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Riff Raff Diary – October 2017

Riff Raff Diary – October 2017

Riverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weirkeeper by Robert Craig With the autumn equinox now behind us and the hours of daylight becoming shorter, the character of…

Richard’s Wey October 2017

The latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations The sunny spells and showers of September meant that the vegetation had been growing vigorously, with the locksides…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.146

By Malcolm Fincham The second half of my September diary included a couple of trips to Farlington Marshes near Portsmouth. These visits allowed me comparisons of ‘latest’ sightings there, as…

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…