Miki Marks on Darwin's real message, why insects can find their way into a conservatory but never out of it, and the evening primroses by her back door that ...

It has been a long, hot summer, so our Cranleigh birder opened a pub. Four bars, no meals, water only, open all hours. Twenty species have already flown in, ...

Same time of year, same place, even the very same bush — our Crane Spotter welcomes the Common Whitethroat back to Cranleigh Common after its astonishing ...

Our Crane Spotter follows two pairs of garden birds through their breeding season — a Blue Tit drummer and his Great Tit neighbours. Final score: GT United 7, ...

Penny Lynch on one of the simplest ways to feel better in body and mind: stepping outside for a walk, whether along our local trails or around Knowle Park.

Miki Marks takes a shady walk among the beeches, explains why some are purple, and shares readers' garden photos of a nursery web spider and the insects of ...

2026 is shaping up to be one of Britain's great 'Quail years'. Our Crane Spotter takes up the trail of a bird more often heard than seen, and remembers a ...

Miki Marks on June's 'return of the Westerlies', the science of garden biodiversity in Ken Thompson's No Nettles Required, and the slumberous, declining hazel ...

Cranleigh's iconic oak by the Leisure Centre now has a Tree Protection Order. Miki Marks on oaks, summer afternoons, crickets and the Beryl Harvey site.