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Birdwatcher’s Diary No.81

By Malcolm Fincham “Look at all those seagulls” is a comment often made and often deliberately proclaimed by members of my family to bug me. Trying not to sound too…

Richard’s Wey, February 2015

The latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations January proved to be a very busy month, with our maintenance team carrying out a three week…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.80

By Malcolm Fincham Taking advantage of a dry spell of weather, I spent some time enjoying a few pleasant days of sunshine during the last weeks of January around the…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.79

By Malcolm Fincham Recalling last winter’s floods, it was certainly easier to start 2015 with a much drier walk on my annual new year’s visit to Stoke Nature Reserve. This time, however, I…

Richard’s Wey, January 2015

The latest of our riverbank tales from the local Stoke lengthsman Richard Cant Happy new year and I hope you all had a good Christmas. After the flooding event of…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.78

By Malcolm Fincham Restricted by ongoing Christmas festivities and family entertainment (although most enjoyable) I began to feel rather claustrophobic. Itching to see what was going on beyond my doorstep…

Guildford Ramblings: Last One Of The Year, Abinger Common

Words and pictures by Kay Hiatt Thirty one cheerful members arrived in good time for this New Year’s Eve day ramble, starting at the Abinger Hatch pub, not far off…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.77

By Malcolm Fincham – a Christmas special There was minimum time for my birdwatching in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Making a brief afternoon walk along the towpath on a pleasant…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.76

By Malcolm Fincham Moving into December the weather started to turn much cooler with the arrival of our first few sharp frosts of winter. This was quite pleasing to me…

Richard’s Wey, December 2014

The latest of our riverbank tales from the local Stoke lengthsman Richard Cant At the beginning of November I went along to our rangers’ conference, which saw ‘outdoors’ staff (rangers,…