The fungal disease known as Ash Dieback (Chalara fraxinea, now renamed Hymenoscyphus  fraxineus) is spreading rapidly across the U.K. We had noticed its arrival in Lime Kiln Wood some time ago, but Susanne Watkins conducted a visual survey on 24 June 2021. There was insufficient time to get a good view of all the 1154 mature ash trees counted in 2010, but Susanne looked at 229 specimens distributed fairly evenly across the wood. The sad news is that only 31 of these (13.5%) appeared to have normal leaf cover. Of the rest, 18.8% appeared to be slightly affected by dieback, 45.9% were severely affected, and 21.8% had already died. It is not known what proportion of the diseased trees will die, but experience elsewhere suggests that the majority will eventually be lost. However, some of the living trees are likely to be tolerant of Chalara, and the wood contains literally millions of ash seedlings, some of which will also probably be tolerant when they mature. The situation may therefore not be a total catastrophe, but there is no doubt that the character of Lime Kiln Wood will have been changed for the foreseeable future. It has not yet been decided what to do with the affected trees, but they may be left as standing dead wood to act as a resource for species such as woodpeckers.