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An Unfortunate Injury Offers A Rare Close Up View Of A Lesser Known Bird

By Malcolm Fincham A photo submitted by Guildford Dragon readers Colin and Joan Mills has prompted me to write about one of our less mentioned birds, the siskin. Although frequently…

Along The Wey & Arun Canal Trust, March 2016

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

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.104

By Malcolm Fincham Over the last few days of February I was put under a temporary birdwatching curfew. Booked up to visit my daughter now living in York, my wife…

Riff Raff Diary – March 2016

Riverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weirkeeper by Robert Craig February started well with a really productive day working with the Wey Navigation Conservation Volunteers. We spent the…

Beekeeper’s Notes March 2016 – Starving Bees Turn Cannibal

 Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. In this month’s notes, he talks about how honeybees will suck the fluids from their own brood to save the colony from starvation. There…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.103

By Malcolm Fincham I offer much sympathy and gratitude to The Guildford Dragon NEWS editorial team, especially David Rose, who has the unenviable task and does such a great job going through…

Letter: Volunteer Litter-pickers Help Keep Waterway Tidy

From Richard Cant, Stoke lengthman, River Wey & Godalming Navigations The National Trust-owned River Wey & Godalming Navigations runs through the heart of Guildford on its 20-mile journey from Godalming…

Richard’s Wey February 2016

The latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations January started by being a very busy month of weir operations. Periods of wet and then dry weather…

Riff Raff Diary – February 2016

Riverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weirkeeper by Robert Craig January was spent mainly focusing on my weir keeping duties. It is not only a question of operating…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.102

By Malcolm Fincham Moving into the end of the January the weather started to turn mild once again. Unfortunatly for me however, with it brought more overcast conditions and rain. Unabated by it…