Local volunteers are working to restore and preserve our hedgerows as part of a partnership between Guildford Borough Council and Surrey Wildlife Trust’s Hedgerow Heritage Project. The project plants and…
March 6, 2022 / 2 Comments / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It is still quiet on the beekeeping front. There was some excitement when the roof was blown off a hive in the garden. The…
March 1, 2022 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham High pressure continued its iron-like grip over Europe and the southern regions of the UK, bringing mostly dry and above average temperatures into the first weeks of…
February 18, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon January is another quiet month for beekeepers. The bees are all hunkered down with the cold weather. And, just as they have been doing…
February 1, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham High pressure continued to be stubbornly centred over southern England and northern France throughout the latter weeks of January. Its awkward position was not far north enough…
January 31, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham Having surpassed my yearly ambition of seeing 200 species of birds on my UK travels in 2021, despite not taking up my annual invite to visit the…
January 18, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It is the time of year for varroa treatment again. Varroa, a tiny mite which lives off honeybee adults and larvae, arrived in the…
January 1, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham December opened its door with a cold start. At Britten’s Pond, what had been a wet and overcast day, gave way to sunshine and showers just an…
December 19, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham November 17 brought with it a long-awaited full day of sunshine to the Surrey Hills. And the opportunity of getting some colour back to my photos. The…
December 4, 2021 / 1 Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon All very quiet on the bee front at this time of year. It’s too cold for them to fly so we don’t see them…
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