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ANCIENT TREE HUNT
mapping the UK's ancient
& special trees

The Ancient Tree Hunt is a living database of ancient and special trees. More than 110,000 trees have been recorded by volunteers and partners.

Aims
- support biodiversity
- help tree protection
- propogate ancient tree seed

CONTACT

Email us at:
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woodlandtrust.org.uk

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The Sandstone Ridge Trust starts a veteran tree hunt

The Sandstone Ridge Trust has been set up to protect and enhance the wildlife habitats and historic heritage on and around Cheshire's Sandstone Ridge. It stretches from Frodsham and Helsby down to Bickerton Village – an area roughly similar to the Natural Character Area of the same name.

The Ancient Tree Hunt team will train recorders, on Saturday 8 June in Tarporley, how to record and map all the special trees along the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge. This area is rich in mediaeval Forests and deer parks so the hunting should be very worthwhile and bolster the numbers of special trees recorded for the county.

Sandstone Ridge map

ANCIENT TREE HUNT EVENTS IN 2013

Saturday 22 Jun 2013
Harestanes Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders
1000-1500, tree recording and visit to nearby Monteviot House Arboretum. Booking essential, click here for details.

July 26 2013
Forest of Belvoir, Northern Ireland

Friday 16 August 2013
Pine recording day at Meggernie, Perthshire - see full details.

For Woodland Trust tree recording events in Scotland see here.

Ancient & veteran oak distribution in the UK - an ATH data report

The oak is the quintessential tree of the British Isles and our latest data report gives a good indication of the spread of our ancient and veteran, as well as other notable oaks across the country.　

A very high proportion of Ancient Tree Hunt recorded data are oak trees and the map indicates strong concentrations in those parts of the country we would expect, the woodland and hill areas around central and southern England, and England-Wales border hill country. The map also represents the incredible recording commitment of various groups so some of the data concentration is also a manifestation of these groups' and partner organisations' activities. If your oaks aren't showing up - get recording!"

Ancient & veteran oak distribution in the UK

TREE FOCUS
Highlights from the Ancient Tree Hunt database

A Sessile oak among the spread of Cadzow oaks
One of the beautiful Cadzow oaks in South Lanarkshire - see our main story. This one was photographed on a sunny day in 2009. It is a Sessile oak and has an estimated girth of 6m.

View the ATH dynamic maps

Record trees on the ATH database

85147
trees verified to date
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MORE ON MAPS
You can search the ATH database for ancient trees using road maps, OS 1:25000 or historic OS maps, as well as aerial satellite layers for even more detail.

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