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Birdwatcher’s Diary No.284

By Malcolm Fincham While southern European countries bathed in equatorial heat, squeezed upon it by a meandering Jet Stream, the British Isles, to the north of it, continued to suffer…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.276

By Malcolm Fincham Inclement weather continued to be the theme during the latter stages of March with above average rainfall conveyed on prevailing Atlantic westerlies. I had not had the…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.251

By Malcolm Fincham Above average temperatures and bright spells continued into March. Although breezes remained cool it was dry for the most part. See also: Birdwatchers Diary Makes the “Fee”…

XX Notes: The Dentist, The Pointless Man and A Cunning Trap

Maria Rayner‘s observational column from a woman’s perspective… Getting a dentist’s appointment, it’s a joke right? Perhaps that is what provoked my dentist’s attempt at humour about the weather that…

Guildford Dragon Theatre Reviewer Alice Wins National Story Award

A local writer who reviews theatre for The Guildford Dragon has won a national award. Alice Fowler, a former feature writer at the Daily Mail, took the short story prize…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.213 – Bearded Vulture Special!

By Malcolm Fincham At Clandon Burial Ground as the second phase of July arrived, the annual brood of kestrels had fledged from their nest box. However, they hadn’t ventured far.…

Revealed: Markings Inside the Mystery Medieval Cave Found at St Catherine’s Hill

By Martin Giles Experts believe the cave discovered last week by rail workers repairing a landslip below the ancient chapel on Guildford’s St Catherine’s Hill dates from the 14th century.…

Spare a Thought Today for Guildford’s Own Great Escape Airman

Guildford today should recall the loss of one of its great unsung World War 2 heroes, former Squadron-Leader Alec Bristow, Mosquito pilot, and a lucky survivor of the legendary Stalag…

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…

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…