Written by Society Admin on 2026-09-22
Southampton Old Cemetery – 20th September 2026
Field Trip . Flora . Insects . UncategorizedThis was a pleasant sunny September afternoon insect walk around the old cemetery by the Common. There were five of us – four ladies and myself (Phil Budd) present. Using our eyes, close focusing binoculars, a sweep net and a beating tray we discovered quite an assortment of beasties. The highlights included the jumping spider
Written by Society Admin on 2026-08-14
St Giles Cemetery, Winchester Moths and night insects 25th July
UncategorizedBy kind invite of Dave and Anna, who live adjacent to the cemetery, we ran a moth lamp over sheet at the gabions and three other traps were run from ‘9 til late’. 11 people attended the event. It was a typical warm night but a bit of breeze effected things as did the lack
Written by Society Admin on 2026-08-04
NEW Butterflies of Southampton
UncategorizedThis book features all of the butterflies ever seen in Southampton, where and when they have been seen and plenty of other information.
Written by Society Admin on 2026-06-22
The Holt Bioblitz 6th June 2026
Natural History . UncategorizedA bioblitz was held at The Holt, near Upham, on Saturday 6th June. The weather was not promising but nevertheless it was a successful day. The early morning bird walk was wet and all present were glad to shelter for breakfast, but the sun came out briefly in late morning for the butterfly walk and
Written by Society Admin on 2026-06-22
Portsdown Hill 14th June 2026
Natural History . UncategorizedMark Trigwell led a group of seven westward along the south facing slopes of Portsdown Hill close to Fort Widley. The weather was warm, bright and muggy so some of us were pleased to tucking into cooling ice creams at the end. We met the warden who said that it was not worth looking at
Written by Society Admin on 2026-04-29
Southampton Old Cemetery Insect Walk
UncategorizedA large crowd of 14, including one child, enjoyed a sunny insect walk around Southampton Old Cemetery on Sunday afternoon 26th April. The birds were quiet but we did see Jay and Ring-necked Parakeet and heard Blackcap singing. We also found a Dunnock nest on a path – it may have been predated and half
Written by Society Admin on 2026-04-19
Fishlake Meadows and Barge River walk
Birds . Field Trip . Insects . UncategorizedA group of six joined Julian Moseley on this walk from the HWT car park at Oxlease Gardens, up the Barge River canal and into the core of Fishlake Meadows in glorious weather. We saw or heard at lease 34 bird species. The highlight was the warblers – we all got to see a singing
Written by Society Admin on 2026-04-12
Hamble Bird Walk 11th April 2026
UncategorizedThis was a joint walk with the Hampshire Ornithological Society. There were 4 SNHS members and 10 HOS members present for all or part of the walk, which lasted from 10.30am to 3pm. We set off in cloud from Hamble Point but the sun soon came out as we traversed Hamble Common and then passed
Written by Society Admin on 2026-04-12
UV Night Walk at Peartree Green 4th April 2026
UncategorizedJamie Wylie kindly led a group of 19, including several society members, on a one and half hour slow walk around the upper part of Peartree Green. It was a highly unusual event and everybody, including the four children present, were issued with UV torches that radiated just beyond the naked eye range at 365
Written by Society Admin on 2026-03-13
Talk – ‘The Mysteries of Bird Migration’- by Keith Betton
UncategorizedOn Monday evening 9th March 2026 23 members of the society and invited members of the Hampshire Ornithological Society joined us at the Unity 12 Hall in Southampton to listen (and watch) Keith’s talk on bird migration. This was unusual subject for us and Keith was able to draw on his experience all over the