Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) with damage caused by either a fungus or a leaf-miner moth

During today's working session we decided to carry out a partial inventory of the larger and smaller trees, with a view to planning which ones to look after and which ones need to be removed to make more room for the others. We need to allow light to penetrate to the woodland floor to allow the smaller plants such as the bluebells and other flowers to flourish, not to mention encouraging biodiversity generally.

We were surprised to find a horse-chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) which we hadn't noticed before! Just shows how important it is to do surveys!

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