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Is Your Tree a Danger? How to Spot Potential Hazards

7/3/2025

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As we move into the spring months, your perennial plants will be blooming, and trees are no exception. It’s important to keep an eye on your tree throughout the year and ensure its transition into the warmer months is happy and healthy.
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If you own a tree or a tree is on your ground, it is your responsibility to ensure it does not pose any danger or threat therefore regular checks should be carried out for any potential hazards. Ask us about our tree assessments.

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How can I tell if my tree is sick?

22/7/2020

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Have you noticed something odd on your tree? Do you think there might be something wrong with it? Here is a quick guide on how to visually inspect your tree.

Start from the bottom up. Start by examining the roots. Look for signs of the ground heaving up, severed roots or signs of decay or fungi, such as mushrooms.

Then move up towards the tree trunk - just above the soil. Can you see any peeling, loose bark, cracks or deep slits?

Inspect the rest of the trunk for signs of decay, such as signs of swelling, cavities, soft or decaying wood or small holes.
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Finally, look up at the canopy, the upper layer of branches and leaves. Can you see any signs of:
  • Do you have any dead or dying branches. Do they hang low, lack bark and have no leaves?
  • Are there any leaning limbs or branches?
  • Can you see any weak, V-shaped branch unions, where two branches have grown together?
  • Are there excessively thick, dense canopies that could easily break?
  • Are your leaves healthy? Can you see any spotting or holes to odd-coloured or deformed leaves?
  • Are there any dead sections of bark on branches or limbs?
  • Does the structure of your tree seem unstable? 

If you have any concerns about your tree and would like one of our qualified arborists to come and inspect your tree, just give us a call. We will advise you on what we think is the best treatment for the tree, or whether it would be better to have the tree removed.

Let us help you ensure the best care for your trees. Tree-Surgeon Essex is made up of a team of professional arborists that love working with trees all year round across Essex covering: Basildon, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Epping, Havering as well as areas in East London including Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham.

Give us a call today on 01708 578 017.

We offer advice on: 
  -  Tree Pruning
  -  Tree Removal or felling trees
  -  Pollarding
  -  Crown lifting/raising
  -  Crown thinning​
  -  Crown reduction
  -  Stump grinding/removal
  -  Hedge trimming
  -  Emergencies
  -  Site clearance
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Why it is important to have your trees inspected

19/2/2020

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The team were recently called upon to carry out a tree survey at Walsingham House, Navestock, Brentwood. Whilst undertaking a climbing inspection, we found deadwood within the crown of this tree, large dead stems and a decayed / leaning trunk.

Deadwood within trees is a natural process for some fast-growing tree species and is fairly common in mature trees. Reasons for its occurrence can range from fungal colonization to disease or lack of sap.
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It’s important to remove deadwood as it can make a tree more vulnerable to being blown over in a storm or even light winds. In this event, undetected deadwood could cause personal and property damage to you and/or your neighbours.

If a tree has a lot of deadwood – it won’t be looking its best and removal of the affected area will help improve the balance of the tree.

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​Removal will also help improve the tree’s ability to grow into its proper shape by letting sunlight through.
 The images in this blog demonstrate the extent of the hollow trunk, and highlight why it is vital to have your trees inspected.
tree survey project by tree surgeon essex
tree survey project by tree surgeon essex
If you manage a house, hostel, manor house or other type of property that needs regular maintenance - get in touch today by calling 01708 578 017. We work for all types of clients on large projects and small.
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  • Home
    • About
    • Our customers
    • FAQs
  • Services
    • Tree Removal
    • Tree Pruning
    • Stump Removal / Stump Grinding
    • Tree Pollarding
    • Crown Thinning
    • Crown Lifting
    • Crown Reduction
    • Hedge Trimming
    • Site clearance
    • Emergency Tree Work
  • Areas we cover
    • Brentwood
    • Chelmsford
    • East London
    • Epping
    • Harlow
    • Havering
    • Redbridge
  • Contact
  • Blog