- 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.
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 MEMBER'S
DAY: Littleton Millenium Memorial Hall, Hall Way, off Main Road,
Littleton nr. Winchester.
Programme
1.00pm
Doors open
1.30 - 2.30 Annual General
Meeting
2.30 - 3.05 Dr Kate Dent:
The Tytherley Woods Project: The First 12 Months
3.05 - 3.45 Dave Green:
Migration
3.45 - 5.00 Refreshments,
'mingling' and Photographic Competition (see below for
details)
5.00 - 5.30 Dr Andy Barker:
The Pattern of Change: 30 years of Butterfly Transect Recording
5.30 - 5.45 Results of
photographic Competition
5.45 - 6.00 Roger Buchanan:
Final comments and close of meeting.
Annual Photographic Competition
As last year, this popular and light-hearted competition
will be held at the Member's Day meeting. It is an opportunity for
members to display some of the images that they have taken during the
year.
As last year, there will be NO
opportunity to show slides or digital images at this meeting: there will
be an opportunity to do so at the Social Evening early in 2009.
All images should be prints which may not exceed an
image size equivalent to A4 (210x297mm) in landscape or portrait format.
Prints may be mounted - small mounts please.
A maximum of 3 entries may be submitted (i.e. NOT 3
entries per category).
Only shots taken "in the wild" are permitted.
Prints can be entered in the following categories:
Members will be asked to complete a "voting slip"
identifying their favourite image from each category and to choose their
overall winning entry. The results will be collated and the
winners announced at the end of the meeting.
Please enter, however competent you may (or may not)
feel as a photographer. This is an opportunity to get a glimpse of
what members have seen during the year and, for some, where they have
been to see our favourite insects.
WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER Bentley Station Meadow Work
Party Meet: in Bentley Station car park (SU 792 432). Time: 10am to
2.30pm. Enquiries: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER Magdalen Hill Down Work
Party Meet: use entrance opposite St Swithun’s School to come in and
park. Time: 10am to 3.30pm. Enquiries: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMEBER Yew Hill Work Party Meet: at end
of Old Kennel’s Lane, Olivers Battery (SU 451 269) or join us on the
Reserve. Time: 10am to 3.30pm. Enquiries: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER Magdalen Hill Down Work Party
with Wednesday Conservation Volunteers. Meet: at top of track by
cemetery. Time:10am-3.30pm. Enquiries: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER Magdalen Hill Down Work Party
Meet: at top of track by cemetery. Time: 10am to 3.30pm. Enquiries:
Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER Bentley Station Meadow Work
Party Meet: as 5 November. Enquiries: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER Yew Hill Work Party with
Wednesday Conservation Volunteers. Christmas Bash. Meet: as 19
November. Time: 10am to 4pm. Enquiries: Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251.
Work Parties
All enquiries to Lynn Fomison (01962) 772251 Helpers are welcome for all
or any part of the day. Contact Lynn if you want to go on our email
list for more information on work parties. Do phone Lynn if you have
not been before and would like more information about what is involved.
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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Sunday 5 October
'Natures Harvest', Walled Garden, Basingstoke.
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Sunday 12 October
Blackmoor Apple Day, Selbourne.
A visit to Blackmoor Apple Day is a good day-out, with apples and
pears to taste and buy, lots of craft stalls and stalls/displays by
various charities, Morris dancers and teas. Moreover it is an
opportunity to come and see the latest Branch information boards and
meet Committee members and other volunteers, who are there to
promote the work of Butterfly Conservation. As this is our last
attendance of the year at a major event, we hope you will take this
opportunity to come and say hello.
Time: 10am-5.00pm. Directions: The event takes place next to
Blackmoor Church (SU7833), half-mile west of the A325, between
Whitehill and Greatham. If travelling along the B3006 from the
Alton direction turn left (east) at Selborne (narrow country lane)
signed to Blackmoor. Parking is opposite the church. (See website:
www.blackmoorestate.co.uk/events.html).
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.
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.
