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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🌳 One of the best questions asked at APF: "What keeps you up at night?" ⚠️ The answer: inactivity. Call to action: 📣 Report damage & disease when you see it to TreeAlert 💪 Support as a citizen scientist via Observatree 📩 Sign up to our newsletter and/or donate #ProtectOaks #Report #Support #SignUp

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌳 Don't miss one of the best events of the show! Annabel Narayanan, Director of Action Oak, is joining Forestry Commission and Forest Research to discuss the biggest threats to Britain's trees and woodlands. 📍 Friday 2pm, APF Seminar Tent #APFShow2026 #TreeThreats #TreeAlert #ProtectOurOaks #Oaks

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🌳 Action Oak is at APF 2026! We're at the largest forestry show in the UK & excited to talk about the state of the UK's oaks! 📍 Find us: D1A PLUS Annabel talks tree threats - Seminar Tent, Friday, 2pm! #APFShow #Oaks #StateOfTheUKsOaks #ProtectOurOaks #ComeSayHello #SupportActionOak

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌳Find out how you can help the UK Squirrel Accord (UKSA) by collecting and submitting data on the negative impacts of grey squirrel bark stripping damage in our new blog by Kay Haw the Director of the UKSA. 🌳Read the blog www.actionoak.org/news #ActionOak #ProtectingOurOaks

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Recently Annabel joined Tim Craven (The Arborealists) and Ersin Han Ersin (Marshmallow Laser Feast) on Gone Foresting; A Royal Forestry Society Podcast to discuss the entanglement between art and woodlands. Catch the episode here🔗 ow.ly/qkOJ50Zx77g #Art #ProtectOurOaks #EveryThirdBreath

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

What pressures facing our oaks? How do we find solutions to the UK's oak generation gap? What can you do to help? Read Prof. Melanie Smith's 'Finding solutions to the UK's oak generation gap' over on The Tree Council's substack. treetalk.substack.com/p/finding-sol…

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Last week Action Oak spoke at the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) Annual Meeting 2026: The Remembering Forest at the University of Birmingham, marking ten years of CO₂ enrichment research at the BIFoR FACE facility. 🌳Thanks for having us BIFoR!🌳

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We're still talking oaks at the Royal Welsh Show - we have the latest research, ways to get involved, and some beautiful postcards with fascinating facts! Come and say bore da if you're hanging out at one of our favourite Welsh events! #RoyalWelshShow #Oaks #Research #DidYouKnow #BoreDa

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Action Oak has taken over at The Royal Welsh Show to share some incredible Oak facts. Find out more at 804 FOR, or head to www.actionoak.org. (2/2) #Oak #StateOfTheUKOaks #DidYouKnow #ProtectOurOaks #ComeSayHi

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Action Oak has taken over at The Royal Welsh Show to share some incredible Oak facts. Find out more at 804 FOR, or head to www.actionoak.org. (1/2) #Oak #StateOfTheUKOaks #DidYouKnow #ProtectOurOaks #ComeSayHi

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Action Oak is very sad to read the announcement of the death of the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, one of Britain's most treasured and iconic trees. 📷Major Oak (C) @charles_sainsburyplaice #ActionOak #Ancienttree #nativeoaks #protectingouroaks

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🌳Action Oak Spring Newsletter out now! 📰🌳 If you're not signed up to our newsletter you can read it on our website🧐, and if you'd like to sign up to receive our newsletter directly into your mailbox you can also do this on the website as well. #ActionOak #Oaks #ProtectingOurOaks #TreeHealth

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🌳As National Plant Health Week 2026 draws to a close Action Oak invites you to lose yourself among the leaves for twenty seconds, and think about what plant health means to you 🌳 🌳Join us in taking action to protect our oaks, head to our website to find out more🌳 #PlantHealthWeek #ActionOak

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🌳Observatree Blog from Action Oak!🌳 Read Prof. Melanie Smith's, Action Oak's Research Coordinator, blog about the State of the UK's Oaks report on the Observatree website. www.observatree.org.uk/blog/2026/05… #ActionOak #Observatree #PlanthHealthWeek

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

💡Two New Researcher Spotlights!💡 Drs Carrie Brady & Usman Hussain from School of Applied Sciences UWE Bristol where they are working on the 'BAC-CHAT' project, a 4 year research programme focused on Acute Oak Decline. Head to www.actionoak.org/news #PlantHealthWeek #PlantHeroes #ActionOak

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

New Blog by Dr Estrella Luna-Díez During their lives, trees survive droughts, storms, pests, diseases and increasingly, the pressures of climate change. But how do trees cope with all of this over such long timescales? Head to our website to read on🌳 #NationalPlantHealthWeek #PlantHeroes #ActionOak

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🌳This week is National Plant Health Week🌳Why is plant health important? Our trees are increasingly vulnerable to pests and disease, due to globalisation of trade & travel, human activity, & climate change. Action Oak is working to safeguard the future of our native oaks. #PlantHealthWeek #ActionOak

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It's National Hedgerow Week 2026. The British landscape is shaped by hundreds of thousands of miles of hedge which includes many oak trees. Join us in celebrating hedgerows, share your oaks-in-hedgerow pictures with us this week! The Tree Council #NationalHedgerowWeek #Oaks #ActionOak

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Action Oak's State of the UK's Oaks webinar is now available to view! If you were not able to join us, or would like to see it again, our webinar is now available to view. Head to our website to watch the webinar www.actionoak.org/state-of-the-uks-… #ProtectingOurOaks

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🌳The State of the UK's Oaks Report is here🌳 Action Oak’s new report outlines the pressures currently affecting the UK’s native oak trees, and the emerging risks to the long‑term future of this iconic and ecologically important tree species. www.actionoak.org/state-of-the-uks-…

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🌳We're excited about our upcoming webinar🌳 It's not too late to sign up to hear about our new report, the State of the UK's Oaks, which we are about to launch. When is the webinar? Tuesday 17 March, 2-3pm Sign up here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The State of the UK's Oaks webinar, Tuesday 17 March, 2-3pm Introducing our final panelist Lisa (Smith) Brooks, Co-Chair of Action Oak. Lisa is the Chief Operating Officer of Forest Services in the Forestry Commission. With over 25 years' experience in Defra. www.actionoak.org/news

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The State of the UK's Oaks webinar, Tuesday 17 March, 2-3pm Introducing panel moderator Dr Chris Nichols, Head of Conservation Outcomes & Evidence, Woodland Trust. Chris has PhD in woodland ecology & invasive species. To book join us for the webinar head to www.actionoak.org/news

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The State of the UK's Oaks webinar, Tues 17 March, 2-3pm Introducing panelist Tony Kirkham MBE, VMH, FArborA, FICFor (Hon). Chair of Action Oak's Knowledge into Action sub-committee. Tony was the Head of the Arboretum, Gardens & Horticultural Services, at RBG Kew for 43 years. www.actionoak.org/news

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The State of the UK's Oaks Webinar, Tuesday 17 March,2-3pm Introducing panelist Kate Halstead, Climate Change Scientist, Forest Research. Kate's PhD investigated drivers of oak damage during Storm Arwen. She now specialises in wind risk and climate change research. Book now www.actionoak.org/news

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The State of the UK's Oaks webinar, Tuesday 17 March, 2-3pm Introducing panelist Prof Nicola Spence. Chair of Action Oak's Research and Monitoring sub-committee. Nicola is the UK Chief Plant Health Officer & is the Head of the National Plant Protection Organisation. www.actionoak.org/news

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

What does the future hold for our oak trees? Join us for a webinar panel discussion to discuss our upcoming new report, The State of the UK's Oaks, and its findings. Tuesday 17 March, 2026, 2pm-3pm Book here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Today is red squirrel appreciation day! Action Oak works with the UK Squirrel Accord, together focused on the health of our oak trees which are an important habitat for red squirrels. @uksquirrelaccord.bsky.social #redsquirrelappreciationday #actionoak #oaktrees #nativespecies 📸Ben Wayman

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UK Squirrel Accord @uksquirrelaccord.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The next @mammalsociety.bsky.social Annual Conference is in #Inverness in March 2026. Their call for abstracts is open until 15 #December2025. Are you involved in #mammal #research or #conservation & have a talk, poster or workshop to present? Find out more: mammal.org.uk/annual-confe... #Scotland

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Join our national monitoring project and help expand a network of pheromone traps to improve understanding of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus. 👉 Sign up: ow.ly/4uIC50XtyqM @forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK #WoodlandManagement #TreeHealth

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"The oak is home to more animal and plant species than any other tree, as well as hosting microorganisms. His death would lead to a dramatic change in this forest's biodiversity." Win Being an Oak Life as a Tree by Laurent Tillon You can still enter, you have until midnight on Sunday 7 Dec.

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We're hiring! Join Action Oak as our Researcher Coordinator. We’re looking for a skilled researcher to develop a research roadmap for Action Oak, and associated activities. If you are passionate about oak trees this is your chance to make a real impact. Info here www.actionoak.org/news/researc...

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Researcher Spotlight!💡🧐 Celyn Bassett (Aberystwyth Uni) is monitoring oak tree health using an app. Gathering info about oaks in the field to help estimate their health and get a view of how disease is spreading. Could you volunteer time to help us monitor our oaks? #oaktrees #nationaltreeweek

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Competition! We have three copies of Laurent Tillon's international bestseller - Being an Oak, Life as a Tree, to give away. "A book of ecology unlike any other, Being An Oak offers a tree-eyed view of life on earth" Head over to our website to enter! www.actionoak.org/news/competi...

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

There are an estimated 3 trillion trees in the world - more than the number of stars in the Milky Way. Vital for our planet providing benefits such as improving air quality, supporting biodiversity & our own health & well being. 🌳Action Oak exists to safeguard our native oaks🌳 #nationaltreeweek

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

ACTION OAK COMPETITION TIME! 🌳 📖 We have three copies of Laurent Tillon's international bestseller - Being an Oak, Life as a Tree, to give away. Head over to our website to enter! lnkd.in/eEARxYqF "A book of ecology unlike any other, Being An Oak offers a tree-eyed view of life on earth."

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Chief Scientist, Prof. Bianca Ambrose-Oji, and many FR researchers presented at the Britain’s Forest Future conference running in Durham yesterday and today 🌳📊. Organised by Defra @uktreescapes.bsky.social and the Centre for Forest Protection #ForestResearch #UKTreescapes #ForestsFuture

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The Action Oak Annual Report 2024-25 is here! "Without research & monitoring of this calibre we would be exposing our native oak population to the significant risks resulting from climate & weather & an array of alarming pests and diseases" Geraint Richards, Chair of Action Oak actionoak.org/news

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Excited to be launching our Action Oak Report 2024-25 on Wednesday next week. With research ranging from how defence priming can protect oak seedlings to conservation translocations for fungi in oaks, it is a read not to be missed. In the meantime you can read our previous reports lnkd.in/emKXrP93

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Forestry Journal/essentialARB @forestryjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Major breakthrough made in grey squirrel fertility control ambition

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

New Blog! Action Oak supported research asks why some oak trees are more vulnerable to storm damage. @kateehalstead.bsky.social sky.social explains all, and why it is so important to do research of this kind. @rachelgaulton.bsky.social @salvobonomo.bsky.social @chrisquine.bsky.social

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

After 7 successful years with Woodland Heritage, Action Oak is moving to a new host, the Royal Forestry Society. Chair Geraint Richards: "The Action Oak team looks forward to working with the RFS to protect our native oak trees for future generations." Thanks to Woodland Heritage! 🙏 #oaktrees

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

2,300 species are known to be associated with oak, and that doesn’t include all of the fungi, and any of bacteria and other micro-organisms which use oak! Gall wasps are one of those 2,300. Female wasps lay eggs in acorns causing knopper galls. #galls #oaktrees #biodiversity #actionoak

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Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Oak trees are extremely important for biodiversity. Over 2,300 species use oak trees, including Chernes. Oaks continue to provide habitats even when they are no longer living. #oak #actionoak #biodiversity #invertabrates

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Future of UK Treescapes @uktreescapes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The Woodland Trust is publishing a new State of the UK's Woods and Trees in 2025, and they are holding a live webinar on Thursday 12th June 12.30-2pm to discuss what what's new in the the UK's woodlands and forests. Register on this link: buff.ly/zXVZZZg

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

📉 Today we published The State of the UK's Woods and Trees Report 2025, bringing together the latest evidence needed to protect and restore our #woodlands 🩺🌳 👉 Read the key findings here: bit.ly/4dNkiYd 👂 Or tune in for our summary on BBC Radio Scotland (starts at 2.54) buff.ly/DwLp7cP

An illustrated circle showing a layered woodland with diverse tree shapes and sizes sites below text reading 'State of the UK's Woods & Trees Report 2025'

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