Reports

The data collected by the Ancient Tree Inventory is used by scientists to study the oldest trees we have in the UK.

Current research

  • Ancient oak trees (Photo: Bruce Beattie/WTML)

    Predicting the distribution of ancient and veteran trees across the UK.

    PhD Research Project 2017 – 2021 by Victoria Nolan

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Published research

  • Ancient oaks in the English Landscape

    Aljos Farjon used data collected by Ancient Tree Inventory volunteers to write this book which details the English landscape and discovers why there are so many ancient oaks in England.

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  • SCATTER: Scanning Ancient Trees with Terrestrial LiDAR

    The SCATTER project has created an innovative database of 3D models of ancient and veteran oak trees across the UK which can be used to support future research and practice.

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