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. 📏📱👣🌳⚪ rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-…

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 👣🧐 🌳🔍📏🫧📱looking out for Oriental Chestnut gall wasp symptoms 🍃 rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-…

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-…

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 👣 🧐🌿🌳📱📏🫧 citizen science project register here rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-… @Treezilla_org

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-…

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-…

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-…

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-…

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-…

Hello John, I don't know if you'd be interested in being a citizen scientist on sweet chestnut health? If you have a tape, sweet chestnut trees and see signs of Oriental gall wasp, or its absence, in N. Ireland..we'd love to hear from you...Thank you! rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-…