We regularly visit Blashford Lakes and each time there is something new to see. It is particularly useful on a cold wet winter’s day, because you can spend most of the time in the shelter of the bird hides & choose the time between showers to move to another hide.
In the middle of the coldest week for some time it did not look very hopeful for our visit to Normandy Marshes at the weekend. However the snow and ice gradually cleared through the week.
Heavy rain and high winds was a feature of the weather in the week up to our visit but because of our influence over the weather, or perhaps just good luck, the winds had died down and the rain managed to stay away for the duration of our visit.
Things are starting to stir in the Forest. After a quiet summer the ponies are being rounded up for branding leaving single ponies dashing about in search of their lost companions.
On their visit to Eyeworth Pond, members of the Waterside Natural History Society discovered that the red berries of Rowan or Mountain Ash are prolific, as are the Crab Apples and the black Sloe berries on the blackthorn.
It lies near the start of the walk and is a typical old farm with lots of ramshackle old barns and sheds, some still standing on the old mushroom shaped staddle stones.
A good turnout of members set out on one of the finest days of the year to walk round Cheesefoot head in search of Hares displaying their mad march hare rituals.
That was the question that occupied the minds of those members of the Waterside Natural History Society as we gathered for the February outdoor meeting.
Warsash during the week may be a centre of maritime excellence but at the weekend it is turned into a centre for leisure activities of many kinds. More >>>
This reserve is well known among birdwatchers and thoroughly deserves the title ‘national’. We have regularly visited the reserve over the last few years and always look forward to seeing a good variety of birds. More >>>
Waterside Natural History Society spent a day at Blashford Lakes recently. The morning was taken up pond dipping and the afternoon by a walk round the reserve. More >>>
Micheldever Woods lie to the east of the M3 motorway as it bypasses Winchester. The purpose of the visit was to see the bluebells but we were about two weeks too late to see them in all their glory. More >>>
The weather was cold and wet the day before the visit to Holly Hill Woodland Park so the members of the WNHS were well wrapped up and ready for anything….then the sun came out. In the event the weather was warm and sunny and gave us a very pleasant day.More >>>
