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Birds at Farlington Marshes (Hampshire & Isle of Wight Trust)

Date: 28 February 2026

Time: 10.00 (note earlier time)

Directions: GR: SU675043 W3W: ///lofts.rugs.rips

Leaders: Phil Darley and Doug Maughan (HNHS members) It was immediately apparent that there were large numbers of Brent Geese everywhere: on the sea, on the freshwater pools and on the meadows – there must have been many hundreds. We soon found Greenfinches on meadow-side bushes. On the sea were a group of smart Pintails […]

Winter birds at Pulborough Brooks Reserve (RSPB)

Date: 24 January 2026

Time: 10.00 (note slightly earlier time)

Directions: GR: TQ06271655 Postcode: RH20 2EL W3W: ///crank.enabling.velocity

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Leaders: Doug Maughan and Paul Nevett (HNHS Members) As we arrived at the centre for the 10 o’clock start the sky lightened to light grey, which made a change from the dark grey and rain we had for the previous week! The Song Thrush and Blue Tits announced that spring is on the way. The […]

Annual General Meeting followed by an illustrated talk: The Rare Reptiles and Amphibians on the Heaths around Haslemere

Date: 11 April 2026

Time: 14.15

Speaker: Rob Free (Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)A tour of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation’s ongoing work to conserve, protect and reintroduce rare Smooth Snakes, Sand Lizards and Natterjack Toads.

Pan-species Listing – How to Become a Super-Naturalist

Date: 14 March 2026

Time: 14.15

Speaker: Graeme Lyons (professional ecologist and author)Pan-species listing is a new type of engagement in natural history – it involves maintaining a personal list of all species seen in the wild, including all types of organisms. Our speaker is a leader of this approach, having set up the definitive website and, just a couple of […]

Honey-buzzards and Hawfinches

Date: 14 February 2026

Time: 14.15

Speaker: Mark Mallalieu (Trustee of the Sussex Wildlife Trust.)The speaker has studied the woodland birds of the Weald area for many years, and picked out two of the most charismatic for this presentation. When seen, the massive beak of Hawfinches makes them unmistakable, but they are not easy to see: partly because they have declined […]

Ants, Bees and Wasps: Over 600 UK species – and counting!

Date: 10 January 2026

Time: 14.15

Speaker: Mike Edwards (Entomologist)The Hymenoptera constitutes one of the largest insect Orders. It includes the sawflies, the aculeates and an assortment of groups lumped together as the “Parasitica”. The aculeates include the most familiar hymenopterans – the bees, wasps and ants – and this was the topic for this talk by a UK authority on […]