Plaistow garden
Blackcap, male, heard and seen
Events
Plaistow garden
Newts, Great Crested, Common and Palmate
Chiddingfold garden
Brown Longeared Bat sadly found dead on the patio Click for Photo
Liss Riverside Railway Walk
Firecrest regulus ignicapillus
Petworth Road
Salticus scenicus - one of the tiny jumping spiders we see on sunny walls Click for Photo
Petworth Road
German Wasp queens Vespula germanica several trapped in living room over a few days Click for photo
Petworth Road
Buzzing spider Anyphaena accentuate found in house Click for photo
Winter Birds at Frensham Great Pond (leased to and managed by Waverley Borough Council)
Leaders: Paul Nevett and Andy Swan (HNHS members)On a lovely sunny morning at Frensham Great Pond, enjoyed by 12 Members, 40 bird species were recorded. Highlights were a group of showy Crossbills near the car park, a number of vocal Water Rails around the reedbeds, 2 Kingfishers, and a flock of c 50 Redwings moving […]
Autumn in Pheasant Copse, Leconfield Estate, Petworth
Leader: Neil Humphris (Leconfield Estate Head Forester) This site was of particular interest as it is mainly commercial woodland but managed in a way that encourages wildlife. In addition to timber, shooting and fishing were commercial activities in the woodland, so the group was intrigued to find out how all this was accommodated. The woodland […]
Winter bird arrivals on Black Down (National Trust)
Leader: Paul Nevett (HNHS member)Marsh Tits and Redpolls were seen in the starting car park by the 12 members who met on a still, cloudy morning with the sun breaking through the clouds. Thanks to the sharp eyes and ears of leader Paul Nevett, a total of 26 species of birds was recorded in a […]