Help Please...!!! Very poorly rowan tree

I bought myself a rowan tree from the Woodland Trust in January and planted it (a stick!) soon after it arrived and it grew well. Unfortunately now it has brown marks on the leaves, one dead branch, and a selection of tiny grey 'pearl' type eggs on the top of one leaf -oh, and a tiny snail... how can I help the poor thing

 

Good evening, Barbara, and welcome to the site. Any chance of a picture? ( Of the tree, that is ):D

 

Do you want to help the tree or the snail Barbara or both, send also a picture of the snail and eggs and we will try and identify those as well.

 

Will sort out some photos (and how to post them) asap - and yes, thank you Walnut, it's the tree I want help with :-) the snail was 'removed to a reasonable distance'. It was a remarkably pretty snail I must say, and about the size of a baby's fingernail.

 

I've got 3 photos - eggs (or whatever they are) brown spots and damaged branch. The tree is about 2 ft high.
Unfortunately it appears I'm not allowed attachments - can I email them to you?
Barbara

Managed to figure it out! (with daisees help)

 

Sorted!

 

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No luck so far Marley - I do hope someone can help, I've never planted a tree before and I'd be really sad to lose it. Please help someone!

 

Hi Barbara,

have you checked out this thread yet: Tree Self Diagnosis. It's a little self help guide I wrote up regarding tree health and allows you and us to determine what may be going wrong. Check it out and see if any of it relates to your plant then pop back here with the results.

 

The spider wouldn't have built all those cobwebs on it if there was nothing to eat. Perhaps some sort of aphid attack?

 

Not snail eggs Barbara as Marley said probably moth or butterfly I would leave them until they hatch to see what they are they are (cos i'm curious)not going to do much damage the leaves will fall off shortly you can soon squish them if they are undesirable,looks like scorch on the leaves spring will reveal all.

 

Thank you all for the input, I am much heartened and suspect that I have been overwatering in the dry spells (plus we've had torrential downpours like everyone else). I shall tuck it in snuggly for the winter and hope for better in the Spring. Should I remove all the damage, or leave well alone?

The tree was only planted in January, and it should theoretically be a good spot, full sun, plenty of room, average Ph. I live just outside Lincoln, near a fairly busy road, but the tree is in the back garden, about 60 ft from the house, so well away from the road. The soil is probably quite heavy - it's certainly on the 'clay' side. We've only been here 18 months, so things are moving slowly! (Thanks to Treesurfer for the v useful link)

WALNUT - I apologise - I thought you were joking about the snail but you obviously like your little critturs! Unfortunately whatever was in the eggs has gone ... it was obviously a flying thing, there's nothing to 'squish' (shame!) and what's left is rather 'feathery' but still quite hard to dislodge. Here's a picture - not a lot of damage on the leaf considering ...
http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/beak113/gone.jpg