Publications

This page has links and references to publications such as documents and slide sets which may be of interest to members. They include materials published by WDVTA and documents from independent authors and organisations.

AGM 2012: launch of the
Wokingham Town survey report

Quick index

WDVTA Newsletter	WDVTA Tree Watch
Tree identification and advice	Guides and general information
WDVTA publications	WDVTA Organisation and membership
Projects, Research and Advice	Press
Books

WDVTA Tree Watch

Date	Link	Contents
February 2013	Issue 16	Welcome, Events March - May, Rounding off the WBC/WDVTA Diamond Jubilee Trees Project, Jubilee Plantings, Profile - Angus Ross, Tree Warden Activities, South East Region Tree Warden Forum, World's Oldest Timber Structures, Hedgerows, Sadly Departed - 144 years ago!, Sadly Departed - now!, Duck and World Oak Sculpture, Earley, Exciting New Identification Keys (Bayesian methods), Climate Change - reports relating to trees, Did you know? - computer classes in Wokingham, Recommendations - websites and reading

WDVTA Newsletters

Newsletters are no longer published but back issues are available here to view online. Much of the material that used to be published in Newsletters now appears in Tree Watch, and details of forthcoming events can be found on the Events page.

Date	Link	Contents
February 2011	Issue 13	Barbara's Final Newsletter as Chair, Trees in Literature, Veteran Holm Oak in Earley, Tree Walk at Cantley, Forthcoming Events, Reflections from the Chair

WDVTA Publications and Slide Sets

Title
Diamond Jubilee Tree Planting (June 2012) Details of scheme to plant 60 English oaks in the Borough to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee
Trees in Wokingham Town (March 2012) Report on a survey of veteran and significant trees 2006 - 2012
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (July 2011) Talk by Dr G Percival on the future of the horse chestnut in Britain. (Note large file: PDF 47 MB)
Trees in Literature (January 2011)

WDVTA Organisation and Membership

Title
Membership Application Form
WDVTA Constitution
Equal Opportunities Policy

Local Guides and General Information

Documents and slide sets relating to WDVTA Events
Montague House Oriental Plane
Quick Guide to using the Garmin eTrex-H
WDVTA Verification Trial Analysis
Wokingham Town Verification Pilot Summary

Local Tree Locations and Walks
Bearwood Tree Walk (folded)
Bearwood Tree Walk (flat)
The Jubilee Avenues
Whiteknights Tree Walk
Publicly accessible areas with veteran trees in Wokingham Town

Tree Protection
A guide to tree preservation procedures - 2012
Guidance notes for completing a TPO
Tree Protection Order Request (PDF)
Tree Protection Order Request (MS Word)

Tree Identification and Advice

Identification
Leaves (Woodland Trust)
Winter twigs (Woodland Trust)
Estimating a tree's age from its girth

Advice
Endangered Tree Advice
Using Old Maps and Aerial Photographs
Surveyor's Handbook

Projects, Research and Advice

Title
The Hedge Tree Project - guide for landowners
FR Advisory Note: Oak Processionary Moth
The Big Tree Plant
The Great Yew Hunt (Charlie Harrison's dissertation)

Press articles

Title
Wokingham Times: Town's historic trees recorded
Wokingham Times: Tree group's thank you to Barbara Stagles
Campaigners record 5,000th tree Lewis Rudd October 06, 2011

Books

Title
Around the Three Valleys: An Exploration of the Geology, Landscape & History of the Lambourn, Kennet & Pang Valleys in West Berkshire . by Lesley Dunlop and Dick Greenaway, illustrated by Dorcas Ward. £10. Available from The Berkshire Geoconservation Group or the Reading Museum bookshop.
A guide to the identification of deciduous broad-leaved trees and shrubs in winter by Andrew May and Jonathan Panter. [ISBN 1851532072] Available from The Field Studies Council.
Fungi on Trees - an Arborists' Field Guide. Available from The Arboricultural Association. An order form can be downloaded from the website.