BBC Countryfile investigates at Oxford’s Wytham Woods

November 06, 2023

Ash dieback is a silent pandemic affecting nature...Wytham is an ideal place to study ash dieback, both in how it is affecting the ash trees and also the wider ecosystem. Professor Malhi said, ‘Ash dieback is a silent pandemic affecting nature in Western Europe. Wytham is an ideal place to study ash dieback both in how it is affecting the ash trees and also the wider ecosystem. 'And I believe that with the ecosystem at Wytham Woods and the richness of the ecology and the interactions will be here for decades to come.' Talking about the rare beetle, Tom Atkins said, ‘The Rugged Oil Beetle is one of our strangest beetles, yet very few people have heard of it.

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