A group of 12 Southampton Natural History Society members had a successful field meeting on 25 March 2018 (9.05am and 12.15pm) looking for Brown Hares. This meeting followed the regular Brown Hare transect (shown in yellow on the map below), that Andy and Linda Barker do each year, along the…
Many of you will know Ed Wiseman the former warden of Kehaven and Lymington Marshes. Now retired, he has written a history of the marshes which will be of interest to anyone who loves our coastal habitat. Ed Wiseman gives a fascinating account of the local folk, marshmen and fishermen…
Join the Bird Aware Solent rangers and the Friends of Weston Shore to see the amazing birds that fly here every winter from as far away as the Arctic. They’ll be here to celebrate the bird life of this special stretch of coast; they can show you the birds of Weston Shore,…
Launch Event to Celebrate Local Nature Reserve Status Members of Southampton Natural History Society are invited to the official launch of Peartree Green Local Nature Reserve on Saturday 7th April. The Friends of Peartree Green are pleased to announce that Peartree Green has been declared a Local Nature Reserve (LNR)…
The exceptionally high quality of illustrated talks given to Southampton Natural History Society was maintained by the recorder and Chair of Hampshire Bat Group, Nik Night who faced little opposition in describing bats as superheroes of the night. In an extremely interesting and well structured talk, Nik Night covered an…
Proposed Local Nature Reserve Peartree Green is a large open space on the eastern side of Southampton between Woolston and Bitterne, and bounded on the west by the Bitterne to Woolston stretch of the Southampton to Portsmouth railway. The higher ground to the east is grass land on a naturally…
We have two events planned for November 2017 – firstly a fungus foray at the south of Southampton Common next Sunday starting at the Hawthorns Centre at 2pm and ending around 4pm, with an opportunity to visit the café at the end. The current forecast is quite dry and hopefully…
One of our members, Dave Hubble, has made the following request for more Alder Leaf Beetle (Agelastica alni) records. Although they are common enough not to require all local records simply for distribution purposes, they have recently been reported defoliating apple trees. This is new behaviour for the UK (it’s…
At our latest indoor talk, Coastal Ranger Chris Lickley introduced the work of Bird Aware Solent in attempting to mitigate the impact of recreational activities – walking, cycling, dog-walking, watersports etc – on the over-wintering birds of the Solent Special Protection Areas. We would encourage all members and supporters of…
Or that’s how it seems when a micro-moth of the chalk ends up in Bevois Valley. Emptying a very meagre moth trap last night the one notable capture was a single Cochylis hybridella. According to HantsMoths this micro is local on chalk downland, woodland on chalky soils and sand-dunes throughout much…
