Guides
Field guides for tree and vegetation survey work.
Written for UK arboriculturists, ecologists and infrastructure asset managers — the standards, the process, and what a defensible record looks like in practice.
Tree safety inspections: a UK practitioner's guide
What the law expects, how inspection zoning works, and what a defensible inspection record needs to contain.
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Ash dieback surveys: classification, prioritisation and delivery
How ADB classes translate into works priorities, and how to survey thousands of ash trees without losing the audit trail.
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Drone tree surveys: method, accuracy and UK rules
What aerial imagery can and cannot assess, how CAA rules constrain survey flying, and where the time savings actually come from.
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AI in tree survey reporting: what it can and cannot do
Where automation genuinely cuts reporting time, and where professional arboricultural judgement cannot be delegated.
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BS5837:2012 tree surveys for development
Categories, root protection areas, and the documents a planning authority actually expects to see.
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