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Richard’s Wey August 2015

The latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations The continuing dry weather in July meant that the grass on the locksides has stopped growing for now,…

Canal Trust Fighting A Pretty Nasty Invader

Volunteers have been pulling up pretty flowering plants because it is feared they are a huge threat to a waterway restoration project in Surrey and Sussex. Workers have been “bashing”…

‘Meet The Bee’ – Your Chance For A Fascinating New Experience

The first time you see a beehive opened in front of you is a memorable experience. It is certainly one us beekeepers remember. Reactions can be a mixture of surprise…

Photo Feature: Cornflowers, Poppies and Belted Galloways

One of the joys of living in Guildford is our close proximity still, despite the inexorable suburban creep, to the countryside. Here are just a few images taken on a…

Beekeeper’s Notes August 2015

So Much Owed To So Many By So Few In the latest in a series of Hugh Coakley’s Beekeeper’s Notes, he writes about harvesting honey. It’s about now when beekeepers around the…

Richard’s Wey July 2015

The latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations For much of June the main task for me was continuing cutting back the rapidly growing vegetation. The first…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.91

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.91

By Malcolm Fincham Still determination to be successful in our quest to get a sighting of a purple emperor butterfly, having being defeated in attempts to see one in my last report,…

Riff Raff Diary: June 2015

Riff Raff Diary:  June 2015

Riverbank tales from our local St Catherine’s Lengthsman/Weirkeeper by Robert Craig I’ve spent a lot of time mowing and strimming at the beginning of June, prior to taking leave towards…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.90

By Malcolm Fincham Not getting out as much as I would have liked to locally during the last few weeks of June, due to health reasons, I was surprised to…

Beekeeper’s Notes July 2015

Bees Dying By The Hundred! In the latest in a series of Hugh Coakley’s Beekeeper’s Notes, he writes about one of the disease problems that bee colonies face. American scientists recently reported that planet…