Damage from Storm Goretti
Happy New Year We received a phone call from a client in Bristol during Storm Goretti about a fallen tree across an access road to a hospital complex. The job could not wait until daylight. So, William and Toby left the Devizes depot shortly after mid …
Tractor Run on Sunday – part of the annual Tractor n’Tinsel Run 2025 in Devizes
Tractor run about to leave to join everyone else in Devizes as part of the annual Tractor N’ Tinsel Run 2025 on Sunday 21st December. We were delighted to support Devizes Young Farmers Charity Tractor run on Sunday – a great turnout. “The f …
Conservation Contractors December Newsletter
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Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP)
Following our annual Health and Safety audit undertaken by The Arboricultural Association this autumn, we were very pleased to have been awarded SSIP Accreditation status.Great job and thanks to Dan, Emma & Scott for all their hard work. SSIP refer …
SoloNet wire unroller
SoloNet wire unroller Part of tree protection going up on Robina posts around newly planted trees. Robinia is also known as ‘Black Locust’ or ‘False Acacia’ and is known for exceptional durability, being susta …
Grapple saw at work with digger
Grapple saw at work with a digger Here, Mark is removing dead and dying pipe trees as part of a forestry thinning project. All the tim …
Complete tree management for the next generation
It’s all about the preparation – in the foot of Roundway Hill near Devizes Before the planting, we sowed a legume mix back in September, then the lines were marked out with GPS then sprayed out to create a suitable planting area. Deer fence next on th …
Cross Guns Avoncliff tree removal
Following a tree survey, it was decided that a large ash tree, which was showing signs of acute Ash Dieback, should be removed, given its position adjacent to a road and public house The safest way was with the Merlo Roto to undertake the dismantling o …
Conservation Contractors October Newsletter
Read our latest newsletter here, or sign up on our website to receive your own copy. We send these out approximately every second month. “The weather-related themes seem to prevail from the previous newsletters… The ground has gone from waterlogged …
Scrub clearance – mulching
Erecting a new fence? First, you need to find the one you are replacing…. (happily made easy with the RoboFlail!) (pic 1) And the RoboFlail out and about in Cheltenham at the end of September. (pics 2 & 3) And if you thought we had pensioned off …
Removal of ash trees in Avoncliff this week
A tricky project to remove 30 dangerous ash trees from a roadside woodland in Avoncliff along a steep, single-track road, with limited spacing, and having to set up machinery on an incline. However, the Merlo makes the operation safe and efficient – i …
Dismantling a single conifer in Devizes in September
Not all big machines, Josh is dismantling a conifer tree in a rear garden near Devizes.
Runway clearing at Lee on Solent Airport
Nice day on the South Coast towards the end of September to carry out weed control at Lee on Solent Airport. No Spitfires this time; however, the helicopters created enough of a breeze! Check out our previous visit (with Spitfire) back in April
Erecting a post-and-3-rail fence at Shearwater
Tristan Alex and Lukas were at Shearwater at the end of September, erecting a post-and-3 rail fence along the newly constructed spillway, a great job! From WIKI: “Shearwater is a man-made freshwater lake near Crockerton village, just southwest of Warm …
Dangerous ash trees
Mark sorting some more dangerous ash trees along public rights of way in Wiltshire For details of our tree services, please see here.
Spraying brambles under solar panels
Charlie was making the best of the weather last week , spraying brambles under Solar panels on a site near Swindon 08 September 2025
30 new tree guards
30 new tree guards were erected in Longleat Estate Parkland to protect the trees from grazing cattle. Tristan and George doing an excellent job. 02 September 2025 For details of our other fencing work please see details here.
While working on a fence project in Chippenham Tristan captured a video of a local resident
https://vimeo.com/1118734039 12th September 2025
Proper Seppi mulcher out today clearing an area for ground investigation
https://vimeo.com/1118735035 For other examples of our scrub control/mulching work, please see here
25m lime tree removal
Alex and the team were in Box last week : We were tasked by WCC to remove a 25m lime tree as it was impacting on the walls and local buildings. As seen in the video, it was a really tricky job to lower all the limbs to avoid damaging anything on the wa …