Tree Health Aerial Survey for Great Britain, 2014

Helicopter flights were undertaken in Great Britain in 2014 to identify areas of suspicious larch requiring inspection and to target specific tree and plant health issues. The survey was conducted by the Forestry Commission to observe national tree, woodland, and forest health and check compliance with Statutory Plant Health Notices. The dataset has been retired as it is no longer current.

Use Cases

• Identify potential larch disease outbreaks based on aerial observations of suspicious trees
• Monitor compliance with Statutory Plant Health Notices based on targeted flight inspections
• Assess general national forest health trends based on helicopter survey observations

Strengths

• Data collection method is explicitly described as helicopter-based aerial surveys
• Survey purpose is clearly defined for targeting tree health issues and compliance checks

Limitations

• Dataset is retired and no longer current, with the last update on 30/09/2014
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Collection Method

Helicopter-based aerial surveys

Time Range

2014

Geography

Great Britain