Wildlife Circus

Seething Wells draining 2017-8   Do you ever wonder what happens to all those blogposts you created online over the years or the photos you post on social media? Several  blogposts and photographs belonging to myself and others have ironically been used to support a regularisation application by an agent for an offshore company. The application 20/00627/CEU is a retrospective process to show that the Filter Beds are a reservoir. They are no longer, it is claimed,  'filtration beds' as the substrates used in this process were removed by Thames Water before 2010. Further, it is claimed. as the Filter beds have not been drained since 2010 - they are only a reservoir - and this has  been the case without interruption for 10 years.   'The Application seeks a ‘Certificate of lawfulness of existing use’ under Part 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990). Class B8 – Storage or Distribution.To satisfy the requirements of Part 191(2), this Application w...

  Highlight of the week: looking for sandmartins at Kingsmeadow and finding slow worms along the Hogsmill. Now the weather is warming it is a good time to spot slow worms. One was seen slithering across the path near Dickerage Lane recreation ground close to where strimmed dead animals are sometimes found.   Last weekend I visited Risborough Green - near the Beverley brook - where these animals have been recently recorded. The last comprehensive reptile  survey of the borough was carried out by LEHART as they were then  known (now the London ARG) by Will Atkins. It is thought that Risborough Green  was known as Kingshill Conservation Area in these surveys. Risborough Green, W.Park    The rough grass on sunny banks, should be retained for them as there are few places - other than allotments - where we have recent records except Tolworth where there are records of slow worms and common lizards. The latter species was recorded during surveys...