Nature
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Wild Wonders – February 2022 – Miki Marks
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Lichen Photos by Andy Bamford Mysterious lichen, felled trees and rats; two success stories and a farewell to an old tree. The deciduous trees are still ...

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Wild Wonders – Birch, Bark and Books – Miki Marks
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A sunny January morning can be the best time of all for seeing trees. Once the leaves have fallen, the individual shape of each tree is visible – and the ...

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Wild Wonders – December 2021 – Miki Marks
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Nativity scenes apart, there are apparently twelve symbols which trigger thoughts of Christmas; amongst them are robins, poinsettias, bells, snowflakes, a ...

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Wild Wonders – November 2021 – Miki Marks
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In Greek myths it never pays to be boastful before the gods. The young Arachne was a wonderful weaver and as Ovid writes in his Metamorphoses she had the ...

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Wild Wonders – More about Ants, the Tree of Life and Young Volunteers
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One of the two huge ants nests at Hurtwood After writing about ants last month, a friend sent me the following by Ogden Nash which sums up this little ...

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Wild Wonders – Awareness of Ants
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SURREY (ant) HILLS - photo by Andy Bamford We had such a lovely plan: we would have a volunteer evening mid-week instead of the usual Sunday morning. We ...

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Wild Wonders – Nature’s disposal system and The Humongous Fungus
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Elephant Hawkmoth It was a very warm day when I met up with a few of the Beryl Harvey Conservation volunteers. Right away we were aware of the most ...

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Wild Wonders – Loving Your Natural Landscape
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A Zebra in the Ewhurst Landscape? Who coined the disdainful description ‘Nimby’? People who had designs on your local landscape and tried to shame you into ...

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South East landowners urged to help with climate change
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Landowners across the South East are being asked to consider planting trees to help tackle the climate and nature emergencies. The Woodland Trust has this ...

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Wild Wonders – Orchids, Oaks and Flower Clocks
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The name ‘orchid’ perhaps conjures up the mental picture of some exotic, expensive plant – the sort much used by interior designers for dark corners, and ...

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Make a Difference! – Become a Conservation Volunteer
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Did you know that there is a conservation site in Cranleigh? It was given to the Parish Council in 1970 for the benefit of the village by Gordon Harvey, in ...

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Wild Wonders – Maybugs and Hornbeams – May 2021
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An example of Maybugs This is the month when cockchafer beetles make their dramatic appearance. Appropriately, they are also known as Maybugs. Sometime on ...

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