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Wild Summer Guide
Looking for a wild adventure in the woods this summer?
Join Surrey Wildlife Trust’s childrens’ holiday club in August
Bottling the summer
Elder represents the very essence of summer with its fragrant flowers at their best in June.
Children's Events this Summer
Ready Steady Survey! How to get involved with surveys this summer
As the summer returns, our tasks shift from practical volunteering to surveying, but how do I get involved with surveys? What if I don't know many species? Well, here is our handy guide to…
Amazing insects
Wonderful wildflowers
Seasonal spectacles
Wild marjoram
Wild marjoram is actually the same aromatic herb as oregano which is used in Mediterranean cooking. Its small, pink flower clusters can be seen on chalk and limestone grasslands in summer.
Wild thyme
The delightful fragrance of wild thyme can punctuate a summer walk over a chalk grassland. It forms low-growing mats with dense clusters of purple-pink flowers.
Wild privet
Wild privet is a shrub of hedgerows, woodlands and scrub, but is also a popular garden-hedge plant. It has white flowers in summer and matt-black berries in winter that are very poisonous.