You searched for Acute Oak Decline - Forest Research

You searched for - Forest Research

You searched for National Forest Inventory - Forest Research

You searched for TreeAlert - Forest Research

You searched for TreeAlert - Page 4 of 5 - Forest Research

You searched for TreeAlert - Page 2 of 5 - Forest Research

You searched for Climate change - Forest Research

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

January 2026

December 2025

Forest Research

Title / URL	Issues
You searched for Acute Oak Decline - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/?s=Acute%20Oak%20Decline	4
You searched for - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/?s=&post_type=staff&research-group%5B%5D=fellows	4
You searched for - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/?s=&type=staff	4
You searched for - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/?s=&post_type=staff	4
You searched for National Forest Inventory - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/?s=National%20Forest%20Inventory	4
You searched for TreeAlert - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/?s=TreeAlert	4
You searched for TreeAlert - Page 4 of 5 - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/page/4/?s=TreeAlert	4
You searched for TreeAlert - Page 2 of 5 - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/page/2/?s=TreeAlert	4
You searched for - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/?s=&post_type=publication	4
You searched for Climate change - Forest Researchwww.forestresearch.gov.uk/?s=Climate%20change	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Forest Research

Where this issue has occurred