By Malcolm Fincham Moving into the last two weeks of January, thankfully the prevailing wet westerly winds began to ease. Temperatures, however, fell to below average for the time of…
February 4, 2023 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The government has given “emergency authorisation” to allow the banned neonicotinoid pesticide, deadly to bees, bumble bees and insects, on this year’s sugar beet…
February 1, 2023 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham The new year began as the old one ended weather wise, with a mild westerly flow continuing the currant theme. In spite of the weather New Year’s…
January 16, 2023 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham Icy weather still remained beyond our doorsteps around the Surrey Hills for a few days as we entered the second half of December, as I continued my…
January 2, 2023 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon I’ve had a lovely email from 13-year-old Nat Sutton who lives in Guildford. He is doing a research project at school called “Do we…
January 1, 2023 / No Comment / Read MoreEighteen-year-old Ben Hancock-Smith, from Guildford, has won a category first prize in this year’s RSPCA Young Photographer Awards. Ben’s image entitled ‘’Hovering” showing two small flies won the top spot…
December 18, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham By the meteorological calendar the first day of winter is always December 1. Coincidently and simultaneously temperatures were continuing to slide bringing our first notable frosts. Fears…
December 17, 2022 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley The cold weather after the hottest November on record has given us some wonderful frost structures on plants, buildings and spiders’ webs. Here are a few on…
December 12, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham Inclement Atlantic westerlies continued the theme for November as we drifted into the second half of the month. Despite the forecast, my wife and I took the…
December 5, 2022 / 3 Comments / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It is probably the quietest time of the year for beekeepers. The bees are prepared for the winter, plenty of honey stores, a dry…
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