Trees and Woodlands at Temple

Temple Tree Audit

Introduction

This project took two years to complete and was carried out jointly by Temple Golf Club members Bryce Martin and Jan Sambrook. Another Temple member, Paul Richardson, supplied the expertise to transfer the data to a smart view-at-a-glance map.

Why do all this? What’s the point? Who is interested? To try to answer some of these questions, the audit itself is accompanied by other peripheral material which places the club, the course and golf itself into an ecological and historical context.

While no effort has been spared to ensure accuracy in all these areas, there will inevitably be discrepancies and omissions, but it is hoped that these are minor and will lead to refinements. The project transfers much material previously only available in hard copy, and other material scattered across the internet, into a single accessible – and hopefully useful – digital format. The audit builds on previous studies and can be added to, for example an account of bird and bat boxes in the wooded areas.

It has been fun to do, involving much learning.



After checking out the audit, perhaps when your game proves a disappointment you will be able to enjoy the many satisfactions the course has on offer – better than a Hamlet cigar! Click here to see an old favourite!

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Golf at Temple - so much more than a game

Click here to read a general description of the trees and woodlands at Temple, and to learn about the the origins of the Club and course development.

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Temple - naked as nature intended

Please click here to read about the tree audit parameters and the tree varieties at Temple

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Tree and Woodland Audit

Click here to read an in-depth pictorial report covering the trees and woodlands at Temple

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Woodlands, Shrubs and Flowers at Temple

Click here to find out about the variety of woodlands, shrubs and flowers that previous surveys have discovered here at Temple.

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Working with the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT)

Click here to read the report arising from a BBOWT visit to Temple in 2012.

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The importance of trees and their management

Click here to read about a year in the life of a tree

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The Chilterns and Bisham Wood

Click here to discover more about trees and woodlands in the surrounding area including information about the site of the Halifax bomber memorial in nearby Carpenters Wood.

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Trees in Words

Click here to read some lovely poems about trees