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.
August 2025
Sat 9 August 2025 9:45am- 1:00pm
Alton Natural History Society Field trip: Itchen Stoke Mill water meadows and the River Itchen
Leader: Isobel Girvan. A walk through private land along the River Itchen, a beautiful chalk stream, and historic water meadows, observing plants and wildlife of all sorts. IMPORTANT: field meetings of Alton Natural History Society are for Society members only, and you MUST BOOK BEFOREHAND. Details in ANHS Spring/Summer programme
Sat 9 August 2025
BSBI Recording Recording trip near Godshill, SU1715
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Martin for details.
Mon 11 August 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Faccombe, SU3858
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Tue 12 August 2025
BSBI Recording Recording trip: Compton Down, SU4626
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying an under-recorded monad on farming land and rough grassland on the chalk. Contact Martin for details
Thu 14 August 2025
BSBI Recording Recording trip: West Porchester, SU6005
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying an under-recorded monad: low-lying coast, secondary woodland, amenity grassland, suburbia. Contact Martin for details
Fri 15 August 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Hatch Warren, SU6047
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Sun 17 August 2025 10:00am- 3:30pm
Hampshire Flora Group Field trip: Berry Wood, New Forest
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a trip to record a recently under-recorded monad (1km square) in a rather remote part of the Forest. There is ancient wood-pasture, forestry plantation, heathland, some small mires and woodland streams. Details in Autumn 2024 Flora News
Mon 18 August 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Hatch Warren, SU6148, SU6149
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Fri 22 August 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Cole Henley, SU4752, SU4751
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Fri 22 August 2025
BSBI Recording Recording trip: Dorridge Hill area, SU1711
Leader: Martin Rand. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying an under-recorded monad on the New Forest western commons; mostly heathland with some springs and step mires. Postponed from 15 May. Contact Martin for details
Sun 24 August 2025 2:00pm- 4:00pm
Alton Natural History Society Field trip: Marsh Gentian walk at Bartley Heath
Leader: Jane Vaughan: to see rare Gentians and other widlife. IMPORTANT: field meetings of Alton Natural History Society are for Society members only, and you MUST BOOK BEFOREHAND. Details in ANHS Spring/Summer programme
Wed 27 August 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Ball Hill, SU4163
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Fri 29 August 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Chilbolton, SU3939
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
September 2025
Mon 1 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near East Woodhay, SU3961
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Wed 3 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Bramshill, SU7560
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Fri 5 September 2025 5:30pm- 8:00pm
Hampshire Flora Group Field trip: Cadnam area, New Forest
Leader: Tristan Norton. Plants of grazed commons and wetland.
Mon 8 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Eversley, SU7761
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Wed 10 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Deane, SU5449, SU5549
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Fri 12 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Burghclere, SU4860, SU4861, SU4760
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Mon 15 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Old Alresford, SU5734
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Wed 17 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Old Alresford, SU5935
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Fri 19 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Itchen Abbas, SU5435, SU5535
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Mon 22 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Upton Grey, SU6949
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.
Wed 24 September 2025
BSBI Recording Monad recording near Northington, SU5737, SU5736
Leader: Tony Mundell. This is a personal trip for a limited number of people and you come entirely at your own risk. Surveying under-recorded monads. Contact Tony for details.