Keep an eye out for Ash tree infections

For the signs to look out for on your travels.

BBC News - Ash dieback: Spotter's guide and maps

It's very sad.

I'm not sure if the Rowan (known as Mountain Ash down here) is also endangered.

Do you know?

Don't think the Rowan is affected by the outbreak Catherine. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

Thanks, Rolf! I am so relieved!

Not only do we have a little Rowan here which we brought down from Scotland ('to keep evil spirits away'*!), but a great deal of Rowans mix with Scots Pines and Birches on the Highland landscape, being a major source of food for northern birds of the thrush family. Their extinction would also have meant a major and rather sad change to the Scottish scene.

I know that Rowans are from the genus Sorbus, and see now that ordinary Ash trees are Fraxinus types. Quite a relief!

(I also see that it is mentioned on other pages linked to your link that it is only on the Isle of Man where such beliefs are still practised, but I can honestly tell you that you'll find few Scottish gardens which do not have a Rowan in them - no matter what the reasons for that are given!;))