2011 May (9): 2 2011 March Committee discussion : Commemorative and notable trees ...... 2011 May (9): 7 AGM 2012 ...... 2012 Feb (12): 2 AGM 2013 / Committee members for 2013-14 ...... 2013 May (17): 4 AGM 2014 / Committee members for 2014-15 ...... 2014 May (21): 2 AGM – invite to meeting ...... 2015 Feb (24): 2 AGM 2015 / Committee members for 2015-16 ...... 2015 May (25): 2-3 AGM – looking for new Committee members ...... 2016 Feb (28): 2 AGM 2016 / Committee members for 2016-17 ...... 2016 May (29): 2 Tree Protection but Sadly Departed : The Committee discuss tree issues and new development sites ...... 2016 Nov (31): 3 July 2016 Committee meeting : a new initiative Conservation Foundation Elms ...... 2016 Nov (31): 4 Do you know of someone who could help? Join our Committee in 2017 ...... 2017 Feb (32): 2 AGM 2017 / Committee members for 2017-18 ...... 2017 May (33): 2-3 Committee members for 2018-19 ...... 2018 May (37): 2 Membership details and data protection ...... 2018 May (37): 2 WDVTA Tree Forum meetings : replacing our Coordinator & Tree Warden meetings...... 2018 May (37): 2 AGM 2018 : Four short talks ...... 2018 May (37): 4 Committee discuss the sale of Fox Hill Woods, Wokingham ...... 2018 Nov (39): 4-5

© WDVTA - 5 - 2019 July - Version 2 And to make you smile... Online search results of an online identification guide ...... 2018 Feb (36): 12 “John Sequoia, also known as John Redwood” ...... 2018 May (37): 12 Notice seen at The Vyne this summer: “Keep back! 'Whomping ', The Vyne, The National Trust, Basingstoke, Hampshire ...... 2018 Aug (38): 13 The Pro Git book... 'dead tree versions are available' ...... 2018 Nov (39): 13

© WDVTA - 6 - 2019 July - Version 2 Articles /1 The Woodland Trust and Us ...... 2009 May (1): 1 When is a Scot's Pine not a Scot's Pine? ...... 2009 May (1): 2 Linking current and historic trees ...... 2009 May (1): 2-3 Speedy neighbours stop developer axing protected trees in Albert Road, ...... 2009 Aug (2): 2 More veteran trees to be mapped: The National Trust ...... 2009 Aug (2): 2 Crowthorne Village Action Group Tree Survey launch ...... 2009 Aug (2): 2 Bullace and Blackthorn ...... 2010 Feb (4): 3 Trees saved in ...... 2010 May (5): 1-2 Bullace and Blackthorn ...... 2010 May (5): 2 Trees provide good habitats for many animals: Fox in a tree! ...... 2010 Aug (6): 1 Dead trees are good ...... 2010 Nov (7): 6 The big forest sell off ...... 2011 Feb (8): 1-2 Take part in a special Yew survey this month / The Great Yew Hunt: dissertation project (part 1)...... 2011 Feb (8): 2-3 Thank you Barbara (Chairman retires) ...... 2011 Feb (8): 4 Trees in literature ...... 2011 Feb (8): 5-6 Tree Walk Leaflet, Bearwood Recreation Ground by Linda Martin & Fi Young ...... 2011 Feb (8): 6 Rooks Nest Wood, Barkham Parish ...... 2011 May (9): 2-3 The Great Yew Tree Hunt: dissertation project (part 2) ...... 2011 May (9): 5-7 Verification Trial (Wokingham Town) ...... 2011 May (9): 8-9 5000 trees recorded! ...... 2011 Aug (10): 2 Tree Warden Scheme ...... 2011 Aug (10): 3 Mulberry trees and Wokingham's Silk Industry ...... 2011 Aug (10): 3-4 Odd locations ...... 2011 Nov (11): 6 Garden trees: West Council “Buying a tree with a house in the garden” ...... 2012 Feb (12): 3 New tree plantings in Wokingham ... and old ones ...... 2012 Feb (12): 6

© WDVTA - 7 - 2019 July - Version 2 Articles /2 Trees help establish Welsh Heritage ...... 2012 May (13): 2 The Sibly Hall Saga ...... 2012 May (13): 4-5 Fish live in trees too ...... 2012 May (13): 5 Confused by recent biodiversity initiatives / acronyms ...... 2012 May (13): 5 More poetic talent amongst our recorders: The Maunder Minimum ...... 2012 May (13): 9 The Sibly Hall Saga – Retraction ...... 2012 Aug (14): 2 OPAL Hedge Awards: St. Crispins School ...... 2012 Aug (14): 4 Memories of a campaign to save an oak tree (MRN2802) in the 1960's ...... 2012 Aug (14): 6 An English oak at the Hawthorns (Primary School) ...... 2012 Aug (14): 7 Forest sell-off update ...... 2012 Aug (14): 8-9 Ambassadors' Jubilee Woods ...... 2012 Nov (15): 6 A more unusual Jubilee Oak (The Diamond Jubilee Fenland Black Oak Project) ...... 2012 Nov (15): 6 A veteran tree's story… Destruction prevented! (MRN6105) ...... 2012 Nov (15): 7-8 But things could be worse… (South of the M4 SDL) ...... 2012 Nov (15): 8 400 trees cut down for the space shuttle Endeavour's final flight ...... 2012 Nov (15): 8-9 The Great Storm – 25 years ago… 15 million trees damaged and/or felled ...... 2012 Nov (15): 9 World's oldest timber structures ...... 2013 Feb (16): 6 The Duck and the World Oak Sculpture, Swan Island, MRN1188, Earley Town Parish...... 2013 Feb (16): 9 Exciting new identification keys ...... 2013 Feb (16): 10 Climate change – just a few of the recent reports relating to trees ...... 2013 Feb (16): 11 Britain's National Species ...... 2013 May (17): 4 Another tree survey – you can all do this one! ...... 2013 May (17): 6 Warning: spam email alert ...... 2013 May (17): 10 Heritage trees ...... 2013 Aug (18): 3 Tree Aid Charity ...... 2013 Aug (18): 5

© WDVTA - 8 - 2019 July - Version 2 Articles /3 Traditional orchards ...... 2013 Aug (18): 6 Genetic variability, cloning and GM ...... 2013 Aug (18): 7-8 Lucid Central identification keys ...... 2013 Aug (18): 13 Tree stories – the history and mystery of carved, worked trees and tree graffiti ...... 2013 Nov (19): 3 Something for the long winter nights ...... 2013 Nov (19): 5 Green spaces 'can save NHS billions' ...... 2013 Nov (19): 5 A new Elm for Wokingham ...... 2013 Nov (19): 7 Trees could monitor air pollution ...... 2013 Nov (19): 8 After the felling! (of a beautiful mature oak), Manor Road, Wokingham Town ...... 2013 Nov (19): 9-10 The garden at Swallowfield House, Swallowfield Parish ...... 2014 May (21): 10 Swallowfield Park, Swallowfield Parish ...... 2014 May (21): 10 Hedgerow foragers ...... 2014 Feb (20): 2 DEFRA confirms hedgerow regulations will not be scrapped ...... 2014 Feb (20): 3 The Chilterns Box Woodland Project ...... 2014 Feb (20): 4-5 Sacred trees ...... 2014 Feb (20): 7 Trees can cause accidents! ...... 2014 May (21): 2 Planting tree succession at St. Paul's Churchyard ...... 2014 May (21): 3 A little report from Up North (The Lake District) ...... 2014 May (21): 8 When is abuse not abuse? ...... 2014 May (21): 8 Age estimates ...... 2014 Aug (22): 3 Crowd sourcing (aka citizen science) ...... 2014 Aug (22): 4 The X Factor ...... 2014 Aug (22): 5 Traditional Orchard Survey ...... 2014 Aug (22): 5 Ancient woodland is important ...... 2014 Aug (22): 5 Micro-moths of Berkshire ...... 2014 Aug (22): 7

© WDVTA - 9 - 2019 July - Version 2 Articles /4 Countryside Warden ...... 2014 Aug (22): 7 Heather as an energy source ...... 2014 Aug (22): 9 Plants – from roots to riches (BBC Radio 4 programme) ...... 2014 Aug (22): 10 Warning (Windows Explorer and photos) ...... 2014 Aug (22): 10 Historic trees along footpaths ...... 2014 Nov (23): 2 Heritage trees ...... 2014 Nov (23): 6 's Tree of the Year ...... 2014 Nov (23): 6 Wokingham Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) ...... 2014 Nov (23): 8 Good news (Sibly Saga) ...... 2014 Nov (23): 8 Bad news ( railway cutting – tree destruction) ...... 2014 Nov (23): 8-9 Sonning (Tree) cutting ...... 2014 Nov (23): 9 It all started with a simple question… “Do you know if a build up of grass clippings around a tree can damage it?...... 2014 Nov (23): 10 Ivy – friend or foe – advice revisited ...... 2014 Nov (23): 11 Could you help train Bracknell surveyors? ...... 2015 Feb (24): 7 Updates on items from the November issue (23): Sonning (tree) cutting / sadly departed MRN577 ...... 2015 Feb (24): 7 Ivy – friend or foe (a few responses to the article in the 2015 Aug (22) issue) ...... 2015 Feb (24): 7 Letter from Angus Ross, WBC Executive member for the Environment ...... 2015 May (25): 2 Lime Avenues ...... 2015 May (25): 3 Extending our survey: survey ...... 2015 May (25): 6 MRN698: Veteran oak in Earley Town Parish – disrespected by contractors ...... 2015 May (25): 7 Significant trees along Waingels Road (Woodley Parish) ...... 2015 Aug (26): 4 Swallowfield Park, Swallowfield Parish ...... 2015 Aug (26): 7 Hanging in the waiting room of the Register Office at Shute End (Wokingham Borough Council offices): A letter to the scholars of St. Paul's Schools ...... 2015 Aug (26): 12

© WDVTA - 10 - 2019 July - Version 2 Articles /5 Woodland Trust – Tree of the Year ...... 2015 Nov (27): 2 Getting involved: Heritage walnuts / Early warning system for tree health ...... 2015 Nov (27): 3 Paradise found: It's Wokingham ...... 2015 Nov (27): 10 New for Finchampstead ...... 2016 Feb (28): 3 Trees at risk ...... 2016 Feb (28): 5-6 Charter for trees, woods and people ...... 2016 Feb (28): 12 Emailing trees! ...... 2016 Feb (28): 13 Issue 28 : article information sources ...... 2016 Feb (28): 13 Tree connections with the First World War ...... 2016 May (29): 3-4 Shakespeare's trees ...... 2016 May (29): 4 The meaning of trees : Radio 3 series “The Essay” ...... 2016 May (29): 4 Heritage walnuts / search for heritage Walnut varieties ...... 2016 May (29): 6 My view of Spring bud burst ...... 2016 May (29): 8 Happy Arbor Day! ...... 2016 May (29): 8-9 Sculptures ...... 2016 May (29): 10-11 Issue 29 : article information sources ...... 2016 May (29): 12 St. Paul's Churchyard : Tree succession project wins Dorothy Morley Award 2016 ...... 2016 Aug (30): 4 Earley's shrinking natural environment ...... 2016 Aug (30): 6 Swinley Forest: suspected arson ...... 2016 Aug (30): 7 Community orchards : Laurel Park, Earley ...... 2016 Aug (30): 9 New trees at Wokingham (Rail) Station ...... 2016 Aug (30): 10 Issue 30 : article information sources ...... 2016 Aug (30): 12 St. Paul's Churchyard tree succession project ...... 2016 Nov (31): 6 Churchyard Trees conference ...... 2016 Nov (31): 6 I dig trees – ready, steady, go! ...... 2016 Nov (31): 6

© WDVTA - 11 - 2019 July - Version 2 Articles /6 Reading tree walks ...... 2016 Nov (31): 6 Mulberries ...... 2016 Nov (31): 7-8 What is a tree? Tree Council clarify the definition in the Court of Appeal ...... 2016 Nov (31): 9 Urban forests : The Forestry Commission England - Our Vision for a resilient urban forest report...... 2016 Nov (31): 9 Hitler's Coffin ...... 2016 Nov (31): 13 Issue 31 : article information sources ...... 2016 Nov (31): 13 Do you know of someone who could help? To publicise WDVTA online ...... 2017 Feb (32): 2 Shaping the land – why is the first of our new galleries all about trees? New exhibition at MERL ...... 2017 Feb (32): 3 Woodland Trust: Tree of the Year ...... 2017 Feb (32): 5-6 Are they playing tree-a-side? ...... 2017 Feb (32): 10 Issue 32 : article information sources ...... 2017 Feb (32): 10 Our trees : MRN 5715 (Turner's oak, Earley Town), MRN 5611 (Lucombe Oak, Arborfield & Newland) & MRN 4642 (Holm Oak, Earley Town) ...... 2017 May (33): 9 Issue 33 : article information sources ...... 2017 May (33): 10 Farewell and thanks to Fi (Fee) Young ...... 2017 Aug (34): 5-6 Ten years recording veteran trees ...... 2017 Aug (34): 9 Issue 34 : article information sources...... 2017 Aug (34): 13 Tenth Anniversary celebration and report launch ...... 2017 Nov (35): 4-5 Can you help us with these initiatives, please? ...... 2017 Nov (35): 5 Coppiced laburnum (MRN 8221) in Bearwood Recreation Ground ...... 2017 Nov (35): 5 Report on the Tree Warden Forum (21st October) ...... 2017 Nov (35): 6-8 TVERC Recorders' Conference ...... 2017 Nov (35): 7 Wokingham Arts Trail 2017 ...... 2017 Nov (35): 9 Reprieve for hedge trees, Forest Road, Hurst/Binfield border...... 2017 Nov (35): 11 Do you want to help us complete our survey? ...... 2017 Nov (35): 12

© WDVTA - 12 - 2019 July - Version 2 Articles /7 Tree cutting mystery in Upton Court Park, ...... 2017 Nov (35): 12 Issue 35 : article information sources ...... 2017 Nov (35): 12 The Woodland Trust: The Northern Forest ...... 2018 Feb (36): 4-5 Jubilee Oaks five years on ...... 2018 Feb (36): 5-6 Lifetime achievement award for Anne Booth ...... 2018 Feb (36): 6 In memory of Penny Miller ...... 2018 Feb (36): 7-8 From Whitebeam in Wales to looking after our tree values: a talk by Jon Stokes, Tree Council ...... 2018 Feb (36): 8 1,000 year old Buttington Oak. Offa's Dyke, Welshpool collapses ...... 2018 Feb (36): 10 Issue 36 : article information sources ...... 2018 Feb (36): 12 Planting trees on a grand scale – in Kenya ...... 2018 May (37): 9 Issue 37 : article information sources ...... 2018 May (37): 12 Introducing the Walter Oak (MRN 5576) and the Oak (MRN 5297) : competition to name two oaks in Bearwood Recreation Ground...... 2018 Aug (38): 5-6 Something for (nearly) everyone to do : Ash Health Monitoring Project...... 2018 Aug (38): 6-7 Ash dieback locally ...... 2018 Aug (38): 7 The Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Hunt / Inventory ...... 2018 Aug (38): 8-9 Using computer modelling to find old trees: a PhD project ...... 2018 Aug (38): 8 Wood Pasture – and another project for you : PTES Wood Pasture Survey ...... 2018 Aug (38): 9-10 Tree rescue for veterans : a national campaign to save veteran trees – www.treerescue.org.uk...... 2018 Aug (38): 12 Issue 38 : article information sources ...... 2018 Aug (38): 13 Fox Hill Woods: woodland put up for sale – includes 15 WDVTA veteran trees ...... 2018 Nov (39): 4-5 Network Rail's vegetation management ...... 2018 Nov (39): 7-8 Did you know there is a Yew forest in Sussex? ...... 2018 Nov (39): 10 Planting elms for butterflies ...... 2018 Nov (39): 10-11 Issue 39 : article information sources ...... 2018 Nov (39): 13

© WDVTA - 13 - 2019 July - Version 2 Article information sources Issue 28 ...... 2016 Feb (28): 13 Issue 29 ...... 2016 May (29): 12 Issue 30 ...... 2016 Aug (30): 12 Issue 31 ...... 2016 Nov (31): 13 Issue 32 ...... 2017 Feb (32): 10 Issue 33 ...... 2017 May (33): 10 Issue 34 ...... 2017 Aug (34): 13 Issue 35 ...... 2017 Nov (35): 12 Issue 36 ...... 2018 Feb (36): 12 Issue 37 ...... 2018 May (37): 12 Issue 38 ...... 2018 Aug (38): 13 Issue 39 ...... 2018 Nov (39): 13

© WDVTA - 14 - 2019 July - Version 2 Book recommendations Dunlop L, Greenaway D (2011) Around the 3 Valleys: An Exploration of the Geology, Landscape & History of the Lambourn, Kennet & Pang Valleys in ...... 2012 Feb (12): 10 Lonsdale D ed. (2013) Ancient and other veteran trees: further guidance on management, ...... 2013 May (17): 9 Lawson A, Sawers G (2017) The shady side of Town: Reading's Trees ...... 2017 Aug (34): 7

© WDVTA - 15 - 2019 July - Version 2 Database statistics /1 2371 trees; 1809 photographs ...... 2009 May (1): 1 2739 trees; 2151 photographs ...... 2009 Aug (2): 1 3138 trees; 2547 photographs ...... 2009 Nov (3): 1 3489 trees; 2936 photographs ...... 2010 Feb (4): 1 3751 trees; 3223 photographs ...... 2010 May (5): 1 3925 trees; 3440 photographs ...... 2010 Aug (6): 1 4230 trees; 3855 photographs ...... 2010 Nov (7): 1 4523 trees; 4238 photographs ...... 2011 Feb (8): 1 4803 trees; 4575 photographs ...... 2011 May (9): 1 5000 trees; 4937 photographs ...... 2011 Aug (10): 1 5228 trees; 5413 photographs ...... 2011 Nov (11): 1 5650 trees; 6082 photographs ...... 2012 Feb (12): 1 5769 trees; 6258 photographs ...... 2012 May (13): 1 6089 trees; 6872 photographs ...... 2012 Aug (14): 1 6312 trees; 7287 photographs ...... 2012 Nov (15): 1 6342 trees; 7337 photographs ...... 2013 Feb (16): 1 6520 trees; 7534 photographs ...... 2013 May (17): 1 6690 trees; 7873 photographs ...... 2013 Aug (18): 1 6842 trees; 8213 photographs ...... 2013 Nov (19): 1 6909 trees; 8378 photographs ...... 2014 Feb (20): 1 7008 trees; 8577 photographs ...... 2014 May (21): 1 7006 trees; 8660 photographs ...... 2014 Aug (22): 1 7241 trees; 9111 photographs ...... 2014 Nov (23): 1 7238 trees; 9161 photographs ...... 2015 Feb (24): 1 7163 trees; 9470 photographs ...... 2015 May (25): 1

© WDVTA - 16 - 2019 July - Version 2 Database statistics /2 7162 trees; 9594 photographs ...... 2015 Aug (26): 1 7210 trees; 9834 photographs ...... 2015 Nov (27): 1 7221 trees: 9857 photographs...... 2016 Feb (28): 1 7,221 trees; 9,857 photographs ...... 2016 Feb (28): 1 7,230 trees; 9,885 photographs ...... 2016 May (29): 1 7,238 trees; 9,928 photographs ...... 2016 Aug (30): 1 7,272 trees; 10,082 photographs ...... 2016 Nov (31): 1 7,296 trees; 10,132 photographs ...... 2017 Feb (32): 1 7,311 trees; 10,178 photographs ...... 2017 May (33): 1 7,402 trees; 10,411 photographs ...... 2017 Aug (34): 1 7,488 trees; 10,594 photographs ...... 2017 Nov (35): 1 7,514 trees; 10,688 photographs ...... 2018 Feb (36): 1 7,518 trees; 10,714 photographs ...... 2018 May (37): 1 7,572 trees; 10,834 photographs ...... 2018 Aug (38): 1 7,582 trees; 10,902 photographs ...... 2018 Nov (39): 1

© WDVTA - 17 - 2019 July - Version 2 Did you Know? /1 Facts about the Corsican Pine ...... 2009 May (1): 3-4 The Forestry Commission: Five year programme on Phytophthora tree infections ...... 2010 Feb (4): 3 The Woodland Trust: Dedicate a tree...... 2010 May (5): 4 The Scalloped oak moth (Crocallis elinguaria) ...... 2010 Aug (6): 5 About the great oak change ...... 2010 Nov (7): 7 Oak before ash…, (is this rhyme fact or myth) ...... 2011 May (9): 9 The oldest wooden door was made from poplar ...... 2011 Nov (11): 6 There's a Guiness Book of Records entry for the air-speed of trees ...... 2012 Feb (12): 9 An oak stump is Grade II listed building ...... 2012 May (13): 10 A Penny hedge is built on the beach at Whitby every year on Ascension Eve ...... 2012 Aug (14): 11 There is a new tallest oak (Quercus robur [Stourhead, nr Mere, Wiltshire]) / Champion oak for girth Lydham Manor, Shropshire...... 2012 Nov (15): 12 About the computer classes in Wokingham ...... 2013 Feb (16): 12 That you can save money on printing by changing the font you use? ...... 2013 May (17): 11 You can buy a camera that allows you to refocus and change perspective after you've taken a photo...... 2013 Aug (18): 13 About one third of all PCs in the world currently run Windows XP ...... 2013 Nov (19): 10 The headquarters of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission ...... 2014 Feb (20): 4 You can get help with your computing problems ...... 2014 May (21): 14 What trees can you always recognise from a distance of 100 yards? ...... 2014 Aug (22): 9 One third of the UK population will develop an allergy to pollen at some time of their life ...... 2015 May (25): 11 The only site in Wokingham to be awarded the Green Flag Award is the 's Whiteknights Campus ...... 2015 Aug (26): 11 We wouldn't have the Magna Carta without the oak tree? ...... 2015 Nov (27): 8 Britain has the oldest three-dimensional conifer fossils ...... 2016 Feb (28): 11 A pine is Europe has just been positively dated as over 1,075 years old ...... 2016 Aug (30): 12

© WDVTA - 18 - 2019 July - Version 2 Did you Know? /2 The Forest School ...... 2016 Nov (31): 11 Wokingham has a Biodiversity Forum – and you should belong to it! ...... 2017 Aug (34): 6 Berkshire has a new flag ...... 2017 Nov (35): 9 Your web searches could help plant trees: Ecosia ...... 2018 Feb (36): 9 Just two spores are responsible for Ash dieback ...... 2018 May (37): 6 The Fortingall Yew has changed its sex ...... 2018 Aug (38): 12

© WDVTA - 19 - 2019 July - Version 2 Editorial /1 Introduction to first edition / Article request ...... 2009 May (1): 1 Contribution thanks / Join the survey / Crowthorne trees ...... 2009 Aug (2): 1 Course on management of ancient trees at Burnham ...... 2009 Nov (3): 1 Trees in the snow / National Trust Osterley Park event / The Ramblers Association Berkshire walks ...... 2010 Feb (4): 1 Good weather so go survey / BBOWT ancient tree course / Priestfield Arboretum, Buckinghamshire ...... 2010 May (5): 1 What's in this issue / Improved website / Tree Council: Tree Wardens & Tree Week ...... 2010 Aug (6): 1 Autumn colours / Government plans to revise Tree Preservation Orders ...... 2010 Nov (7): 1 WDC housing developments (Strategic Development Locations [SDL]) / Our Chairman steps down ...... 2011 Feb (8): 1 We need a new Chairman ...... 2011 May (9): 1 Recording our 5000th tree / Tree Warden Network joined / Owen Johnson book / talk by Glynn Percival ...2011 Aug (10): 1 5000th tree article in the Wokingham Times / Launch of Jubilee Trees & Tree Warden Projects ...... 2011 Nov (11): 1 Tree Warden Launch 29th November / Go survey in Winter ...... 2012 Feb (12): 1 Trees in Wokingham Town book / Jubilee Tree Project / Tree Warden Training Day ...... 2012 May (13): 1 Winnning 1st prize from Wokingham Borough Voluntary Sector / Tree Survey continues / Do we have any Heritage Trees? / Jubilee Tree Projects ...... 2012 Aug (14): 1 Autumn colours / new Tree Science column / Jubilee trees / Trees in the landscape ...... 2012 Nov (15): 1 Spring is on its way / next event AGM / Jubilee Oak Planting ceremonies / Threat to Ash trees ...... 2013 Feb (16): 1 Event planning / BioBlitz at University of Reading / Articles & suggestions request ...... 2013 May (17): 1 Surveyors have been active / Variety of articles in this month / REINFORCE / Planning applications for four SDL containing 179 of our trees ...... 2013 Aug (18): 1 Storm damage / Tree Warden conference / Escaped major tree diseases ...... 2013 Nov (19): 1 Still surveying trees / Storm Jude / AGM date ...... 2014 Feb (20): 1 Lovely spring weather / Our 7000th tree / successful AGM / revised H & S policy ...... 2014 May (21): 1 Enjoyed the summer weather then heavy rain and winds / tree trails & Bearwood Recreation Ground Tree Walk / increase of tree surveys countrywide / Bracknell Forest survey ...... 2014 Aug (22): 1

© WDVTA - 20 - 2019 July - Version 2 Editorial /2 Colourful Autumn trees / The Millennium Wood, Arborfield Park / Pope's Meadow, Binfield ...... 2014 Nov (23): 1 Bracknell Parks Photo Competition / Wokingham Waitrose Community Matters / new article species in focus / Windsor Great Park ...... 2015 Feb (24): 1 Good new & bad news: Black Mulberry, Elms Road, Wokingham felled / £430 from Waitrose green token scheme / is the four row lime avenue, Barkham unique? ...... 2015 May (25): 1 Continue to add records to tree survey / Increasing number of SANGs ...... 2015 Aug (26): 1 Another excellent Autumn colour display / Arborfield Arboretum / Narrow leaved ash trees, Woodley ...... 2015 Nov (27): 1-2 Our website / inclusion of article references / Don't forget our AGM ...... 2016 Feb (28): 1 7th Anniversary of Tree Watch / new Tree Watch category ; Then and Now / Full complement of WDVTA Officers / Errata in Trees at Risk article...... 2016 May (29): 1 Our database / Dennis Bryant updating information on 21 trees ...... 2016 Aug (30): 1 How should we celebrate our 10th anniversary / Photographing the trees of Wellingtonia Avenue ...... 2016 Nov (31): 1 Death of Ray Stagles / AGM date ...... 2017 Feb (32): 1 Come survey for us / photo trees in different seasons / WBC inspection/maintenance policy for trees / 10th anniversary report almost complete ...... 2017 May (33): 1 Launch of WDVTA 10th anniversary report / Shinfield Tree Walk / Death of Penny Miller: Wargrave Coordinator...... 2017 Aug (34): 1 Launch of 10th anniversary report / Errata ...... 2017 Nov (35): 1 Time to start surveying / WDVTA Trees with hollow trunks: MRN 395 (Woodley Town), MRN 7671 (Shinfield), MRN 5752 (Earley Town), MRN 4415 (Swallowfield) .....2018 Feb (36): 1 Explosion of flowering Hawthorns / successful AGM ...... 2018 May (37): 1 Enjoying Summer / new surveyors / get involved / Ash stools: MRN 2196 Shinfield, MRN 4214 Wargrave, MRN 1566 Woodley ...... 2018 Aug (38): 1 Making plans to assist us / Ankerwycke Yew / Ancient Yew Forum talk by Toby Hindson / BBC Radio 4 programme 'Open Country' about Ash trees...... 2018 Nov (39): 1

© WDVTA - 21 - 2019 July - Version 2 Events : coming up /1 2011: May - September ...... 2011 May (9): 1 2011: September - November ...... 2011 Aug (10): 1 2011: November ...... 2011 Nov (11): 1 2012: March – May ...... 2012 Feb (12): 1 2012: June – August ...... 2012 May (13): 1 2012: September – November ...... 2012 Aug (14): 2 2012-2013: December – February ...... 2012 Nov (15): 2 2013: March – May ...... 2013 Feb (16): 2 2013: June – August ...... 2013 May (17): 2 2013: September – November ...... 2013 Aug (18): 2 2013: November – December ...... 2013 Nov (19): 2 2014: March – May ...... 2014 Feb (20): 2 2014: No events scheduled ...... 2014 May (21): 2 2014: September – November ...... 2014 Aug (22): 2 2014: December / December event ...... 2014 Nov (23): 1 2015: February – May / AGM 2015 / Events – Hampstead Norreys walk ...... 2015 Feb (24): 2 2015: June – August ...... 2015 May (25): 1 2015: September – November ...... 2015 Aug (26): 1 2015-2016: December – February ...... 2015 Nov (27): 2 2016: March – May ...... 2016 Feb (28): 2 2016: AGM and other events ...... 2016 Feb (28): 2-3 2016: May – August ...... 2016 May (29): 1 2016: September – November ...... 2016 Aug (30): 2 2016-2017: November – February ...... 2016 Nov (31): 2 Events for 2017 ...... 2016 Nov (31): 2

© WDVTA - 22 - 2019 July - Version 2 Events : coming up /2 2017: March – May ...... 2017 Feb (32): 2 2017 June – August ...... 2017 May (33): 2 2017: September – December ...... 2017 Aug (34): 2 2017-2018: December – February ...... 2017 Nov (35): 2 2018: March – May ...... 2018 Feb (36): 2 The heart of the Park : A walk in Windsor Great Park scheduled 19th April...... 2018 Feb (36): 5 2018: June – August ...... 2018 May (37): 2 2018: September – November ...... 2018 Aug (38): 2 2018 September 12th: Prince Albert's Trees by Japser Dobson...... 2018 Aug (38): 6 2018-2019: December - February ...... 2018 Nov (39): 2 Apologies are due: Tony Kirkham talk cancelled ...... 2018 Nov (39): 2

© WDVTA - 23 - 2019 July - Version 2 Events : review of indoor talks Meeting with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham in (2010 Nov 20) ...... 2011 May (9): 4-5 A shared vision for Biodiversity – Berkshire Recorder's Day ...... 2013 Nov (19): 5-6 'Hedgerow harvest history' and the South East Region Tree Warden Forum 2013 ...... 2013 Nov (19): 6-7 South East Region Tree Warden Forum – September 27th 2014 ...... 2014 Nov (23): 3-5 Dr Glynn Percival's University of Reading Research site, Cutbush Lane, Shinfield ...... 2018 May (37): 7 10th Anniversary Report launch ...... 2018 May (37): 7 Ted Green's Tree Archaeology Talk ...... 2018 May (37): 7 WDVTA @ Wokingham Arts Trail...... 2018 May (37): 7

© WDVTA - 24 - 2019 July - Version 2 Events : review of outdoor trips The Crowthorne Launch of the Crowthorne Village Action Group...... 2009 Aug(2): 2 An evening amble... veteran and exotic trees in , University of Reading ...... 2009 Aug(2): 4-5 Wokingham Art Festival: Summer 2012, Wokingham Town ...... 2013 May (17): 10 The Savill Gardens, Wick Lane, Windsor Great Park ...... 2014 Feb (20): 2 Walk in Wargrave parish / Earley Green Fair, Earley Town Parish ...... 2014 Aug (22): 2 Significant trees along Waingels Road: Paddick's Patch, Woodley Parish ...... 2015 Nov (27): 6 Visit to the Medieval oaks in High Park, Blenheim Palace ...... 2016 Nov (31): 4-5 Waltham St. Lawrence and Park ...... 2018 May (37): 7 Wargrave Walk including Wargrave Chalk Pit and Mumbury Nature Reserve ...... 2018 May (37): 8 Visit to Wytham Woods ...... 2018 Nov (39): 11-12

© WDVTA - 25 - 2019 July - Version 2 Fi (Fee) Young's Tree Science Column Why do deciduous tree leaves change colour in autumn? What makes these leaves fall? ...... 2012 Nov (15): 10 What's in a name? Part One: A brief history of Botanical Nomenclature ...... 2013 May (17): 8-9 What's in a name? Part Two: Is it a species unknown to science? ...... 2013 Aug (18): 12-13 What's in a name? Part Three: Writing the first ever descriptive article for a new species ...... 2013 Nov (19): 12-13 Photosynthesis is fundamental for animal life on Earth ...... 2014 Feb (20): 8 I have free time (surely not!) maybe you would like to learn a new subject: MOOC ...... 2015 Feb (24): 13 Pollen ...... 2015 May (25): 10-11 It's a weighty problem! (Exactly how much does a tree weigh) ...... 2015 Aug (26): 9-10 Globally there are 3,040,000,000,000 (3.04 trillion) trees! How do they know that? ...... 2015 Nov (27): 9 It's all Greek and Latin to me! ...... 2016 Feb (28): 9-10

© WDVTA - 26 - 2019 July - Version 2 Frequently asked questions How many records do you have? / How much of the Borough have you surveyed? ...... 2009 May (1): 4 Why don't we have more information on our website and what is the difference between a website and a Yahoo group? ...... 2009 Nov (3): 4 How do we protect a tree with a Tree Preservation Order? / How effective are TPOs? ...... 2010 Feb (4): 4 How accurate is my GPS? Why is my tree on the wrong side of the road? / How do I correct an inaccurate grid reference ...... 2010 May (5): 5 When a tree is felled is it removed from the database? ...... 2010 Aug (6): 5 Why are trees so important? ...... 2010 Nov (7): 5 Why does it take so long to load the trees on the web map? ...... 2011 Aug (10): 5-6 Why wasn't that tree protected by a TPO? ...... 2011 Nov (11): 4-5 What is masting? ...... 2012 Feb (12): 8-9 Why is my Word document so large? ...... 2012 May (13): 9 How do I record Jubilee hedge trees? ...... 2012 Aug (14): 9 I'm using Chrome, so why does the webmap take so long to load? ...... 2013 Aug (18): 13 What is the largest? ...... 2014 Feb (20): 11 Do our politicians value trees? (financial cuts at Kew Gardens, ) ...... 2014 May (21): 11 Why can't I just say “holes”? ...... 2014 Aug (22): 7 Is ivy bad for trees? ...... 2014 Nov (23): 10 How can I easily plot several trees on a map? ...... 2015 Feb (24): 13 How many tree species are there in the world? ...... 2017 May (33): 9 How do I find documents associated with our recorded trees?...... 2017 Aug (34): 11 Can I use my smart phone to get an accurate grid reference? ...... 2018 May (37): 11 What is the definition of an “Ancient Woodland”? ...... 2018 Aug (38): 10

© WDVTA - 27 - 2019 July - Version 2 Leaflets Bearwood Recreation Ground, Parish ...... 2011 Aug (10): 3 Bearwood Recreation Ground Tree Walk ...... 2017 Aug (34): 5

© WDVTA - 28 - 2019 July - Version 2 Obituaries John Heggadon: 1939 – 2012 ...... 2012 Aug (14): 6 Ralph Spreadborough ...... 2012 Nov (15): 4 Very sad news: Oliver Rackham - 17 October 1939 – 12 February 2015 ...... 2015 Feb (24): 14 Ray Stagles: 1921 – 2016 ...... 2017 Feb (32): 7 Penny Miller: 15 Jan 1948 – 21 Aug 2017 ...... 2017 Nov (35): 8 In memory of Penny Miller ...... 2017 Nov (35): 7-8

© WDVTA - 29 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our presence on the internet Introduction to the Yahoo site ...... 2009 May (1): 4 Now you can upload photographs to the Yahoo site...... 2009 Aug (2): 5 Directories of the Yahoo site ...... 2010 Aug (6): 6 Website ...... 2010 Nov (7): 1-3 Our Facebook page ...... 2015 Feb (24): 12 Our 10th Anniversary report ...... 2017 Nov (35): 13

© WDVTA - 30 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our Projects – 10th Anniversary Report Tenth anniversary report ...... 2017 Feb (32): 3 10th anniversary report almost complete ...... 2017 May (33): 1 Tenth anniversary report ...... 2017 May (33): 3-4 Launch of WDVTA 10th anniversary report ...... 2017 Aug (34): 1 Tenth anniversary report ...... 2017 Aug (34): 3 Launch of 10th anniversary report ...... 2017 Nov (35): 1 Our 10th Anniversary report ...... 2017 Nov (35): 13 Anniversary report follow up ...... 2018 Feb (36): 3 Anniversary report follow up ...... 2018 May (37): 4 10th Anniversary Report launch ...... 2018 May (37): 7

© WDVTA - 31 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our Project - Commemorative, memorial and special trees (CMST) Commemorative and notable trees ...... 2011 May (9): 7 World War I – do you know of any trees planted in the Borough to commemorate… ...... 2014 Feb (20): 4 Commemorative, memorial and special trees ...... 2014 Feb (20): 4 Commemorative trees ...... 2014 May (21): 3 Commemorative trees ...... 2014 Aug (22): 4 Commemorative and special trees ...... 2014 Nov (23): 6 Commemorative and special trees ...... 2015 Feb (24): 4 Commemorative and special trees ...... 2015 Aug (26): 3-4 Commemorative and special trees ...... 2015 Nov (27): 3 Our CMST database in a Google Drive spreadsheet ...... 2016 Nov (31): 7 Commemorative and special trees : 91 entries; 600+ trees including W092 The Crag Oak & W084 The Bound Oak...... 2018 Nov (39): 6-7

© WDVTA - 32 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our Projects - Diamond Jubilee: 60 Oak trees for Wokingham Borough Jubilee Hedge Tree Project ...... 2012 Feb (12): 2 Jubilee plantings ...... 2012 May (13): 2 A timely reminder / Jubilee hedge tree project snapshot / Preparing to plant 60 Diamond Jubilee English Oaks across Wokingham Borough ...... 2012 Aug (14): 2-3 Wokingham's Jubilee Oaks – visit to Barcham Tree Nursey - 20th September 2012 ...... 2012 Nov (15): 5 Our first Jubilee Oak planting ...... 2012 Nov (15): 6 Rounding off the WBC/WDVTA Diamond Jubilee Project ...... 2013 Feb (16): 2 Jubilee Oak Planting Sites snapshot ...... 2013 Feb (16): 2 Jubilee Plantings ...... 2013 Feb (16): 3 Diamond Jubilee legacy grows and grows ...... 2013 May (17): 2-3 Tree Warden Activities: Jubilee Hedge Tree Project ...... 2013 May (17): 3-4 Diamond Jubilee Plantings ...... 2013 Aug (18): 2 Diamond Jubilee plantings ...... 2013 Nov (19): 4 Tree Warden Activities : Jubilee oaks - death of Number 26 (Finchampstead) ...... 2014 May (21): 3 Tree Warden activities: Jubilee oaks – death of Number 25 (Finchampstead) ...... 2015 Feb (24): 3 Looking out for Jubilee Trees ...... 2015 Aug (26): 2 Jubilee oaks ...... 2015 Nov (27): 3 Jubilee oaks : Tree No. 47 deceased ...... 2016 Feb (28): 3 Jubilee oaks: Five years on ...... 2017 Nov (35): 5-6 Jubilee tree No. 11 death: Ashenbury Park, Woodley replaced ...... 2018 May (37): 6 Jubilee trees : First acorn sightings - Tree Nos. 23, 27, 28, 30, 31 (Barkham) and 29 (Finchampstead) ...... 2018 Nov (39): 3

© WDVTA - 33 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our Projects - Hedgerows Hedgerows ...... 2013 Feb (16): 7 Hedge Tree Project ...... 2013 Aug (18): 5 Hedge Tree Project ...... 2014 Feb (20): 2 Hedge planting ...... 2014 Feb (20): 3 Tree Warden activities: St. Paul's Hedgerow tree planting ...... 2015 Feb (24): 3

© WDVTA - 34 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our Projects - Tree Wardens Tree Warden activities: WDVTA and Wokingham Borough at the House of Lords ...... 2013 Feb (16): 5 South East Region Tree Warden forum ...... 2013 Feb (16): 5-6 Tree Warden activities: Diamond Jubilee Oaks / Hedge tree project...... 2013 May (17): 3-4 Tree Warden activities: One Diamond Jubilee Oak died / Reading Tree Warden Network (RTWN) ...... 2014 May (21): 3 Tree Warden activities: Jubilee Avenues, Wokingham Town Parish / St. Pauls Church Tree Succession Project, Wokingham Town Parish / St. Catherine's Church, Winnersh Parish ...... 2014 Nov (23): 2-3 Tree Warden Activities: Planting for Earth Day / Cedar of Lebanon (MRN180) St. Pauls Church, Wokingham Town Parish...... 2015 May (25): 3 Tree Warden Activities: Tree Warden scheme 25 years young / Looking out for Jubilee trees ...... 2015 Aug (26): 2 Tree warden activities: Stephen Loyd steps down / Tree quiz winner ...... 2016 Nov (31): 5 Tree warden activities: Hawthorn Primary school pupils plant oak saplings in Cantley Park ...... 2018 Feb (36): 6

© WDVTA - 35 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our Projects – The Veteran Tree Survey /1 Validation and verification of the Wokingham Town Parish trees ...... 2009 Nov (3): 1 The joys of volunteering for the WDVTA ...... 2009 Nov (3): 2 Recording notable features ...... 2010 May (5): 3 Wokingham's largest trees ...... 2010 Aug (6): 2 Parish totals (number of trees) ...... 2010 Nov (7): 3 Recording trees can be complicated ...... 2010 Nov (7): 5 Would you like? (to borrow our equipment) ...... 2011 Feb (8): 7 Excel tips for recorders: How to insert today's date ...... 2011 Aug (10): 6 Excel tips for recorders: Feature combiner ...... 2011 Nov (11): 2 Survey snapshot : oaks ...... 2011 Nov (11): 6 Survey snapshot : sweet chestnut ...... 2012 Feb (12): 3 A difficult one to record ...... 2012 Feb (12): 6 Grid Reference errors ...... 2012 Feb (12): 7 Excel tips for recorders: Viewing sheets side by side ...... 2012 Feb (12): 8 Hedge Trees ...... 2012 May (13): 6-7 Survey snapshot : hedgerow trees ...... 2012 May (13): 6 Excel tips for recorders: Sorting data / Thunderbird Users ...... 2012 May (13): 7-8 Questions and Answers: Please can I have a GPS and a tape? ...... 2012 Aug (14): 8 Excel tips for recorders: Freezing panes ...... 2012 Aug (14): 10 Survey snapshot : Ash ...... 2012 Nov (15): 3 Survey snapshot : photographs ...... 2013 May (17): 11 Survey snapshot : relic orchards ...... 2013 Aug (18): 6 Photographing trees ...... 2013 Nov (19): 2 Photos for the Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2013 Nov (19): 3

© WDVTA - 36 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our Projects – The Veteran Tree Survey /2 Survey snapshot : verified trees ...... 2013 Nov (19): 14 Another photo tip – set the date and time on your camera ...... 2014 Feb (20): 6 Survey snapshot : trees with updated status ...... 2014 Feb (20): 11 Trees can cause accidents! Revised Health & Safety Policy ...... 2014 May (21): 2 The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2014 May (21): 4-5 Survey snapshot : yearly totals of trees recorded ...... 2014 May (21): 4 The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2014 Aug (22): 3 Survey snapshot : habit ...... 2014 Aug (22): 3 The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2014 Nov (23): 6 Survey snapshot : identified trees ...... 2014 Nov (23): 6 The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2015 Feb (24): 4 Survey snapshot : Tree Register / Locations / County Champions ...... 2015 Feb (24): 4 Photographing our trees (tree records without photographs) ...... 2015 Feb (24): 4 Barkham survey completed ...... 2015 Feb (24): 4-6 How can I easily plot several trees on a map? (under Frequently asked questions) ...... 2015 Feb (24): 13 The Veteran Tree Survey: Graphic of number of trees recorded in each Parish ...... 2015 Feb (24): 5 Would you like help with your computing? The Understanding Computer Club, Spencers Wood ...... 2015 May (25): 12 The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2015 Aug (26): 3 Update on the 'Trees with no Photographs' Project ...... 2015 Aug (26): 3 Survey snapshot : photographs...... 2015 Aug (26): 3 The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2015 Nov (27): 3 Survey snapshot : number of species ...... 2015 Nov (27): 3 The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2016 Feb (28): 3 Survey snapshot : Wellingtonias...... 2016 Feb (28): 8

© WDVTA - 37 - 2019 July - Version 2 Our Projects – The Veteran Tree Survey /3 Survey snapshot : ...... 2016 May (29): 10 Database : Which Parish has recorded the most trees? ...... 2016 Aug (30): 5 Survey snapshot : Whiteknights Campus ...... 2016 Aug (30): 6 Veteran Tree Database : Earley Town and Shinfield are complete / Alan Wiseman steps down as Twyford coordinator / photo 10000.jpg ...... 2016 Nov (31): 7 Survey snapshot : updated status ...... 2016 Nov (31): 7 Survey snapshot : oaks ...... 2017 Feb (32): 6 Survey snapshot : sycamores ...... 2017 May (33): 9 Survey snapshot : number of trees surveyed by year ...... 2017 Aug (34): 9 Database update... 87 new trees ...... 2017 Nov (35): 5 Survey snapshot : Hawthorns ...... 2017 Nov (35): 11 Survey snapshot : Lost trees ...... 2018 Feb (36): 9 Survey snapshot : Weeping willows ...... 2018 May (37): 8 Survey snapshot : Ash ...... 2018 Aug (38): 12 Survey snapshot : records with photos ...... 2018 Nov (39): 6 The Veteran Tree Survey ...... 2018 Nov (39): 6

© WDVTA - 38 - 2019 July - Version 2 Pests and diseases /1 A threat to our conkers? ...... 2009 Aug (2): 5 Lichens on trees and tar spots on sycamore leaves ...... 2009 Nov (3): 3 Oak Processionary Moth ...... 2010 Nov (7): 4-5 Trees at risk (horse chestnut leaf miner moth Cameraria ohridella) ...... 2011 May (9): 2 Oak Processionary Moth Update ...... 2012 Feb (12): 5 Asian Longhorn Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) ...... 2012 May (13): 3 The Forestry Commission: pests & diseases ...... 2012 May (13): 10 Another new threat: fungus Chalara fraxinea ...... 2012 Aug (14): 5 Ash die-back ...... 2012 Nov (15): 2-4 Other diseases: Jewel Beetle (Agrilus biguttatus) & Acute Oak Decline or Oak Dieback / Current Season Needle Necrosis ...... 2012 Nov (15): 4 WDVTA ash dieback page / The Forestry Commission: ash dieback / DEFRA Chalara webpage / fraxback.eu webpage / BBC: ash die-back & pest and diseases / Forestry Commission: oak decline disease presentation ...... 2012 Nov (15): 12 The Forestry Commission: Oak jewel beetle ...... 2012 Nov (15): 12 Threat to Ash trees ...... 2013 Feb (16): 1 Ash Dieback update ...... 2013 May (17): 9 Death of a horse chestnut tree (Armillaria species), Wokingham Town ...... 2013 Aug (18): 9 Oak Processionary Moth ...... 2013 Aug (18): 9-11 Update on some other diseases: Acute Oak Decline / Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner / Bleeding Canker Disease ...... 2013 Aug (18): 11 Escaped major tree diseases ...... 2013 Nov (19): 1 You tube video: brief background to ash dieback ...... 2013 Nov (19): 14 Citris Longhorn Beetle ...... 2013 Nov (19): 14 Diseases update: OPM / Ash die-back / Elm Phloem Necrosis ...... 2014 May (21): 12-13

© WDVTA - 39 - 2019 July - Version 2 Pests and diseases /2 Ash Dieback symptoms guide ...... 2014 May (21): 14 Ash Dieback ...... 2014 Aug (22): 2-3 Observatree: Pests & Diseases and volunteering for Observatree ...... 2015 Nov (27): 10 Hope for Ash trees : Ash dieback ...... 2016 Feb (28): 12 Ash dieback – DEFRA / Forestry Commission ...... 2016 Feb (28): 13 Ash dieback ...... 2016 May (29): 2-3 Tree Pests ...... 2017 Feb (32): 3 Ash dieback and oak processionary moth...... 2018 May (37): 3-6 Just two spores are responsible for Ash dieback ...... 2018 May (37): 6 The Forestry Commission: Pest & diseases of trees ...... 2018 May (37): 12 Oak Processionary Moth reported in Bracknell – be vigilant! ...... 2018 Aug (38): 4 Ash dieback locally ...... 2018 Aug (38): 7 Something for (nearly) everyone to do : Ash Health Monitoring Project...... 2018 Aug (38): 6-7 Ash dieback locally ...... 2018 Aug (38): 7 Ash trees ...... 2018 Nov (39): 3

© WDVTA - 40 - 2019 July - Version 2 Poems The Wollemi Pine by the late Ray Stagles ...... 2011 Feb (8): 5 The Maunder Minimum by Martin Haslam ...... 2012 May (13): 9 Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell ...... 2014 May (21): 10 This huge, hybrid oak... by the late Ray Stagles ...... 2017 Feb (32): 7 The Singers of Orchard Close ...... 2018 Aug (38): 4 Only three trees : A Lament for our lost trees ...... 2018 Aug (38): 4

© WDVTA - 41 - 2019 July - Version 2 Profiles /1 Stuart Croft ...... 2009 May (1): 2 John Baster...... 2009 Aug (2): 4 Ray Stagles ...... 2009 Nov (3): 3 Sheila Crowson ...... 2010 Feb (4): 3-4 Alison Griffin ...... 2010 May (5): 2 Coralie Ramsey ...... 2010 Aug (6): 3 Ian Potts ...... 2010 Nov (7): 4 Barbara Stagles ...... 2011 Feb (8): 4 Patricia Green ...... 2011 May (9): 4 Stephen Loyd ...... 2011 Aug (10): 5 Janet Firth ...... 2011 Nov (11): 5-6 Michael Rea ...... 2012 Feb (12): 4 Anne Booth ...... 2012 May (13): 8 Gill Hopkins ...... 2012 Aug (14): 4-5 Fi (or Fee) Young ...... 2012 Nov (15): 7 Angus Ross ...... 2013 Feb (16): 4 Jon Matthews ...... 2013 May (17): 5 Derek Oxbrough ...... 2013 Aug (18): 7 Gordon Veitch ...... 2013 Nov (19): 9 Andy Glencross ...... 2014 Feb (20): 6 Rachel Sanderson ...... 2014 May (21): 9-10 Grahame Hawker ...... 2014 Aug (22): 6 Steve Radford ...... 2014 Nov (23): 7 Linda Martin ...... 2015 Feb (24): 8-9 Jane Sellwood ...... 2015 May (25): 8

© WDVTA - 42 - 2019 July - Version 2 Profiles /2 Duncan Fisher ...... 2015 Aug (26): 5 Dick Greenaway ...... 2015 Nov (27): 5 Chris Hannington ...... 2016 Feb (28): 4 Sarah Hanson ...... 2016 May (29): 5 Cathy Harris ...... 2016 Aug (30): 6 Stephanie McKay ...... 2016 Nov (31): 10-11 Glynn Percival ...... 2017 Feb (32): 4-5 Malcolm Butler ...... 2017 May (33): 7 Jon Stokes ...... 2017 Aug (34): 7

© WDVTA - 43 - 2019 July - Version 2 Quizzes / Puzzles - Quiz Eleven Wokingham Borough Schools have an oak or part of an oak in their school badge. Can you guess the schools?...... 2015 Nov (27): 4-5 - Word Search The Parishes of Wokingham ...... 2016 May (29): 11 Answer to The Parishes of Wokingham ...... 2016 Aug (30): 11 - Word Sudoku No. 1...... 2016 Feb (28): 11 Answer to No. 1...... 2016 Feb (28): 12 - Where is it? The first question ...... 2015 Aug (26): 6 Issue 27: Answer – Knole Park, , Kent ...... 2015 Nov (27): 4 Issue 28: Answer – MRN432: Shinfield ...... 2016 Feb (28): 10-11 Issue 29: Answer – MRN4197: Arborfield & Newlands ...... 2016 May (29): 10 Issue 30: Answer - The Cage Pollard, Burnham Beeches ...... 2016 Aug (30): 11 Issue 31: Answer – MRN4881: Winnersh ...... 2016 Nov (31): 11 Issue 32: Answer - Wellingtonia in Palmer Park, Reading ...... 2017 Feb (32): 5 Issue 33: Answer - MRN2814 / MRN2815 (Earley) ...... 2017 May (33): 6 Issue 34: Answer - Veteran oak, Chenies Manor, Chenies, Buckinghamshire ...... 2017 Aug (34): 10 Issue 35: Answer – MRN1369: ...... 2017 Nov (35): 8 Issue 36: Answer - Sycamore Gap tree, Northumberland...... 2018 Feb (36): 9 Issue 37: Answer - MRN5845: our widest tree (Wargrave) ...... 2018 May (37): 11 Issue 38: Answer - Ankerwycke Yew, Wraysbury, Berkshire ...... 2018 Aug (38): 12 Issue 39: Answer – MRN2199: Shinfield ...... 2018 Nov (39): 12

© WDVTA - 44 - 2019 July - Version 2 Quotations /1 Rackham O (2006) Woodlands: “Trees seldom grow old in woodland...” ...... 2010 Aug (6): 5-6 Rackham O (2006) Woodlands: “There are many good reasons for growing trees….” ...... 2011 Feb (8): 7 Rackham O (2006) Woodlands: “Since the 1960s...” ...... 2011 May (9): 2 Green T (2003) Sylva/Tree News: “In landscapes impoverished...” ...... 2011 Nov (11): 5 Fay N (2011) The ARB Magazine, Issue 54, Autumn: “We are witnessing a new phase of mature tree loss…” 2012 Feb (12): 9 Unknown: “God has an inordinate fondness for beetles” ...... 2012 May (13): 3 Woodland Trust website (2012): “Woods planted or growing up today...” ...... 2012 May (13): 5 Barker H (2012) Hedge Britannia: “I'd like to propose a hedgerow as the new national symbol...” ...... 2012 May (13): 7 Johnson S (1775) A journey to the Western Isles of Scotland: “But there is a frightful interval between the seed and timber….” ...... 2012 Aug (14): 3 Vaughan B (b. 1914 - d. 1977) “Surburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees...” ...... 2012 Nov (15): 11 House of Commons Journal (1792) “The grubbing up of Hedge Rows...” ...... 2013 Feb (16): 7 Muir J (1868) “Among all the varied productions with which Nature...” ...... 2013 May (17): 9 British Standard 5837: Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – recommendations “Certain trees are of such important and sensitivity...” ...... 2013 Aug (18): 3 BS5837:2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – recommendations overview: “Where tree retention or planting is proposed in conjunction with nearby construction...” ...... 2013 Nov(19): 13 Roosevelt T (1910) Speech before the Colorado Live Stock Association: “The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets...” ...... 2014 Feb (20): 8 Evelyn J (b. 1620 – d. 1706) Diary entry: “Hence we went to Swallowfield...” ...... 2014 May (21): 10 Blake W (1799) “The tree which moves some to tears of job…” ...... 2014 May (21): 11 Rackham O (1986) The History of the British Countryside, “10,000 oaks of 100 years old...” ...... 2014 Aug (22): 6 The Conservation Foundation website (2015): “While the world churns around it, the yew stands…” ...... 2015 Feb (24): 4 Auden W H (1953) Bucolics: “A culture is no better than its woods.” ...... 2015 Nov (27): 5 Lindley J (1853) Gardeners' Chronicle 52: 820 ...... 2016 Feb (28): 8

© WDVTA - 45 - 2019 July - Version 2 Quotations /2 Wales J (2014) The problem with Wikipedia ...... 2016 May (29): 12 Cooper N (2001) Wildlife in Church and Churchyard ...... 2016 Aug (30): 4 Daily Telegraph Online (2005) The Holm Oak ...... 2016 Nov (31): 6 The Wokingham Paper (2017) 's significant trees ...... 2017 Feb (32): 10 Rogers R (2013) Front Row ...... 2017 May (33): 7 Rackham O (2006) from Woodlands ...... 2017 Aug (34): 10 TVERC (2017) We collect, analyse and share ...... 2017 Nov (35): 8 Alderman D (2018) Woodland Trust Blog on WDVTA ...... 2018 Feb (36): 9 Rackham O (2006) Woodlands: “New planting will not replicate...”: page 441...... 2018 May (37): 2 Rackham O (2006) Woodlands: “Ancient woods are not the place to...” ...... 2018 Aug (38): 10 Monbiot G (2018) The natural capita agenda... from the Guardian online dated 15 May 2018...... 2018 Nov (39): 6

© WDVTA - 46 - 2019 July - Version 2 Recommended websites & reading /1 Identification of winter twigs / Isle of Wight tree trail / news from WDC / Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Guide No. 4 / Ivy on trees: Chiltern Woodland Project / Grey Squirrel Damage: Chiltern Woodland Project ...... 2009 May (1): 4 English Heritage / Ancient Tree Hunt / Natural England documents ...... 2009 Aug (2): 5 Ancient Tree Hunt / The Great Trees of Derbyshire Project / St. Pauls Oak, Wokingham / WDC areas map ...... 2009 Nov (3): 4 Loddon Valley Ramblers Group / Earley Environmental Group / Guidance for Tree Preservation orders ...... 2010 Feb (4): 4 Priestfield Arboretum / Burnham Beeches / Kew Gardens / WDVTS handbook v. 3 / Submitting photos / Where to measure a tree ...... 2010 May (5): 5 Folders & websites on the Yahoo site / Our handbook & forms on the Yahoo site ...... 2010 Aug (6): 6 Where's the path / WDC local planned development ...... 2010 Nov (7): 7 Government forest proposals / The Woodland Trust Petition / Save our Forests Petition ...... 2011 Feb (8): 7 RISC (Recording Invasive Species Counts) / The Woodland Trust: Nature's Calendar / WDC SANG's ...... 2011 May (9): 9 WDVTA Tree Warden page / Tree Council Tree Warden Scheme / Reading Council Trees webpage / Glynn Percival talk presentation file / Bearwood Recreation Ground leaflet / WDVTA tree record documents ...... 2011 Aug (10): 7 Earley Environmental Group / Crowthorne Natural History Society / Reading and District Natural History Society / Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Guides ...... 2011 Nov (11): 7 Berkshire Geoconservation Group / West Berkshire Council Tree information / Valley Environmental Records Centre / Oak Processionary Moth / Trees planted for George VI's coronation / The Forest of Reading ...... 2012 Feb (12): 10 The Forestry Commission: pests & diseases / Hedgelink / Winkworth Arboretum ...... 2012 May (13): 10 OPAL hedge award scheme / Reading Tree Wardens / WDVTA letter of support / Independent Panel on Forestry – Final Report / Trees in the Townscape: a Guide for Decision Makers .....2012 Aug (14): 11

© WDVTA - 47 - 2019 July - Version 2 Recommended websites & reading /2 WDVTA ash dieback page / The Forestry Commission: ash dieback / DEFRA Chalara webpage / fraxback.eu webpage / BBC: ash die-back & pest and diseases / Forestry Commission: oak decline disease presentation / The Forestry Commission: Oak jewel beetle...... 2012 Nov (15): 12 Ispot identification keys / The Forestry Commission common tree identification key / Natural History Museum: identification key to common U.K. woody plants / WDVTA People profiles / Forestry Comission report on British Woodlands / Urban tree identification key ...... 2013 Feb (16): 12 Bioblitz: University of Reading / OPAL tree survey / Discover wildlife: national species / RSPB: The State of Nature report / The Woodland Trust: wildlife associated with ancient trees / The Forestry Commission: Chiltern Tree Health Conference 8th March 2013 ...... 2013 May (17): 12 Multi-access key for cultivated pines / People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) map of traditional & marginal orchards: England & Wales / Monumental trees worlwide / TreeAH: Guidance on its use for assessing heritage trees / British Standard recommendations on trees in relation to design, demolition and construction / The Forestry Commission: oak processionary moth ...... 2013 Aug (18): 14 The Great British Elm Experiment / London's Elm Heritage Map / Elms recorded by Natural History Museum Survey / The Ankerwycke Yew, Runnymede / Citris Longhorn Beetle / You tube video: brief background to ash dieback ...... 2013 Nov (19): 14 The Chiltern Box Woodland Project / Berkshire Local Nature Partnership / You tube video: felling of the Duke of Wellington Cedar / Briefing note on the felling of the Duke of Wellington Cedar / freak storm destroys trees / our infant commemorative, memorial and special trees archive ...... 2014 Feb (20): 11 Kew Gardens petition / The Chilterns Commons Project / Ash Dieback symptoms guide / WDVTA supplementary documents / Reading Tree Wardens Update / Tree Warden application form ...... 2014 May (21): 14 Estimating the age of trees / maiden erleigh walks / England Tree of the Year / Tree Walks & site guides / Commemorative plantings / places to visit and tree trails ...... 2014 Aug (22): 10

© WDVTA - 48 - 2019 July - Version 2 Recommended websites & reading /3 The Woodland Trust Support a Tree Register for England / RSPB Act for Nature Campaign / England Tree of the Year / Ivy on trees – is it a problem / Ivy – friend or foe / Ivy on trees and as a ground cover weed ...... 2014 Nov (23): 12 The Tree Register of the British Isles / The Oriental Plane at Emmanuel College, Cambridge / The Montague House Oriental Plane / Bearwood Recreation tree walk leaflet / UK Grid Reference finder ...... 2015 Feb (24): 14 Understanding Computers Club / Mulberry Trees & Wokingham's Silk Industry / Sir Joseph Banks Society / Vocational Education and Training on Veteran Trees / Lime tree avenue at Clumber Park / Our Facebook page ...... 2015 May (25): 13 The Forestry Commission: the Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp / UoR Whiteknights Tree Walk / Swallowfield Park information / The Green Flag Website / SPA specification and list of U.K. Sites / Reading Tree Warden Network's website ...... 2015 Aug (26): 12 West Berkshire Countryside / Woodland Trust Tree of the Year / Observatree: Pests & Diseases and volunteering for Observatree / Japanese Umbrella Pine / ZSL EDGE page ...... 2015 Nov (27): 10 Ash dieback – DEFRA / Forestry Commission / RBG Kew / Redwood World / Wikipedia WDVTA Wellingtonia Avenue entry / The Woodland Trust Charter for Trees, Woods and People ...... 2016 Feb (28): 13 Arborfield Local History Society / Latest information on Ash dieback from The Forestry Commission / Delville Wood, Somme, France / Public art for Montague Park / Earley Environmental Group newsletter / Monumental trees inventory of big and old trees worldwide...... 2016 May (29): 12 Conservation Foundation : churchyard trees / Earley Community Orchard / our Commemorative & Special Trees database / Earley Environmental Group Newsletter / PTES traditional orchard project / BBOWT Dorothy Morley Conservation Awards ...... 2016 Aug (30): 12 Reading Tree Wardens / Mulberry Monastery Walk / Mulberries at Morus Londinium / Churchyard tree conference / Spencers Wood History Group / TCV free tree offer...... 2016 Nov (31): 13

© WDVTA - 49 - 2019 July - Version 2 Recommended websites & reading /4 Observatree / Bartlett Trees / Tree of the Year / MERL / UoR Whiteknights tree walk / The Reading Tree Warden Tree Walk...... 2017 Feb (32): 10 Paul Richards : Finch Photography / WDVTA Facebook page / WDVTA Yahoo site / Rob McBride's tree hunting / Tree Charter / BGCI...... 2017 May (33): 10 Wokingham Biodiversity Forum / Bearwood Recreation Ground Tree Walk / Reading Tree Warden walks / LEAF / Kew walking tour / Chenies Manor House and Gardens...... 2017 Aug (34): 11 Charter for Trees / Tree of the Year 2017 / Earley's special trees / Winkworth Arboretum / WDVTA at TVERC conference / BBC Science report: current rate of tree planting ...... 2017 Nov (35): 13 The Woodland Trust winter tree identification quiz / European Tree of the Year / Bracknell's Tree Strategy / Veteran Trees for the future – Bucklebury Common / GRISS : database of introduced and invasive species / Ancient Tree Hunt 2017 highlights...... 2018 Feb (36): 12 Wargrave Chalk Pit: creating a wildlife pond / Wargrave Chalk Pit LGS No. 18 / The Forestry Commission: Pest & diseases of trees / Reading & Wokingham Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Reading plans ...2018 May (37): 12 WBC TPO information and interactive map / The Woodland Trust Quiz / Ancient Tree Inventory – a new website / The Woodland Trust veteran tree criteria for 10 species / Ash dieback map / Wood Pasture survey details...... 2018 Aug (38): 13 Protect Fox Hill Woods facebook page / Wytham Woods website / White Letter Hairstreak butterfly / The Great British Elm Search / Ash to Ash BBC Radio 4 Open Country programme / The Ash Project website...... 2018 Nov (39): 13

© WDVTA - 50 - 2019 July - Version 2 Sadly Departed /1 MRN2364: Culloden Way, Wokingham Town Parish ...... 2009 May (1): 3 MRN452: Joel Park, Wokingham Town Parish ...... 2010 May (5): 3 MRN (unlisted): Bearwood Recreation Ground, Winnersh Parish ...... 2011 Feb (8): 6 MRN2398: Croft Road, Shinfield Parish / 43 records updated ...... 2011 Aug (10): 7 MRN1175: Gipsy Lane, Earley Town Parish ...... 2011 Nov (11): 4 MRN (unlisted?): , Shinfield Parish ...... 2011 Nov (11): 4 MRN2398: Croft Road, Shinfield Parish ...... 2011 Nov (11): 7 MRN6518: Foxcote, Finchampstead Parish ...... 2012 Nov (15): 8 144 years ago! Gale blows down Elm tree (by Wokingham Town Hall) ...... 2013 Feb (16): 8 MRN4901, MRN4902, MRN4903, MRN4904: Three Mile Cross, Shinfield Parish ...... 2013 Feb (16): 8 MRN2679: The Hurst Lime, St. Nicholas Church Yard, Hurst Parish ...... 2013 May (17): 1 MRN (unlisted): Death of a horse chestnut tree (Armillaria species), Wokingham Town Parish ...... 2013 Aug (18): 9 MRN4754& MRN3755: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Sonning Parish ...... 2013 Nov (19): 11 MRN6393 & MRN6394: Junction Old Wokingham Road, Easthampstead Road, Parish .2013 Nov (19): 11 MRN1358: Green Park, Shinfield Parish ...... 2013 Nov (19): 11 MRN1855: Barkham Road, Barkham Parish ...... 2013 Nov (19): 11 The Duke of Wellington Cedar, Kingston Lacy, Wimborne , Dorset ...... 2014 Feb (20): 7 MRN3863: Sandy Lane, Barkham Parish ...... 2014 May (21): 6 MRN3878 & MRN3879: Barkham Brook, Barkham Parish ...... 2014 May (21): 6 MRN4690: Old Avenue near Ten Acre Farm, Barkham Parish ...... 2014 May (21): 6 MRN2285: Waltham Road, Ruscombe Parish ...... 2014 May (21): 6 There are probably more losses… ...... 2014 May (21): 6 MRN577: Finchampstead Road, Wokingham Town Parish ...... 2014 Nov (23): 9 MRN1892: Barkham Manor, Barkham Parish ...... 2015 Feb (24): 6

© WDVTA - 51 - 2019 July - Version 2 Sadly Departed /2 MRN577: Finchampstead Road, Wokingham Town Parish (under heading: Updates on items from the November issue) ...... 2015 Feb (24): 7 MRN2039: Elms Road, Wokingham Town Parish ...... 2015 May (25): 7 Protected trees felled ...... 2015 Aug (26): 7 MRN2398: Croft Lane, Shinfield Parish ...... 2015 Nov (27): 6 MRN5847: The Old Vicarage, Wargrave Parish ...... 2015 Nov (27): 6 MRN347: Behind Thanington Way, Earley Town ...... 2016 Aug (30): 10 MRN6812: Behind Welby Crescent, Winnersh ...... 2016 Nov (31): 8 MRN3562: Reading Road, Wokingham Town / MRN2047: Old Woosehill Lane, Wokingham Town...... 2017 Feb (32): 9 MRN6686: Behind Anthian Close, Woodley Town...... 2017 Nov (35): 12 MRN183, MRN184, MRN185 Elms Field, Wokingham Town / MRN1236: Public footpath, Earley ...... 2018 Feb (36): 10 MRN7848: Elms Field, Wokingham Town ...... 2018 May (37): 9 Another five veterans lost: MRN1747: Evendons Lane, Wokingham Town; MRN7004: Coombes Lane, Barkham; MRN3225: Eastern Lane, Bracknell; MRN4415: Between Wood Lane & A33, Swallowfield; MRN5878: North of Church, Shinfield...... 2018 Nov (39): 7

© WDVTA - 52 - 2019 July - Version 2 Species in focus Oriental Plane (Platanus orientalis) ...... 2015 Feb (24): 12 Black Mulberry (Morus nigra) ...... 2015 Feb (24): 9 Ashleaf maple (Acer negundo) ...... 2015 Aug (26): 8 Japanese Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys verticillata) ...... 2015 Nov (27): 7 Wellingtonia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) ...... 2016 Feb (28): 7-8 Walnut (Juglans regia & Juglans nigra) ...... 2016 May (29): 7 Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) ...... 2016 Aug (30): 8 Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) ...... 2016 Nov (31): 12 Turner's Oak (Quercus x turneri) ...... 2017 Feb (32): 8 Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) ...... 2017 May (33): 8 Golden rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) ...... 2017 Aug (34): 8 Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) ...... 2017 Nov (35): 10 Idiot fruit (Idiospermum australiense) ...... 2018 Feb (36): 11 Weeping willow (Salix x sepucralis 'Chrysocoma') ...... 2018 May (37): 10 Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) ...... 2018 Aug (38): 11 Cypress oak (Quercus robur 'fastigiata') ...... 2018 Nov (39): 9

© WDVTA - 53 - 2019 July - Version 2 Then and Now... MRN4504: Wokingham Town: horse chestnut in 2010 and 2016 ...... 2016 May (29): 9 MRN23: Wokingham Town: English oak in 2011 and 2016 ...... 2016 Aug (30): 9

© WDVTA - 54 - 2019 July - Version 2 Trees beyond Wokingham /1 Magnificent Crowhurst Churchyard Yew, Surrey ...... 2009 Aug (2): 3 Turner's Oak, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London ...... 2009 Nov (3): 3 The Aldworth Yew, Saint Mary's Church, Aldworth, Reading ...... 2010 Aug (6): 3 The Cedars of Lebanon, Lebanon ...... 2010 Aug (6): 4 Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, , Bedfordshire ...... 2011 Nov (11): 3 The Cashmir Cypress, Isola Madre, Lake Maggiore, Italy (part 1) ...... 2011 Nov (11): 4 The Cashmir Cypress revisited (part 2) ...... 2012 Feb (12): 5 The Bristlecone Pines of California, U.S.A...... 2012 Feb (12): 7 Chinese Pompeii, Fossil Permian Forest, Wuda, Mongolia ...... 2012 May (13): 5 The Cashmir Cypress (part 3) ...... 2012 Nov (15): 11 Sadly departed: The Great Pontfadog Oak, Chirk, nr Wrexham, Wales ...... 2013 May (17): 7 The world's rarest tree: Bastard Gumwood (Commidendrum rotundifolium) Tree, Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean ...... 2013 May (17): 11 And finally… The Crooked forest, Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomerania, Poland ...... 2013 May (17): 12 Holiday trees - Umbrella oaks and plane trees with gaiters ...... 2013 Nov (19): 8 The Miracle Pine of Hope: Rikuzentakata, Japan ...... 2014 Feb (20): 9-10 A favourite tree – The Old Man of Calke, Calke Park, Derbyshire ...... 2014 May (21): 12 Holiday trees – Tree Heathers (Erica scoparia) of Tenerife ...... 2014 Aug (22): 8-9 Holiday trees – Indian Rubber Fig (Ficus elastica), Bangkok University Campus, Thailand ...... 2014 Nov (23): 12 Windsor Forest ...... 2015 Feb (24): 9-11 The Trees of Hiroshima, Japan ...... 2015 Aug (26): 6 Holiday trees – Dartington Hall ...... 2015 Nov (27): 8 Trees in Peloponnese, Greece ...... 2016 Aug (30): 7 Tree sculpture: Bembridge, Isle of Wight ...... 2016 Aug (30): 11 Holiday trees - Tamarisk in Biarritz, France and St. Sebastian, Spain ...... 2016 Nov (31): 11

© WDVTA - 55 - 2019 July - Version 2 Trees beyond Wokingham /2 Pioneer Cabintree aka The Tunnel Tree, Calaveras Big Trees State Park , Califoria : winds topple this famous Wellingtonia...... 2017 Feb (32): 9 Welsh Dragon Tree ...... 2017 May (33): 10 A veteran oak at Chenies Manor, Chenies, Buckinghamshire ...... 2017 Aug (34): 10 Planting trees on a grand scale – in Kenya ...... 2018 May (37): 9 The Quarry Oak at Croft Castle, near Leominster, Herefordshire...... 2018 Aug (38): 8

© WDVTA - 56 - 2019 July - Version 2 Tree watching from my Chair /1 Tree protection / Dick Greenaway's Citizen Science update / Happy Arbor Day / Earley Green Fair / Original Bramley Apple tree / Wokingham Borough News ...... 2016 Aug (30): 2-3 Send in your data ready for the 10th anniversary year / Tree protection but sadly departed / Verdun Oaks / Reading tree wardens / A new book: The long, long life of trees / Rare elms found 'in plain sight' / Conservation foundation elms ...... 2016 Nov (31): 3-4 Trees in winter / Tenth anniversary report / Hazebrook Meadow / Ascot Wildlife Group / Tree Pests / Shinfield Relief Road ...... 2017 Feb (32): 3 Oak catkins / European Tree of the Year / Tenth anniversary report / Tree Warden Coordination and hedge trees / Charvil and surveyor training / Trees without photographs / Our Facebook group / Northern Distribution Road / CommuniTree / Hundreds of previously undiscovered ancient oak trees found in English Countryside / Book - Ancient Oaks: In the English Landscape by Dr Aljos Farjon / Tree Charter...... 2017 May (33): 3-6 Earley Green Fair / Sadly departed Earley and Woodley trees / Tenth anniversary report / Ancient Oaks: In the English Countryside by Aljos Farjon / The Marton Oak / How well do you know Ordnance Survey maps / New area of woodland opened at Kew Gardens, London / A day course: The Oak in Natural History, History and Literature in Oxford ...... 2017 Aug (34): 3-4 Leaf miner damage on horse chestnut / only 1 Golden Rain Tree in our database / Autumn colour / Trees labelled on Ordnance Survey maps / Rate of tree planting / A n unusual stamp / Charter for Trees / Tree of the year / Street trees ...... 2017 Nov (35): 2-3 Happy New Year / Trees from my car seat / super blue blood moon / Christmas, trees and champagne / European Tree of the Year / New Forest in Northumberland / West Berkshire Countryside Society publications / Anniversary report follow up / Could you help? / Surveyor training / Ancient Trees / AGM date ...... 2018 Feb (36): 2-4

© WDVTA - 57 - 2019 July - Version 2 Tree watching from my Chair /2 Weather: winds, snow and glorious weather on early May bank holiday weekend / Mistletoe / Television tree documentaries / European Tree of the Year / Meeting with WBC: their plans for trees / Anniversary report follow up / Please can you help? / AGM / Surveyor training: Charvil 28th April / Tree loss in Cantley Park, Flora Locale / Ash dieback and oak processionary moth...... 2018 May (37): 3-6 Busy with 'tree' activities / WBC map for TPOs / Tree articles in the Press / Tree Protection in the new National Planning Policy Framework / A tree identification quiz / European Tree of the Year / Commemorating the end of the First World War / Library Talk ...... 2018 Aug (38): 2-4 Emmenopterys henryi flowers in Roath Park, Cardiff / long hot dry summer – thinning tree foliage / deciduous cypresses / Jubilee Trees: acorns on Barkham 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: new trees / and finally... trees of Akarmara, Abkhazia, Georgia...... 2018 Nov (39): 2-4

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