Haslemere Natural History Society

Providing a focus for enthusiastic naturalists of all ages

Field Meeting

A Morning Walk at Woolbeding (Reimagined)

Date: 25 April 2026
Time: 10.30
Directions: GR:SU867242 Postcode: GU29 0QB W3W:/// informed.clustered.smoke
Leader: Charlotte Eley (Area Ranger, National Trust)Woolbeding Reimagined is a long term land project that aims to restore wildlife habitats, support species recovery and contribute to tackling the climate crisis.Directions: We will park at the NT office, which is on a minor road between Elmers Marsh to the north and Woolbeding to the south. The […]

A Field to a Nature Reserve – a Rewilding Success? (Grayswood)

Date: 28 March 2026
Time: 10.30
Directions: GR: SU923347 Postcode: GU27 2EE W3W: ///laminated.commander.trumped
Leader: Jonnie Taylor (HNHS Member)We will visit a 7 acre- rewilded area near Grayswood. Jonnie will walk us around this site which is thick with wildlife in late March. We will discuss rewilding practice and achievement (or lack of, in many cases) in the UK.Directions: From Haslemere north on A286 to Grayswood, just before the […]

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
Leader: Rebecca Law (a member of the H&IoWWT Farlington team) The reserve comprises coastal marsh with freshwater and brackish pools and lagoons.Directions: Head south along the A3. As you approach its end, follow signs for M27 west (Portsmouth). Immediately after the A3 merges into the M27, keep left then exit at the first roundabout, which […]

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
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 […]

Winter Birds at Frensham Great Pond (leased to and managed by Waverley Borough Council)

Date: 8 November 2025
Time: 10.30
Directions: GR: SU842402 GU10 2QB W3W: isolating.etchings.fortunes
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

Date: 25 October 2025
Time: 10.30
Directions: GR: SU965244 (Postcode is not helpful.) W3W: clouding.milder.mull
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)

Date: 11 October 2025
Time: 08.30 (note time)
Directions: GR: SU922307 GU27 3BJ W3W: activism.schematic.remains
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 […]

Fungus Foray at Waggoners Wells, west end (National Trust)

Date: 4 October 2025
Time: 10.30
Directions: GR:SU855337 GU26 6DN W3W: slurred.fastening.earlobes
Leader: Andy Swan (HNHS member)Conditions were clearly good for fungi: the weather had been mild and damp for a while. Moving a short distance from the car park, many finds were made in an area that was usually quite unproductive: the list had 28 species before the main target area was reached. These included a […]

A morning walk at Woolmer Pond, near Greatham, Hampshire

Date: 6 September 2025
Time: 10.30
Directions: GR:SU783316 GU33 6AZ W3W: shippers.slick.validated
Leaders: Mike Lawn and Andy Swan (HNHS members)The warm sunny weather enticed 17 members to take advantage of a day when this MoD site was open to the public. A fly-over by a Hobby at the car park was an auspicious start.The Odonata were the first things to grab the attention: many bright Common Blue […]

Bats at Frensham Little Pond (National Trust)

Date: 30 August 2025
Time: 19.30 (note time)
Directions: GR: SU858417 GU10 3BT W3W: safely.assets.polar
Leader: Martyn Phillis (HNHS member)This was International Bat Night, but the weather could hardly have been less suitable for a bat walk.Despite the gusty rain, about a dozen hardly souls chose to brave the weather and see if any bats were about.With no bat activity at the south end, the group retraced its steps to […]
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