Calendar of botanical events in Hampshire
Please note that many organisations (including the Hampshire Flora Group and the Wildlife Trust) now require prior booking for all events, and you should check that the meeting accepts guests if you are not a member of the hosting organisation (if they do, they may expect a donation).
BSBI Recording sessions: Both Tony and Martin welcome a few people to assist on any session in the field.
April 2024
Wed 3 April 2024 10:30am
Ringwood Natural History Society Field trip: Holt Heath
Leaders: Lyn and Gerry Traves. See Society web site for details
Sun 14 April 2024
BSBI Recording Field trip: Titchfield village
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Recording an under-recorded monad. Contact Martin for details
Mon 22 April 2024
BSBI Recording Field trip: Michelmersh
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Recording an under-recorded monad. Contact Martin for details
Thu 25 April 2024 10:30am- 4:30pm
BSBI Recording Field trip: Lepe and Inchmery
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Updating records along the coast and its hinterland. Contact Martin for details
Thu 25 April 2024 7:00pm- 8:00pm
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Online talk: An Introduction to Floodplain Meadows
Speaker: Dr David Gowring. A one-hour evening presentation. See HIWWT web site for details
Sun 28 April 2024 2:30pm- 5:30pm
Hampshire Flora Group Field trip: Valley Park woodlands
Leader: Martin Rand. A circuit through the preserved ancient woodlands west of Chandler's Ford to learn about woodland plants. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
May 2024
Thu 2 May 2024
BSBI Recording Field trip: Sholing and Netley
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Threatened Plants survey for Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio. Contact Martin for details
Fri 3 May 2024 5:00pm- 7:00pm
Hampshire Flora Group Field trip: Otterbourne Hill Reservoir
Leader: Tristan Norton. Spring annuals of acid grassland. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
Sat 4 May 2024 10:30am-12:30pm
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Field trip: Greywell Moors Nature Reserve
For plants and butterflies. See HIWWT web site for details
Sat 11 May 2024 10:30am- 4:00pm
Hampshire and Dorset Flora Groups Field trip: Boscombe, Bournemouth
Leaders: Martin Rand and Rob Sharp. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
Mon 13 May 2024
BSBI Recording Field trip: Bransgore and Hinton Admiral
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Threatened Plants survey for Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio. Contact Martin for details
Wed 15 May 2024 10:00am- 3:00pm
Bournemouth Natural Science Society Field Meeting: Coward's Marsh and St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch
Leader: Charlie Light. See BNSS web site for details
Thu 16 May 2024 10:30am- 4:30pm
BSBI Recording Field trip: Hurst Spit
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Detailed recording of some Hampshire Notable species and a general update on the flora. Contact Martin for details
Sat 18 May 2024
Hampshire Flora Group / Sussex Recording Group Field trip: South Holt, Sussex / Hampshire
Leader: Clive Chatters. Woodland and arable on the South Downs. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
Mon 20 May 2024
BSBI Recording Field trip: Holmsley and Wootton
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Threatened Plants survey for Bastard Balm Melittis melissophyllum. Contact Martin for details
Fri 24 May 2024 10:30am- 4:30pm
BSBI Recording Field trip: Linford Bottom, New Forest
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Detailed recording of Petty Whin (Genista anglica) populations and a general update on an under-recorded monad. Contact Martin for details
Tue 28 May 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Bramshill (Genista anglica)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Fri 31 May 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Pyestock, Pondtail and Crookham Common (Genista anglica)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
June 2024
Sat 1 June 2024 - Sun 2 June 2024 10:00am- 4:00pm
Hampshire Flora Group Workshop: Sedges
Leader: Martin Rand. A two-day workshop with one day at the bench and one day in the field. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
Wed 5 June 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, The Warren, Hawkley (Cephalanthera longifolia)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Fri 7 June 2024 6:00pm- 8:30pm
Hampshire Flora Group Field trip: Otterbourne Hiil Reservoir and Hiltingbury Recreation Ground
Leader: Tristan Norton. Acid grassland notables. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
Sat 8 June 2024 10:30am- 4:00pm
Hampshire Flora Group Field trip: Micheldever Spoil Heaps
Leader: Tony Mundell. Flora of bare chalk, grassland and scrub. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
Sat 8 June 2024 2:30pm
Bournemouth Natural Science Society Talk: Martin Down Nature Reserve
Speaker: Mark Spencer. See Bournemouth Natural Science Society web site for details
Mon 10 June 2024 10:30am- 4:30pm
BSBI Recording Field trip: Fritham, New Forest
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Detailed recording of Petty Whin (Genista anglica) populations and general recording in recently unenclosed woodland. Contact Martin for details
Mon 10 June 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Down Hanger, Stoner Hill (Cephalanthera longifolia)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Fri 14 June 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Blackbushe (Botrychium lunaria)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Fri 14 June 2024 10:00am-12:30pm
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Field trip: The Watermeadows in Summer
Leader: Sam Martin. At Winnall Moors, Winchester. See HIWWT web site for details
Mon 17 June 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Kingsley, Linchborough (Turritis glabra)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Wed 19 June 2024 10:00am- 3:00pm
Bournemouth Natural Science Society Field Meeting: Botany at Blashford Lakes
Leader: Charlie Light. See BNSS web site for details
Thu 20 June 2024 6:00pm- 9:00pm
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Field trip: Wildflower walk at St Catherine's Hill, Winchester
Leader: Helen Boyce. An evening visit for chalk downland flowers. See HIWWT web site for details
Fri 21 June 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Foxlease (Stellaria palustris)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Tue 25 June 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Greywell (Carex diandra)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Fri 28 June 2024 1:00pm- 3:30pm
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Field trip:Walk from Emsworth to Westbourne along chalk streams
Taking in Brook Meadow, two chalk streams and old water meadows. See HIWWT web site for details
July 2024
Sat 6 July 2024 10:30am- 4:00pm
Hampshire Flora Group Field trip: Aldershot heathland, Long Bottom and Caesar's Camp
Leaders: Tony Mundell and Isobel Girvan. Joint with Surrey botanists. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
Wed 10 July 2024 6:00pm- 9:00pm
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Field trip: Wildflower walk at St Catherine's Hill, Winchester
Leader: Helen Boyce. An evening visit for chalk downland flowers. See HIWWT web site for details
Wed 17 July 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Aldershot and Farnborough area churchyards (Jasione montana)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Thu 18 July 2024 10:30am- 4:30pm
BSBI Recording Field trip: Lepe and Inchmery
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Updating records along the coast and its hinterland. Contact Martin for details
Fri 19 July 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Caesar's Camp, Fleet Pond (Jasione montana)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Sun 21 July 2024 10:30am- 4:30pm
BSBI Recording Field trip: Linford Bottom, New Forest
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. A general update on an under-recorded monad. Contact Martin for details
Mon 22 July 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Brock's Hill, Velmead etc. (Lycopodiella inundata, Linum radiola)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Fri 26 July 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Worting (Scandix pecten-veneris)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Mon 29 July 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Ladle Hill, Ashley Warren (Galium pumilum, Galeopsis angust.)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Tue 30 July 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Long Valley, Jubilee Bottom (Hypopitys monotropa)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
August 2024
Thu 1 August 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Fleet, Edenbrook (Filago lutescens, Scleranthus annuus)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Sat 3 August 2024 10:30am- 4:00pm
Hampshire Flora Group Field trip: Micheldever Spoil Heaps.
Leader: Tony Mundell. Flora of bare chalk, grassland and scrub. See Spring 2024 Flora News for details
Tue 13 August 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Sleaford, Bordon etc. (Jasione montana, Hypopitys monotropa
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Mon 19 August 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Hazeley Heath (Drosera intermedia)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Wed 21 August 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Birch Bottom, Warren Heath (Drosera intermedia etc.)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Sat 24 August 2024 10:30am- 4:30pm
Hampshire and Dorset Flora Groups Field trip: Holt Heath, Dorset
Leader: Martin Rand. https://hantsplants.uk/assets/documents/flora_news/Flora%20News%20Spring%202024.pdf
Sun 25 August 2024 2:00pm- 4:00pm
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Field trip: Marsh Gentian walk at Bartley Heath
Leaders: Peter and Jane Vaughan. See HIWWT web site for details
Tue 27 August 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, A34 Litchfield (Gentianella germanica)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Thu 29 August 2024 10:30am- 4:30pm
BSBI Recording Field trip: Hurst Spit
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Detailed recording of some Hampshire Notable species and a general update on the flora. Contact Martin for details
Thu 29 August 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Oakley Pond, Shortheath Pond (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
September 2024
Fri 6 September 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Southwood Heath etc. (Omalotheca sylvatica)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Mon 16 September 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, Fleet Pond, Pondtail Heath etc. (Pilularia globulifera)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
Wed 18 September 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, R. Blackwater, R. Loddon (Potamogeton nodosus)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details
October 2024
Wed 2 October 2024
BSBI Recording TPP recording, R. Lyde, ?Lutcombe Pond (Groenlandia densa)
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Contact Tony for details