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Birdwatcher’s Diary No.210

By Malcolm Fincham For a good few years, I had toyed with the idea to visit Hutchinson’s Bank Nature Reserve, for an opportunity to see Glanville fritillary butterflies for the…

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.…

Established Nests of Merrow’s Swifts Saved by Guildford Conservation Group

A dispute over scaffolding blocking swifts migrating to their customary nests in a shared property in Merrow has been resolved to allow them clear entry. Sarah Davis and John Bannister,…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.209

By Malcolm Fincham By the middle of May government regulations in regard to coronavirus had eased a little, at least for the time being. Restrictive rules had been relaxed enough…

Beekeeper’s Notes: Perfection Of The Comb

Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon It’s been a funny year so far. Sunshine well above average with April in the running for the sunniest since Met Office records began…

High Rise Accommodation Now Available in Shalford, If You Are Swift

By Martin Giles Passers-by in Shalford are noticing a new erection by the village green and questioning its purpose. It is a “Swift Tower” designed to attract summer visiting swifts…

Britain’s Most Bijou Butterfly Makes Comeback on North Downs

Rising from the rubble of a derelict sports ground, Britain’s smallest butterfly, the small blue, is making a comeback at Surrey Wildlife Trust’s newest nature reserve, Priest Hill near Epsom,…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.208

by Malcolm Fincham Moving into May, the blue skies and sunshine continued. Although still restricted in my ventures I continued to remain up to date as best I could with…

A Royal Visit

by Martin Giles When I heard the buzzing I thought another bumblebee had wandered in through the window and I got ready to usher it back outside. Then, when I…

Stag Hill By Name and Now Stag Hill By Nature

Stag Hill is believed to be so named because it was on the southern end of Forest of Windsor, reserved in medieval times for royal hunting parties. But since Guildford…