South East & Wessex Groups – Hampshire
SteepSteep, Hampshire, and West Dean Garden, near Petersfield, Hampshire The woods above Steep are classic hanging woods, with a damp microclimate, and very fern rich. Peter Tindley knows the famous garden at West Dean well, and speaks very highly of it. Any recommendation from Peter is worth a lot. West Dean Gardens website more details... … Continue reading South East & Wessex Groups – Hampshire
New Forest
Jo and Ashley Basil 14 Royden Lane, Boldre, Hampshire10.30 am Meet at our house (address and map below) SZ 318 986, OS map OL22. I would strongly recommend you avoid Lyndhurst due to the traffic at the weekend. From the M27 take Junction 2 south towards Beaulieu National Motor Museum. At Beaulieu National Motor Museum Follow the signs to Lymington Turn left at … Continue reading New Forest
Wessex Group: Around Burley, New Forest
Wood's Corner Car Park Lyndhurst Road, BurleyMeeting Place: Wood's Corner Car Park, Burley SU 220 042, at 11:00 a.m. Directions From the A31: Exit at Picket post head south to Burley. Through Burley Street into the village of Burley. Round the tight left-hand bend, then at the Queens Head Pub go straight on into Chapel lane, and continue along for .8 … Continue reading Wessex Group: Around Burley, New Forest
Wessex: Around Worth Matravers
The Square and Compass DorsetMeeting Place: The car park near the The Square & Compass This will be a chance to see some of the rarer ferns of this region in some truly remarkable and beautiful locations Morning: We will walk down to the coast and look for Asplenium marinum in the caves Lunch: A pastie and a pint … Continue reading Wessex: Around Worth Matravers
Wessex Group: Pilularia Survey
Hatchet Pond, East Boldre, New Forest District Hatchet Pond, East Boldre, HampshireFred Rumsey had attended a meeting of the Aquatic Plant Taxon Group. He mentioned a project for amateurs to help map scarce plant distributions, with potential funding from Natural England. He proposed a project on Pilularia as it was 30 years since the survey that Clive Jermy organised; a project for all members to get … Continue reading Wessex Group: Pilularia Survey
WX: Linwood and Linford, New Forest
Appleslade Bottom Car Park Linwood, HampshireMeeting at Appleslade Bottom Car Park,SU 1845 0919 (50.88308317, -1.73887638) This is near the Red Shoot Inn BH24 3QT (camping available) The first site we are to look at has some Botrychium lunaria This is a recently discovered site by Mike Rowe. Andrew Leonard and I did count this year 25 fronds up to150mm high. … Continue reading WX: Linwood and Linford, New Forest
WX: Andrew Leonard
Andrew Leonard 37 Lower Bere Wood, WaterloovilleThis is a chance to see my fern collection, in my garden in Waterlooville and at my allotment in Portsmouth We will meet in the morning at 11:00 at my house Florida will give us an early lunch and then we can decamp to the allotment in Portsmouth On the way we will stop off … Continue reading WX: Andrew Leonard
WX: Around Wickham
Wickham Recreation Ground 3 Fareham Road, Wickham, HampshireWe will meet at the Wickham Recreation Ground car park at 11:00 (SU 57436 11057) At the rear of the Recreation Ground is an Ancient Meadow with a wide range of flowering plants, but the interest to us is the extensive colonies of Equisetum x rothmaleri. It is a well maintained and cared for site, … Continue reading WX: Around Wickham
WX: Pilularia weekend
Burbush car park Burley, HampshireAs outlined in the Pteridologist 6:161 the society has embarked on a national re-survey of Pillwort (Pilularia globulifera) and over the next few years are running a series of field meetings, locally and nationally to help complete this. Pillwort is an easily overlooked plant, endemic to Europe and widespread but it has undergone a considerable … Continue reading WX: Pilularia weekend
SE&W: New Forest, New Records
All weather footwear recommended. Packed lunch or Pub Map Ordnance Survey OL22 Chance to see Moonworts and Equisetum x bowmanii and the gorgeous E. sylvaticum and much more Anderwood Inclosure Meet at SU 2475 0720 Bolderwoood Arboretum Ornamental Drive north of the A35 this is a large gate way used as a car park failing … Continue reading SE&W: New Forest, New Records
SE&W: A Magical Mystery Tour
Jo and Ashley Basil 14 Royden Lane, Boldre, HampshireSeptember 21 @ 10:30 am - 5:00 pm Leader;- Ashley Basil Tel 01590 676538 Mob 07922600235 Meet at Jo and Ashley Basil's house 14 Royden Lane, Boldre Lymington, Hampshire SO41 8PE NB with a Satnav that will take you 300m North on Royden Lane Map Ordnance Survey OL22 east SZ 3180 9865 50°47'09.7"N 1°32'58.8"W 50.786017, … Continue reading SE&W: A Magical Mystery Tour