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Hants Plants

A site for botanists in Hampshire

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

Calendar last updated on: 04 Jan 2024