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Birdwatcher’s Diary No.35

By Malcolm Fincham What an incredibly unusual year it has been so far! Probably the strangest since records began? Well, my records anyway. Mind you, official Met Office records apparently…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.34

By Malcolm Fincham It was as if someone had flicked a switch and turned the heating up (a bit) once the rain had passed through on Saturday April 13. And…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.33

By Malcolm Fincham The first week of April continued with a cool theme to the weather with still no sign of any summer migrants locally and almost certainly just as…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.32

By Malcolm Fincham On a very wet Saturday, March 16, I decided to investigate a report I had heard earlier in the week of quite a rare sighting in the…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.31

By Malcolm Fincham I took advantage of a brief warmer spell of weather during the first week of March by taking my wife, binoculars and camera on a short holiday…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.30

By Malcolm Fincham The month of February continued on wintery theme, with Monday 11th bringing with it another dusting of snow to the Surrey Hills. On Chinthurst Hill near Bramley…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.29

By Malcolm Fincham Wow! What a wonderful waxwing winter we are having. It has certainly has surpassed my expectations, or am I just waxwing lyrical! I had  decided to take…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No. 28

By Malcolm Fincham On Tuesday, January 15, I heard reports of nine waxwings in the Guildford area, feeding on a ‘white berried rowan’ in someone’s front garden in Oakdene Road, Peasmarsh.…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.27

By Malcolm Fincham I began the new year with a walk around Stoke lake. This was followed by a trip to North Camp to revisit the waxwings to take a…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.26

By Malcolm Fincham Waxwings! What a wonderful and unexpected surprise! And while on a shopping trip to Farnborough! I was especially  pleased  (for those who have read my previous reports)…