The Tree Walker Arborist Ltd

The Tree Walker Arborist Ltd NPTC / City & Guilds Qualified
Tree Surgeon (Arborist)
BS3998 Tree Surgeon Driffield & Surrounding Areas
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After a couple of weeks of Forestry. It was nice to get back into a big reduction, on this veteran beech tree. Crown cle...
02/03/2026

After a couple of weeks of Forestry. It was nice to get back into a big reduction, on this veteran beech tree. Crown clean with 15% reduction & thin, giving 3m clearance to the clients dwelling & a neighbouring property.

Year 6 on a woodland thinning contract. Wet ground conditions made for a challenging job this month. Great to have Dave ...
26/02/2026

Year 6 on a woodland thinning contract. Wet ground conditions made for a challenging job this month. Great to have Dave in from DMS Kilham to mulch some of the ground level material. We couldn’t use our Avant for all of the extraction this time, as it was just too wet. So it was ATV & timber trailer & old school graft to get through the mud. 💪🏼

26/02/2026

Year 6 on a woodland thinning contract. Wet ground conditions made for a challenging job this month. Great to have Dave in from DMS Kilham to mulch some of the ground level material. We couldn’t use our Avant for all of the extraction this time, as it was just too wet. So it was ATV & timber trailer & graft to get through the mud. 💪🏼

We would like to wish all of our customers, friends and followers, a Very Happy Christmas & A Happy, Healthy & Prosperou...
22/12/2025

We would like to wish all of our customers, friends and followers, a Very Happy Christmas & A Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year!

We are now closed for the holidays & re open on Monday 5th January.

In the event of emergency tree work/storm damage during the holiday period, please call Steve’s mobile 07445229725.

See you next year!

One of the jobs from this week; a TPO’d beech tree in Garton on the wolds, getting a light reduction & thin to BS3998. 👌...
23/11/2025

One of the jobs from this week; a TPO’d beech tree in Garton on the wolds, getting a light reduction & thin to BS3998. 👌🏼Planning consent obtained for the client ahead of the work.
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A recent job, removing x2 mature ash trees from over a horse paddock with field shelter & boundary fence. All safely com...
19/09/2025

A recent job, removing x2 mature ash trees from over a horse paddock with field shelter & boundary fence.
All safely completed. 👌🏼

A first for us today - Fitting Squirrel Feeders!We've recently done a piece of work for a local farm, where we've made 4...
06/08/2025

A first for us today - Fitting Squirrel Feeders!

We've recently done a piece of work for a local farm, where we've made 4 large ash trees safe & cleared some Oak & Beech away from barn roofs/farm buildings (by crown lifting lower branches.) A beautiful beech tree had lost a 15m, 7” diameter limb, which was hanging precariously above the old barn asbestos roof. On inspection, the failure was found to be the result of Grey Squirrel damage. The branch couldn’t support this years healthy crop of beech nuts, because the squirrels have repeatedly eaten the bark & cambium layer; They have obviously been back year after year, to feast in the same positions, resulting in the weakness that ended with the failure of this limb. Fortunately no damage was sustained to the asbestos roof when it failed & we were able to clear the branch safely.

The farm already has a FC felling license in place & they have started a woodland management plan with a view to restock. When we’re talking about woodland like this - Old British, broad leaf woodland, you’re talking generationally. The adage ‘A man begins to understand wisdom, when he plants tree’s in the knowledge, he’ll never sit in their shade’ definitely applies here. Its at least a human lifetime for a new sappling to develop into a majestic tree. In the 3 sections of woodland we worked in, of the mature trees, theres a spread of about 30% - 60% Ash. The remainder are Oak, Beech, Acer’s (Sycamore, Field Maple, Norway Maple etc) Pine, Cherry & Larch.

The one thing they’ve overlooked here is the Grey Squirrel nuisance. Grey Squirrels are incredibly destructive animals. Aside from carrying the squirrel pox virus which is deadly to our native Reds, (There are only a few pockets of woodland in the country where our native red squirrel hangs on) Grey's will take eggs & chicks from small nesting birds as food for them & their own young & they routinely strip bark, to feed on the cambium layer on all of these trees, with the exception of Larch & Cherry. The damage in this wood land is significant.

Because of the impact of Ash die back, - many of the mature Ash trees will be lost to this disease & the remaining trees are at risk from the Grey Squirrel’s. If this woodland is to be retained as a viable, healthy broad leaf habitat, the Greys have to be managed. Today we’ve been out & fitted feeding stations in several locations throughout the woods, to draw in this pest species, where they can be humanely destroyed. These squirrels are to be shot.

An example of Grey Squirrel damage can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/treewalkerarb/posts/3897190503661791

For more information from the Forestry Commission regarding Grey Squirrels & Deer Management, please see:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67337357c10bb403d96bf2fa/WMM_leaflet_Nov_24_WEB.pdf

One of our signature jobs again this week. It’s always great to go back & take care of this amazing garden. A fair bit o...
01/08/2025

One of our signature jobs again this week. It’s always great to go back & take care of this amazing garden. A fair bit of wood pigeon damage to the front conifers this year, where repeated nesting birds create access holes in the trees. But as always, it’s looking lovely & the customer has already booked us for more work in late autumn & again for this cut next year. 👌🏼😎👍🏼

08/05/2025

Site visit to see an existing client to survey & plan further work this morning. Took the opportunity to walk through some of what we’ve been doing on the current 5 yr project:

St Andrews Church. Boynton. Veteran Yew Tree taken out this week in some glorious weather. This old tree had lifted on i...
03/05/2025

St Andrews Church. Boynton.
Veteran Yew Tree taken out this week in some glorious weather. This old tree had lifted on its root plate several years ago & in a bid to retain the tree, the wall was altered to accommodate its movement. Over this winter, the trees angle of lean had shifted again & was pressing on the old boundary wall, which has no foundation. The public footpath runs immediately alongside the tree, wall & fence, so the decision was made to remove it, in the interest of public safety.
Being a Yew tree, it will regrow from the stump, into a much smaller specimen, which can be managed going forward. 👌🏼

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