Can anyone help me identify my sick tree please?

[TheVeryAngryMumapillar]

It's outside our house....and there's tw pics on my profile....we've been here for 4 years and in the first 2 Springs, it flowered beautifully with deep reddish-pink blossoms...last year and so far this year, it seems to be struggling....some of the leaves are curled and brown and some of the buds seem to be interrupted and dying.

Last year it flowered a bit but only half-heartedly. It's bark appears very dry and cracked.....but that could be normal.

Poor tree!

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Can't see your profile atm, can you go into it and make it visible?

It could be a hawthorn, perhaps? Does it have red berries in the autumn?

I think it does....mable...can you see my profile now?

Actually pretty sure it has red berries in the Autumn...I remember the DC trying to pick them.

Ah that's better. Looks a bit fruitish to me, like a pear or something.

Probably isn't but hard to tell from the pic.

How big are the berries? Not crab apple sized? are the leaves kind of fingered or smooth?

the berries are small....like peas. The leaves are fingered....

Probably hawthorn then!

I wondered if it might have a wound somewhere. If there's like a big gap in the bark low down, it can sometimes kill a tree. You can put something on it and bind it, sometimes it'll help, but might be too late. The council will come and chop it down if it's really poorly.

I haven't seen a wound...I will check though. DH did trim it last year....I told him not to bet he's traumatised it!

Will the council chop it down if its on private land though? Not a council estate? Or will we need to arrange that?

Have you got little black aphids under the curled leaves? These have attacked both my cherry trees this year and ruined the leaves and flowers Apparently there are some horrid infestations around this year due to the warm weather and lack of rain.

I will check smashing but I don't think so...it's very sad. I loved the tree.