Across Europe horse chestnut trees are looking tired and ragged, and prematurely autumnal in colour, due to damage to their leaves by an insect: the horse chestnut leaf miner.
Now is the time to record whether trees near you have been infected by joining our TreeWatch project. Help us record the spread of this pest and your data will be shared with scientists who want to find out more about the pest.
Visit www.TreeWatch.com to find out more.
Three of my own horse chestnut trees are heavily affected and several more in the Tubney area.
Thanks Jeff
We look forward to these appearing on the TreeWatch map. Just visit http://www.TreeWatch.com to adopt your tree(s) and thn record the presence of the leaf miner.