By Malcolm Fincham Forty-five not out! Playing a ”straight bat”, yet not expecting to add any more to the total of my year list of butterflies. On August 8 at…
August 27, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham As July came to a close, blackbirds fell silent of their fluty song for another year. I continued my pledge to achieve my highest number of species…
August 14, 2017 / 2 Comments / Read MoreThe latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations With the good weather continuing well into July, the grass was more yellow than green and when I…
August 12, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about how the bees are busy now preparing for the winter season to come. All summer, the bees have been out there at…
August 1, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham An unsettled spell of weather set the theme for the last weeks of July. And with slightly below average temperatures too giving, at times, an autumnal feel…
July 30, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreThe latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations Apart from a bit of rain at the start of June, it’s been especially hot and dry for…
July 17, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham During the first weeks of July I spent most of my time in Guildford and its surrounding villages. The furthest I strayed was Chiddingfold, visiting Botany Bay…
July 17, 2017 / 7 Comments / Read MoreRiverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weirkeeper by Robert Craig The hot weather experienced during June meant that it has been a particularly busy time along the…
July 11, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham On the days leading up to the Summer Solstice temperatures began to soar in the southern regions of the UK. In Surrey, day time maximums hovered around the…
July 6, 2017 / 4 Comments / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. In the latest of his monthly notes, he talks about the windscreen test for counting insects. I remember many years ago driving towards the coast with my brothers…
July 1, 2017 / 3 Comments / Read More
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