REPORT YOUR BIRD SIGHTINGS
The British Trust for Ornithology is always interested to hear of uncommon bird sightings. See their web site for details of the various recording and survey schemes they run to see if you can help.

CONSULTATION ON SURREY COUNTRYSIDE
Members may not have seen that Surrey County Council have a public consultation about our countryside online. Could we encourage people to respond please - it is very short but will affect what activities will go on in our wildlife sites, not all of which seem compatible with wildlife.
Please click for details and perhaps respond to help preserve the county’s biodiversity.
The consultation ends on 3rd December.

FLAWED BADGER CULL EXPANDS ACROSS ENGLAND
The Wildlife Trusts have drawn our attention to the recent extension of badger culling despite serious flaws in the reasoning behind it. Vaccination of badgers is a far cheaper and more effective way of addressing the vectoring of a small percentage of bovine TB via our wildlife.
Find out the facts and see how to raise an objection by checking the trusts' website: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/flawed-badger-cull-expands-across-england