- Yew Hill - Meet at at end of Old Kennels Lane (SU451 269)
near junction Port Lane/ Millers lane or join us on the Reserve.(SU
455 264).
- Bentley Station Meadow - Meet in Car Park at Bentley
Station(SU792 432).
- Magdalen Hill Down - Meet in the gravel car park opposite
Magdalen Hill Cemetery on the B3404 ( approximately ½ mile west of
Percy Hobbs Roundabout. Grid reference SU 511 295). Magdalen Hill
Down is a splendid example of chalk down land. The original reserve
is ancient downland and is quite steep but has a path along the top
and a diagonal path from top to bottom and a rougher path along the
eastern side of the bottom. The extension to the reserve situated to
the east (behind Magdalen Hill cemetery) is not as steep and affords
easy walking conditions. It was an ex-arable field sown with native
grasses and wild flowers in 1997. To the north of the reserve is
North Down an imaginative project undertaken by Hampshire County
Council and partly leased and managed by BC.
For any enquiries regarding reserve events, please call Lynn
Fomison on 01962 772251.
If the weather looks doubtful please check with the leader in
advance. For walks that start in the morning it is advisable to bring
lunch. For your safety and comfort wear strong shoes & appropriate
clothing, use sunscreen, carry a drink, heed all safety advice given
and inform leader if you wish to leave early.
BUTTERFLY SUMMER will be held in the
City Space of Winchester Discovery Centre Jewry Street, Winchester
Four weeks starting Saturday 26 July. Details here:
SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST The Surrey and
South West London Branch of Butterfly Conservation has invited Hampshire
Branch Members to join them on the following event: l0:30am, Saturday
9 August - Vale End, Tillingbourne valley & St Martha’s Hill - Joint
with Upper Thames & Hampshire branches. Once again we are lucky enough
to be asked to John & Daphne Foulsham’s home at Albury with its
beautiful garden in the Tillingbourne valley. We will meet up at 10.30
for morning coffee and biscuits and, after exploring the ‘Yellow Book’
garden, wander along the valley and then steeply up onto the North
Downs, which have a great variety of butterflies. Take Picnic lunch.
Eventually set off downhill to complete the circle back to Vale End,
where afternoon tea & cakes await us. The meeting will end around 4pm,
giving those who wish an opportunity to visit the Adonis Blue colony at
Denbies, about 30 mins.’ drive and walk. Leader: Mike Weller, Surrey and
South West London Branch Grid Ref: SU 044 479 (Map 186) Contact: Alison
Harper (01962 882261) for further information.
SUNDAY 10 AUGUST
Magdalen Hill Down: Meet the Butterflies A walk of approx. 2 hours at
one of the best times of year to see Chalkhill Blue butterflies.
This event marks the end of National Save our Butterflies Week and the
start of 4 weeks of special walks each Wednesday and Sunday to
complement the Butterfly Summer Art Exhibition at Winchester Discovery
Centre. Leader: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251. Meet: 10.30am in the
car park opposite Magdalen Hill cemetery on B3404 Alresford Rd at SU 512 295.
WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST Magdalen Hill Down: Meet the
Butterflies A walk of approx. 2 hours at one of the best times of year
to see Chalkhill Blue butterflies. This event marks the end of
National Save our Butterflies Week and the start of 4 weeks of special
walks each Wednesday and Sunday to complement the Butterfly Summer Art
Exhibition at Winchester Discovery Centre. Leader: Lynn Fomison
(01962) 772251. Meet: 10.30am in the car park opposite Magdalen Hill
cemetery on B3404 Alresford Rd at SU 512 295..
THURSDAY 14 AUGUST Bentley Station Meadow A walk of
approx. 2 hours to see summer flowers and butterflies. Children and
parents most welcome. Leader: Lynn Fomison. Meet: 10.30am in car park
at Bentley Station (SU 792 432).
SUNDAY 17 AUGUST Magdalen Hill Down: Meet the
Butterflies A walk of approx. 2 hours at one of the best times of year
to see Chalkhill Blue butterflies. This event marks the end of
National Save our Butterflies Week and the start of 4 weeks of special
walks each Wednesday and Sunday to complement the Butterfly Summer Art
Exhibition at Winchester Discovery Centre. Leader: Lynn Fomison
(01962) 772251. Meet: 10.30am in the car park opposite Magdalen Hill
cemetery on B3404 Alresford Rd at SU 512 295.
WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST Magdalen Hill Down: Meet the
Butterflies A walk of approx. 2 hours at one of the best times of year
to see Chalkhill Blue butterflies. This event marks the end of
National Save our Butterflies Week and the start of 4 weeks of special
walks each Wednesday and Sunday to complement the Butterfly Summer Art
Exhibition at Winchester Discovery Centre. Leader: Lynn Fomison
(01962) 772251. Meet: 10.30am in the car park opposite Magdalen Hill
cemetery on B3404 Alresford Rd at SU 512 295.
TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER Bentley Station Meadow: Walk to
Health (W2H) The Alton Walk2Health group is visiting BSM on the first
Tuesday of each month up to and including 7 October. Come and enjoy a
leisurely stroll interspersed with looking at nature. Leader: Lynn
Fomison (01962) 772251. Meet
SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
Magdalen Hill Down: Monthly Meander Leader: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
Meet: 10.30am in gravel car park opposite Magdalen Hill cemetery on the
B3404 Alresford Rd, Winchester
(SU 512 295). Approx 2 hours.
SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER
Magdalen Hill Down: Monthly Meander Leader: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
Meet: 10.30am in gravel car park opposite Magdalen Hill cemetery on the
B3404 Alresford Rd, Winchester
(SU 512 295). Approx 2 hours.
TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER
Bentley Station Meadow: Walk To Health (W2H) The Alton Walk2Health group
is visiting BSM on the first Tuesday of each month up to and including 7
October. Come and enjoy a leisurely stroll interspersed with looking at
nature. Leader: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251. Meet
SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER AGM and Members’
Day: Littleton Village Hall, Hall Way, off Main Road, nr. Winchester.
Map and directions to follow.
SHOWS AND EVENTS 2008
We will be attending the following events during the summer and as we
are hoping to increase membership substantially during this, our 40th
anniversary year, please volunteer to help. If you could come and help
at any one of them please get in touch with Jenny Mallett (see back
cover).
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Monday, Tuesday 4/5 August Sir Harold
Hillier Gardens: 'Beautiful Butterflies' Family event; guided walks,
craft activities.
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Friday 15 August
Basingstoke Wildlife Week. Main event of the week to be held at
Millfield, Old Basing.
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Wednesday 20 August
Basingstoke Family Fun Day, Eastdrop Park,
Basingstoke.
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Saturday 30 August
Valley Park Woodfair, Chandlers Ford.
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Saturday 13 September Romsey
Show.
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Sunday 5 October
'Natures Harvest', Walled Garden, Basingstoke.
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Sunday 12 October
Blackmoor Apple Day, Selbourne.
This year we have noted the less common species we would
like to see on our walks. As always there are no guarantees, but each
year we do see 40 or so of the 46 butterflies found in Hampshire – and
that’s without counting the moths. Let’s do even better this year as we
celebrate Butterfly Conservation’s 40 years of saving butterflies, moths
and their habitats. We are planning for an experienced member of the
Branch’s Main Committee to be present on all our butterfly walks this
summer.
FIELD TRIPS ARE FOR EVERYONE. You most emphatically do
NOT have to be an expert to come on a field trip. Field trips can be
enjoyed by anyone with any level of knowledge (or none). Photographers,
children (with adult supervision), first-time field-trippers, you are
ALL welcome.
SATURDAY 9 AUG THE MOORS, BISHOPS WALTHAM MOTH EVENING
Leader: Pete Potts (02380) 456484. Meet: 8.00 pm at Chase Mill
car-park, Winchester Road (B2177), Bishops Waltham (SU 558 169). Bring
torch and warm clothing. Why not come back the following morning and
help the ranger go through the night’s catch and have a breakfast too?
Meet: Sunday 10 Aug: 7.00am till 9.00am. Cost: £3 adults and £1
children; booking essential for the breakfast. Event organised by HCC.
SATURDAY 9 AUGUST BROUGHTON DOWN (Joint with HWT)
Leader: Brian Fletcher (01962) 882746. Meet and park: 10.30am at the
end of Buckholt Road (SU 301 325) off the B3084 at the west end of
Broughton village, to explore the Hampshire Wildlife Trust’s Broughton
Down reserve. Bring lunch. Map: Winchester 185. Target species: A
wide range of wildflowers, plus Adonis Blue, and Silver-spotted
Skipper.
SUNDAY 10 AUGUST MARTIN DOWN (Joint with
Dorset and Wiltshire Branches).
Leader: Andrew Daw (07778) 146297. Meet: 11.00am. Note: different
meeting point. From A354 Salisbury to Blandford Road, turn south at the
Coote Arms. In Martin village turn into Sillens Lane at triangular
green. Car park is at end of road (SU 058 192). Bring lunch. Map:
Salisbury 184. Target species: Chalkhill Blue and other grassland
species.
SATURDAY 16 AUGUST STOCKBRIDGE DOWN
Leader: Brian Fletcher (01962) 882746. Meet: 10.00am to view results of
moth lamp set overnight, followed by walk at about 10.30am. Meet in car
park on right, when travelling from Winchester on the road to
Stockbridge (SU 388 345). Map: Winchester 185. Target species:
Chalkhill Blue, Silver-spotted Skipper, Adonis Blue.
SATURDAY 16 AUG ILEY POINT, KEYHAVEN MOTH
EVENING
Leader: Pete Durnell (01590) 674656. Meet: 9.30pm. Moth lamps will be
run on the shingle bank overlooking the Solent. Park at Keyhaven
Harbour (SZ 308 916) and then walk SE along the sea-wall until you see
the lights on Iley Point at SZ 315 915. Targets: resident and possibly
migrant species.
SUNDAY 17 AUGUST NORMANDY MARSHES LYMINGTON
Leader: Pete Durnell (01590) 674656. Contact: Alison Harper (01962)
882261. Meet: 10.30am at Normandy Farm (SZ 331 943) to look at results
of overnight moth lamp, followed by walk. Morning only. Share cars.
Take A337 south through Lymington to the one-way system. Turn left on
St. Thomas Street’s then right at the church onto Church Lane. Continue
on Broad Lane to All Saints Road. Dog leg across All Saints Road into
.Normandy Lane. The farm is on the left on a bend. Please contact
Alison for a space at the limited parking at the farm or for directions
to alternative parking. We are asked not to park in very narrow
Normandy Lane. Map: Solent 196 or larger scale OL22. Target species:
Wall Brown.
SATURDAY 23 AUGUST SHIPTON BELLINGER
(Joint with local residents)
Leader: Andy Barker (02380) 270042. Meet: 10.30am at Village Hall car
park. Entering Shipton Bellinger from the south on A338, take the first
turning on the left into the High Street soon after entering the
village. Follow this road ½ a mile to T-jct with Bulford Road and turn
left. Village Hall car park 100 yards on right as road bears to left
(SU 229 457). Bring lunch. Map: Salisbury 184. Target species: Brown
Hairstreak.
SUNDAY 31 AUGUST OLD WINCHESTER
HILL
Leader: Alan McVittie (01962) 771022. Meet: 10.30am in Old Winchester
Hill main car park (SU 645 214). Morning only. Map: Winchester 185.
Target species: Adonis Blue, Silver-spotted Skipper.
SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER WINSPIT, PURBECK
(Joint with Dorset Branch)
Leader: Bernard Franklin, Dorset Branch (07711) 304412. Meet: 11.00am
in Worth Matravers car park (SY 974 776). Leave Corfe on Swanage road
and turn right on the B3069. In Kingston bear left by the Scott Arms
and after one mile turn right to Worth. Car park on right as you enter
village. A pleasant coastal walk for late butterflies and migrating
birds. Wear stout footwear and bring lunch. Map: Bournemouth 195.
Target species: Clouded Yellow.
