Wildlife Circus

Kingston was once covered in orchards and this is reflected in the road names especially around Hook/Chessington. There is even a Kingston heritage apple Kingston heritage apple  and an Apple Store that has fallen into disrepair. Apple walks are found in a leaflet, which can be provided on request. The next Apple Walk will be lead by the Ramblers under the auspices of Kingston Society (13.3.25). There has also been a move over the last ten years to put back some of the missing fruit trees. Tolworth Apple Store   Alpha Road Estate fruit route  20.1.25 We have planted 9 trees through the estate from Shalston Villas to Alpha Road at the end of Hobhill walk. This Fruit Route will create a delightful walk through the estate but also contribute to the abundance of existing trees by providing pollination partners for fruit trees . Last year we undertook some fundraising walks to assist in the purchase of trees and compost and during a bat walk we found there was already a t...

Has it only been  5 minutes since the Leader of Kingston Council proclaimed 'we want Kingston to become a leading borough protecting and enhancing the local environment....'  That was only for Sustainable September it seems, as now, in Miserable May we are back to 'where are we going to move the Kingsmeadow Slow Worms to'? Kingston Cemetery and Knollmead have been rejected after surveys (at our expense) proved unsuitable.  More recently, surveyors at Rose Walk, LNR, have declared that the Kingsmeadow Slow Worms can be translocated there, even though there is already an 'Excellent' population. The move will require some habitat management- including the addition of some log refugia-  to take the ousted Slow Worms and may lead to the  eventual demise of both populations, as per evidence in literature  to show that translocations do not work. There will be no conservation benefit to either population; an expensive move (sufficient for the purchase of a small ...