Citizen Science on Sweet Chestnut distribution, health and #invasive chestnut pest and pathogens in the UK. By @The_RHS & @CovUniResearch for @ProjectHOMED
Joined December 2020
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
9 Feb 2017
Please stay alert for #ChestnutBlight in UK sweet chestnut: Fissured cankers and orange fruiting bodies. Report with treealert.forestry.gov.uk/
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
2 Nov 2022
Great update from @FeraScience entomologist Chris Malumphy on oriental chestnut gall wasp biocontrol for @ForestryComm #treehealth team workshop with @BeckiGawthorpe @Anapesi3 @MickBiddleFR @lisaiward @GerardClover and colleagues also talking #observatree and #CitizenScience
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
17 Oct 2022
Do you want to learn new scientific skills in your free time? Consider #volunteering @RHSWisley Hilltop lab to support our research on widespread garden diseases, honey fungus & powdery mildew.
DL to apply is Sun 30th October
rhs.org.uk/get-involved/voluβ¦
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
22 Sep 2022
At #PlantHealthConference today sharing the work of @CheckChestnut from @ProjectHOMED @CoventryCAWR @The_RHS about engaging the public to record sweet chestnut #trees and the introduced Oriental chestnut gall wasp in UK using apps/online tools by @Treezilla_org & @Forest_Research
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
21 Sep 2022
Latest #observatree tree pest and disease survey highlights for autumn @PlantNetwork @YorTHC @LTOA33 @TreeCouncil @EPPOnews @HTAnews @ArbAssociation @johntree1981 @royal_forestry @smallwoodsuk @TheICF @IPSN_BGCI @plantchief @PlantChiefScot @Anapesi3 @SJRAfloat @bec_goose
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20 Sep 2022
Sweet chestnut leaves and spiky cases shining after recent rains!
Last few weeks to register to add 'check a sweet chestnut' records together, helping understand spread of Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp in the country.
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
16 Sep 2022
Don't forget to register that sweet chestnut with @CheckChestnut π
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
6 Sep 2022
Excited to be at the @IUFROdivision7 conference in sunny Lisbonπ΅πΉ
πWe look forward to a week filled with #foresthealth insights
π£οΈVisit our stand at the #ForestHealth2022 conference & find how HOMED is protecting #forests
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
6 Sep 2022
Let's go, Lisbon! This week I'm excited to attend the forest health, pathology & Entomol conference of IUFRO, representing @ProjectHOMED, @The_RHS & @CheckChestnut
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31 Aug 2022
Last month to register with Check a Sweet Chestnut citizen science project! Enjoy a walk with a tape measure and recording the health of these lovely trees as a citizen scientist π£π§ π³πππ«§π±looking out for Oriental Chestnut gall wasp symptoms π
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17 Aug 2022
Citizen scientists are recording UK Sweet Chestnuts and Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp symptoms...results show sightings found in new areas of UK, and volunteers checking in UK's 4 nations @Jassydrak presented @citizensciencetreehealthnetwork @AttinghamParkNT
rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-β¦
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3 Aug 2022
Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp symptoms on the midribs of sweet chestnut leaves. If you have seen these symptoms please let TreeAlert know @APHAgovuk. To take part in Check a Sweet Chestnut π£ π§πΏπ³π±π𫧠citizen science project register here rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-β¦ @Treezilla_org
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29 Jul 2022
Sweet chestnut trees clean our air and the flowers smell lovely! Walking or running in nature? Check a sweet chestnut together, for its health this summer: rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-β¦
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21 Jul 2022
Planks of waney edge sawn timber of English Sweet Chestnut drying. Photo from Vastern Timber. If you're working with sweet chestnut and would like to be involved with Check a Sweet Chestnut, tree health project see rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-β¦
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14 Jul 2022
Seen sweet chestnut flowers on the ground or pavement? Do they smell of frying mushrooms? Look up and Check a Sweet Chestnut for it's health, and for signs of Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp on the leaves...rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-β¦
Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
11 Jul 2022
Good morning from @RHSWisley a day to appreciate the shade of the many amazing trees.
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7 Jul 2022
Sweet chestnuts are flowering now, a great way to I-D them, and know where to look for sweet chestnuts to forage for later in the year! Check -a-sweet-chestnut and record its health, in our tree health citizen science study: rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-β¦
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29 Jun 2022
Sweet chestnut catkins are a great favourite of bees. Measuring between 10-20cm, they appear in late June and July, and hold the flowers of both sexes: male flowers above and female flowers in the lower portion. Keep an eye out for tree health:
rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-β¦
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17 Jun 2022
'Check a sweet chestnut' as a citizen scientist, with a tape measure and record its health, looking for signs of Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp making leaf distortions. Register here:
rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-β¦
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Check A Sweet Chestnut retweeted
8 Jun 2022
Looking for a plant/fungi #PhD? Come work on host resistance & response to Armillaria rot rot with me @RHSWisley, @SofiaGripenberg & Glyn Barrett @UniofReading & Luke Hailey @BartlettTreeExp
#ArmiArmy #PlantHealth #Trees #Fungi
DL 3rd July! π³π―ππ
8 Jun 2022
PhD opportunity in plant pathology! Joint project between the @RoyalHortSoc, @UniofReading, and @BartlettTreeUK, supervision by @Jassydrak, Glyn Barrett, Luke Hailey and myself. Deadline for applications 3rd July. More information: jobs.ac.uk/job/CQK823/phd-stβ¦
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