Two for joy….
…but not when you’re a fox apparently. More from Cath’s garden video diaries. https://youtu.be/watch?v=5iFQ-Ql3OrA?rel=0
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Southampton Natural History Society The Southampton Natural History Society (SNHS) celebrated its centenary in 2012 and is concerned with all aspects of natural history in and around Southampton. The society holds regular field and indoor...
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Hedgehogs – A Prickly Pair
Some more video diaries (hedgehogs this time) from Cath Corney’s garden in Woolston. She asks what these hedgehogs might be doing…. https://youtu.be/watch?v=LLwMrYosKWA?rel=0 And it looks like the mating dance between male and female. A female hedgehog will keep a male at nose length in this spiny pirouette until she has…
The harlequin of orchids
10 people arrived on a mild, dry evening for a short walk around St Mary Extra (aka Butts Road Cemetery) lead by Cath Corney. Cath gave a brief history of the Cemetery established in 1879 under Itchen Urban District Council, which was later taken over by Southampton City in 1922.…
Up with the Lark
When one of our longstanding friends said she wanted to go on a dawn chorus walk to find out more about the birds of an English spring, she had come to the right place. Jointly with Hampshire Ornithological Society (HOS) the Natural History Society was hosting a dawn chorus walk…