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A surprising discovery when covering the local floods was a litter of six young water voles, presumably flooded out of their riverbank home. Their distinctive rounded shape and hairy tails…
December 26, 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More
By Luke Insoll Everyday hundreds of busy shoppers pass through White Lion Walk, off Guildford High Street, unaware that just 50 feet or so above them is the unlikely home…
November 23, 2013 / 4 Comments / Read More
Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) is beginning an exciting project in three Guildford sites to halt the decline of the small blue butterfly in Surrey. The aim of the project is…
October 16, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Beautiful painted lady butterflies, Vanessa cardui, have been released at Clandon Wood Surrey Hills Natural Burial Reserve as a memorial to a loving husband and father. Twelve-year-old Freya released the…
October 4, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Dani Maimone reports on the first photographic evidence that otters have returned to our county. Otters have returned to Surrey. This exciting news is confirmed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust…
June 25, 2013 / 2 Comments / Read More
From Bernard Parke Hon Alderman The morning was bright and sunny and most welcomed after the cold north wind of yesterday. It was really quite pleasant to walk on the…
February 7, 2013 / No Comment / Read More
Squirrels seem to be frenetic in their activity to prepare for the coming winter. Do they know something we don’t? Some believe it is a sign of a harsh winter…
October 9, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More
It is hard not to be charmed by these little chaps, photographed a few days ago on St Catherine’s Footpath, off the Portsmouth Road, by Don Hunt, who kindly sent…
May 1, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
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