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Newts are out and about!
As a young child, I recall looming over the edge of my Grandma’s pond eagerly hoping to catch sight of the mysterious amphibian’s emerging to the water’s surface to breath for air, before…
Ben and Chris - Wild about Life!
Ben and Chris first met at The Abbey School in Farnham where Chris was one of Ben’s teachers. They never imagined that 14 years later they be working as photographers and exploring the flora and…
Why should we care about disappearing insects?
Opinions are divided about insects. For some of us, insects are beautiful, fascinating, joyful creatures – their buzz or fluttering by a vital part of our spring and summer.
It's all about bees, bugs & butterflies
Changing the fortunes of the UK’s threatened invertebrates
Probing for answers: what Chobham’s mud could tell us about environmental change
As part of the Space4Nature project, SWT’s GIS, Research and Monitoring manager Ben Siggery is completing a PhD which will seek to better understand the history of Surrey’s nature to compare the…
Space4Nature: What can palaeoecology teach us about restoring nature in Surrey?
An introduction to the Space4Nature PhD and the role of palaeoecology in conservation
Only rain down the drain!
Cranleigh school learns about the water cycle, clean rivers and sewage.
Little Cuttlefish
This little cuttlefish really lives up to its name - it only reaches about 5cm long!
Chaffinch
The colourful and delightful chaffinch is a regular garden visitor across the UK. Look out for it hopping about on the ground under birdtables and hedges.
Daddy longlegs
Flitting about the house in summer, the gangly, brown daddy longlegs is familiar to many of us. They are a valuable food source for many birds.
Nightingale
The melodious song of the nightingale is the most likely sign of this bird being about. Shy and secretive, it sings from dense scrub and woodland, day and night.