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Birdwatcher’s Diary No.124

By Malcolm Fincham Making the most of limited opportunities to get out and about as November came to a close, I was ready at the drop of a hat when…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.123

By Malcolm Fincham The clocks going back one hour at the end of October always gives me a stark realisation that we will rapidly start to descend into the deepest depths…

How Vital Is Our Surrey Heathland?

Dragon reader, and Hon Alderman, Gordon Bridger in a letter: Why Special Treatment For These Birds? asked whether our regular bird watching columnist Malcolm Fincham why £5.2 million had been…

Letter: Why Special Treatment For These Birds?

Letter: Why Special Treatment For These Birds?

From Gordon Bridger Hon Alderman and former Mayor of Guildford I am not a bird watcher but Malcolm Fincham’s column is really a splendid account, which I only encountered by accident,…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.122

By Malcolm Fincham Will we be graced by an ‘earful of waxings’ this winter? My personal optimism is high, with a few having already been reported as far south as Suffolk.…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.121

By Malcolm Fincham Taking advantage of the autumn sun as it continued to shine, we entered the first weeks of October. A last-minute decision was made to take a break to Rye…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.120

By Malcolm Fincham As September drew to a close and the autumn equinox passed by, a few more local sighting of wheatears came my way. Once again it was at…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.119

By Malcolm Fincham The season of butterflies has been grinding to a close with not much possibility of adding any more to the respectable 40 species I have been fortunate to see…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.118

By Malcolm Fincham Although still hanging on to some warm and dry summer sunshine, seasonal tides have been in motion in the avian world. Maybe just an age thing, but signs…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.117

By Malcolm Fincham Having had so much success during the first few weeks of August, achieving some of my best pictures to date of both common buzzard and kingfishers, fortune…