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Sime Workshops – 23 March and 9 April 2025
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Thursday 27 February 2025 Zero
How satellite technology and ground surveys are mapping our nature corridors
Time & Location
27 Feb 2025, 19:30 – 21:00
ZERO, 168 High St, Guildford GU1 3HW, UK
An Introduction to Space4Nature
Discover how cutting-edge satellite technology, ground surveys, and citizen science are transforming the way we map and preserve nature corridors in Surrey.
Join Daniel Banks, Citizen Science Officer at Surrey Wildlife Trust, for an inspiring introduction to the Space4Nature project. This three-year initiative, funded by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, brings together the University of Surrey, Surrey Wildlife Trust, Buglife, and the Painshill Park Trust to monitor and improve wildlife habitats using Earth Observation – a powerful combination of satellite technology and artificial intelligence.
What you’ll learn:
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How satellite data is being used to map Surrey’s habitats.
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The role of citizen science surveys in identifying key species for preservation.
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How these insights are helping to connect and protect critical wildlife habitats.
Meet the Speaker: Daniel Banks
With a lifelong passion for the natural world, Daniel brings a wealth of expertise in ornithology, ecology, and citizen science. From mapping raptor nests in South Africa to tracking bird migrations across Greece and the UK, his journey has been driven by a dedication to understanding and preserving biodiversity. Now at Surrey Wildlife Trust, Daniel is empowering communities to take action for nature.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can contribute to the future of Surrey’s wildlife.
For more details on the Space4Nature project, visit the Surrey Wildlife Trust website.
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General Admission
£5.00
Surrey Police Band Concert – Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
Surrey Police Band Concert poster 2025
READ MOREYoung Musician of the Year Competition 2025
2025-02 – Musician of the Year Competition 2025
READ MORESWIFT TO SAVE SWIFTS
A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN WORPLESDON PARISH COUNCIL AND THE GUILDFORD SWIFT PROJECT
Swift’s screaming calls are one of the most evocative sounds of summer, but in many places their calls have fallen silent. Swifts are on the Red List of conservation concern, declining by 62% between 1995 and 2021. The decline is mainly due to the loss of their habitat, and places to nest and breed. Spending their entire life on the wing, the only time they land is when they migrate here from Africa and find a hole in a building where they nest and raise young. Modern insulation and roofing have closed up these holes, leaving the birds with nowhere to go.
Swifts migrate 3,400 miles twice a year. They begin arriving at the end of April and head back to Africa early August onwards. They are in desperate need of our help in order to prevent their extinction.
This is where you come in! Guildford Swift Project has teamed up with Worplesdon Parish Council and are hoping to install swift boxes on houses throughout the community.
We plan to put up as many special swift boxes as we can across the parish, across weekends in May and June 2025. Made of marine ply and a special coating safe for the birds, the boxes last around 10 years.
Swifts mate for life and are nest faithful for their entire breeding life. Let’s bring back the sound of Swifts in the summer skies of Worplesdon.
If interested in helping, by having a box or two, please email:
Leaving your name, email address, telephone number and postcode.
Help needed – Worplesdon Memorial Hall
2025-02 – Help needed – Worplesdon Memorial Trustees pdf
READ MOREChristmas waste collection dates
| Guildford Borough Council have published changes to their Christmas waste collection service.
To ensure minimum disruption to service, residents are being advised to check the changes to their collection day. Changes begin on 25 December (Christmas Day) and last until 4 January. Please check what can be placed in recycling, especially at this time of year. For example, you can only put wrapping paper and Christmas cards into your recycling bin if they are paper or card. Glitter covered and non-paper gift wraps that are made from foil-based paper, cannot be recycled. That type of paper should be put in your general, black rubbish bin. If residents are unsure about what they can recycle, please check on Guildford Borough Council’s website:
Revised dates for Christmas collections:
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Road works – Cumberland Avenue – 4 November 2024
Road closed
4 November
For 12 days
Excluding weekends
9.30am – 4pm
Please see the attached map for the extents of our works.
Sometimes our plans must change, often due to bad weather or problems on other works in the same programme which can have a knock-on effect. If anything changes with the details of these works, we will let you know.
Residents can also find up to date details of the works on www.surreycc.gov.uk/roadworks
Thank you in advance.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on 0300 200 1003 or email works.communication@surreycc.gov.uk.
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