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Beekeeper’s Notes: Why Even Guildford Has Such A Variety Of Honeys

By Hugh Coakley Before I started keeping bees, I thought that honey was more or less the same wherever you got it. Oh foolish person! Little did I know that there was…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.172

By Malcolm Fincham The sun continued to shine brightly around the Surrey countryside and its suburbs as we drifted into October. Although with continuing warm weather, most of our summer-visiting…

New Boardwalk Takes Shape On Chitty’s Common

Work to lay a new boardwalk across Chitty’s Common at Rydes Hill, Guildford, is forging ahead. The Friends of Chitty’s Common, a volunteer work party group that meets to cut…

Riff Raff Diary: October 2018

Riverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weir keeper by Robert Craig The autumn equinox is behind us and the days are shortening. At dusk, the meadows around…

Richard’s Wey October 2018

The latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations I took a week’s leave at the beginning of September to spend some time with my oldest daughter…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.171

By Malcolm Fincham An unexpected invite from my son and his wife took me away on a venture to Perranporth, Cornwall, during the third week of September. Squeezing into the…

Beekeeper’s Notes Extra: Asian Hornet Sighting In Guildford

by Hugh Coakley As reported last year (Beekeeper’s Notes April ’17; Foreign Invaders from Europe), the fear of an invasion of the Asian hornet is one step closer with a…

Richard’s Wey September 2018

The latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations I seem to have done a lot of tree work over recent weeks, with an abundance of low…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No. 170

By Malcolm Fincham An unscheduled afternoon walk with my daughter and her dog brought our way, what I’m sure will reveal, some memorable wildlife sightings on the last day of…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.169

By Malcolm Fincham The tell tale signs that the tides of summer were on the turn were becoming increasingly evident as we entered the second half of August. The heatwave…