By Malcolm Fincham As we entered into the last two weeks of August the weather had become settled. Temperatures stayed just below average for several days, and mostly overcast too.…
September 7, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon The “little surprise” that turned up on the allotment last month, a small swarm with a laying queen, decided that it wasn’t for them…
September 1, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham Too late to squeeze into my previous report, but worthy of note, the last two days of July held a few new surprises. By and large occurring…
August 17, 2021 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham As predicted, a brief heatwave had arrived on my doorstep by July 17. By the end of the weekend temperatures had reached 30c degrees around the Surrey…
August 5, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreThe Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide citizen science survey aimed at helping to assess the health of our environment. It was launched in 2010 and is said to be the…
August 1, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh 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…
August 1, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham “No signs of a heatwave this year!” Or so it seemed. Moving into the first week of July, cool, sometimes inclement weather continued in the southern regions of…
July 20, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham June began on a good footing, sunny periods and dry weather prevailed at long last. Wood white butterflies seemed to be in reasonable numbers in Chiddingfold Forest,…
July 5, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreDragon reader Jason Forde wrote in to say: “Would you like to do a piece on the new nature tableau at Pewley Down that I raised crowd-funded money for; and…
July 2, 2021 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to the summer starting. Wimbledon is here so it won’t be during the tennis.…
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