3. 2012 Survey Summary
• 170 flying hours covering around
24,000 miles across the UK
• 79,058 Ha of larch surveyed across
England, Wales, Scotland, N Ireland &
IOM (increase in around 10,000 Ha
compared to 2011)
• Equates 70% of all larch that has
been analysed across the UK both on
respective PFEs and in PW
4. 2012 Survey Summary
• Observation of disease dynamics continue to be different in
different parts of the country – the more larch, the bigger the problem
• Significant new findings in SW Scotland, significant increase in S
Wales, limited new findings in the Forest of Dean and SE England
• Weather conditions have been extremely conducive for Pr
throughout 2012 – likely to see further infection
• Further findings generally being made in association with known
infected sites (both rhodo & larch), but rapid advance of symptoms in
some locations were observed over the summer