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AI Technology at the Forefront of Surrey Conservation Project

By David Reading In a ground-breaking conservation project making use of Artificial Intelligence, teams of volunteers are being deployed to record the plant species which thrive on rare acid grassland…

Guildford Plays Its Part in Campaign to Protect Bees

Guildford Borough Council marked World Bee Day by highlighting the important role bees play in the ecosystem and what the council is doing locally to help protect them. Bees support…

Wild Surrey: Lunch at The Ivy

Notes from a wildlife enthusiast. Harry Eve lives in East Horsley and is a keen naturalist. He has managed his garden as a habitat for wildlife for 30 years. It…

Have You Seen This Crab?

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Bushy Park, famed for its deer, can now add a large crab to its list of wildlife after a dog walker was “surprised” to…

Local Man Gets National Award for Protecting Badgers

A Puttenham man has been recognised for his “outstanding services to badgers”. Dave Williams of the West Surrey Badger Group was presented with the John Taylor Award for outstanding services…

Pumpkin Dumping – A Halloween Horror for Hedgehogs

The Woodland Trust has issued an urgent plea to witches, wizards and spooks everywhere not to endanger wildlife by dumping pumpkins in woodland. “A myth seems to have built up…

Guildford RSPB Announces Stunning Winners In 2022 Photo Competition

RSPB Guildford and District Local Group members had difficulty in picking a winner from all the stunning bird, wildlife and landscape photos in their annual photographic competition at their annual…

Beekeeper’s Notes: A little Surprise Turns Up On The Allotment

Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon One of the great pleasures of beekeeping is the unexpected. A colony you are convinced has no queen suddenly starts to produce brood. A…

Giant Hunting Spiders Once Feared Extinct Discovered on Surrey MoD Site

After more than 25 years without a sighting, some of Britain’s largest and most endangered spiders have been rediscovered on a Ministry of Defence (MoD) training area in Surrey. Surrey…

Into the Wild: Guildford Activist Sleeps With Badgers to Raise Funds for Homeless Youth

James Miller, an environmental campaigner and nature documentary film-maker, spent a night with a badger sett, in a wood near Guildford to raise money for leading youth homeless charity Centrepoint.…

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