Emergency Tree Surgery

This is a storm damage blog post, which we wrote in early 2025. We thought it would be relevant to post again now that we have had Storm Chandra’s strong winds and rain battering the UK.

Storm Connall, Storm Darragh and now Storm Éowyn. The weather we’ve had in the last few months has tested the strength of trees up and down the country. Unfortunately, some of the fierce winds we’ve had were too strong for some trees. This meant one thing: pulling some of our team away from their Sunday roasts for some emergency arboriculture works.

A tree which has been damaged or fallen in severe weather can cause widespread disruption and, most importantly, be extremely dangerous. Over the weekend, when Storm Connall hit, we had an emergency callout for a fallen tree. The silver birch in question had come down over a footpath right in Salisbury city centre. The large tree was a whisker away from crushing a park bench and right next to a popular café. Someone from Salisbury City Council happened to be in town and came across the tree, so they got in touch with us. We had some of the team mobilised, and by the time our contact from the council had come back around the tree had been made safe and the path had been cleared. In his words, it was “amazing” how quickly we had reacted to the call out and got the job done. The tree had come down because the immense wind had caused root plate failure without any prior warning, which highlights the importance of emergency tree services.

 This wasn’t the last call out of the weekend, and we even had our tree care manager out having to get hands-on with storm damage all around Wiltshire on Monday. We had jobs clearing driveways of fallen trees, dealing with hanging branches, making footpaths safe and many more. Although the storm took its toll, it showed the commitment to the trade which our team has and the efficiency with which they work.