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Beekeeper’s Notes October 2017: The British Black Bee

Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about how the British native black bee may be making a comeback within these shores. It is interesting to see how an…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.145

By Malcolm Fincham Autumn had come early to Surrey, at least, that’s how it was feeling to me. A steady flow of birds were now passing through on migration. From Wood…

Along The Wey & Arun Canal – September 2017

A regular update from the Wey & Arun Canal Trust (WACT), which is restoring a waterway which once ran 23 miles from Shalford to Pallingham in West Sussex. The Trust…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.144

By Malcolm Fincham Although having accepted that I had run out of new species of butterflies to view in the Surrey area this year, a visit to Denbies Hillside, near…

Riff Raff Diary – September 2017

Riff Raff Diary – September 2017

Riverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weirkeeper by Robert Craig Heading into September my time will be spent on strimming the towpath vegetation, bank repairs and some…

Beekeeper’s Notes September 2017: Marauding Wasps, Honey And A Lot Going On

Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. He talks about why wasps are so intrusive in late summer and why the bees get defensive. And the jobs that need doing ……..…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.143

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…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.142

By 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…

Richard’s Wey August 2017

The 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…

Beekeeper’s Notes August 2017: Bees Countdown To Christmas

Hugh 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…