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The Local Environmental Records Centre for Hampshire. tinyurl.com/hantsbic
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Thank you to everyone who attended the Forum and a special thanks to our wonderful speakers for interesting talks!
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& our Billy found the moss Syntrichia virescens in the car park (rare here), Siskins, and moths Ypsolopha mucronella & Emmelina monodactyla.
#Ecology
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Dave Wheatley
9 days ago
Finally a moth trap to be happy with! 75/34 and some NFYs but I’m not really keeping tabs on that this year. Clouded-bordered Brindle and Bright-line Brown-eye were NFY (I think), Marbled Minor agg was also new and some Coleophora still to sort out. SE Hants
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Bob Chapman
10 days ago
This female Clouded Yellow today was the 33rd butterfly species I have recorded in my S.Hants garden.
#butterflies
#uk
#gardenwildlife
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Tristan Norton
10 days ago
Fly Orchids before the drizzle. Fire was needed. Eurovision awaits. Central Hampshire.
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Andy Platt
10 days ago
The Lackey, Malacosoma neustria catepillar, found the other day in Alice Holt Arboretum.
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Daniel Brown
10 days ago
Great to see the Garganey and Lapwing and Avocet at Pennington this afternoon. Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Gadwall, Little Tern and Swift were other highlights.
#UKWildlife
#Birds
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Andy Platt
9 days ago
Lots of Cydia ulicetana on the wing at Hogsmoor, Bordon today.
#teammoth
(happy to be corrected if ID is not correct)
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Amy
9 days ago
Mainly searching for clovers along the coast on foot today, but a short visit to Titchfield Haven yielded Little Gull and Roseate Tern! Both digi-binned!
#PWC2026
#LowCarbonBirding
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Tristan Norton
9 days ago
A Pea Trio for
#wildflowerhour
. Clustered Clover Trifolium glomeratum, Knotted Clover T. striatum, Bird's-foot Clover T. ornithopodioides. Otterbourne, Hampshire.
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Andy Platt
9 days ago
Fine-leaved sandwort, Sabulina tenuifolia, a top an 8 foot wall in north Hampshire.
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Andy Platt
9 days ago
Mossy stonecrop, Crassula tillaea for
#tinyplants
. North Hampshire.
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Tristan Norton
9 days ago
Pale Sedge Carex pallescens in the New Forest, Hampshire today. Undoubtedly one of the most attractive sedges 😍.
#wildflowerhour
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Tristan Norton
9 days ago
Bastard Balm Melittis melissophyllum and Marsh Cinquefoil Comarum palustre. New Forest, Hampshire today.
#wildflowerhour
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Tristan Norton
9 days ago
Sweet Flag Acorus calamus with its hundreds of tiny flowers. Holmsley, Hampshire.
#wildflowerhour
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Daniel Brown
9 days ago
Pink sorrel at Pennington yesterday and wood spurge and bitter vetch in the New Forest today.
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Tristan Norton
9 days ago
Early Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata var pulchella in white. New Forest, Hampshire.
#wildflowerhour
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BSBI Scotland
13 days ago
Want to get started with plant recording this year? The
#100PlantsChallenge
website has some great resources!
bsbi.org/take-part/ac..
. Catch up with our webinar series on Recording for Beginners, including this one on Plants by Habitat, on the BSBI YouTube channel ☘️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hK4...
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Recording For Beginners: Plants by habitat
YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hK4hgugBiI&list=PL1PYIj03XG4Cd06qq-CUuBMLOwIxzjn-v&index=5
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BSBI Botany
11 days ago
Tower Mustard declined in early C20th & is now classed as Endangered on
#GBRedList
. It can't survive when habitat becomes overgrown, so as
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says 👇 it's probably surviving in Hants. thanks to disturbance which opens up the habitat. More here:
plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
add a skeleton here at some point
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The Rare Breeding Birds Panel
11 days ago
NEW BLOG, following up our recent video: how to how to submit records of rare breeding birds
rbbp.org.uk/2026/05/15/s...
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Lyme Disease UK
18 days ago
Protection methods include wearing insect repellent, sticking to well maintained paths and carrying out regular tick checks. Find out more via:
lymedisease.com/prevention
#BeTickAware
#LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth
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Tristan Norton
26 days ago
Common Gromwell Lithospermum officinale. Abundant in one area of Stockbridge Down, Hampshire yesterday.
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Tristan Norton
25 days ago
Supercharged Painted Ladies all over the place today on Hayling Island, Hampshire. Great to see 🤩
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Tristan Norton
25 days ago
A lone Fly Orchid Ophrys insectifera in a shady lane nr Exton, Hampshire today.
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Tristan Norton
24 days ago
Black Bryony Dioscorea communis can easily go overlooked as part of the green tangle of a hedgerow. It's well worth stopping to look closely. Meon Valley, Hampshire.
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Tristan Norton
24 days ago
Lovely fresh display of Common Twayblades Neottia ovata found today in Hampshire's Meon Valley.
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Tristan Norton
24 days ago
Bastard Balm Melittis melissophyllum, another one of the Sean Bean plants. Two locations in South Hampshire only.
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Tristan Norton
23 days ago
Field Fleawort Tephroseris integrifolia. Delighted to come across decent numbers of this scarce plant today at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire. Interestingly, these were in an area sprayed to control Tor-grass Brachypodium sylvaticum.
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Tristan Norton
23 days ago
Field Mouse-ear Cerastium arvense. Not a common species at all these days. Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire.
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Tristan Norton
23 days ago
Early Purple Orchids Orchis mascula still looking fab on the slopes overlooking the ancient Grim's Dyke, Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire.
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#wildflowerhour
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Tristan Norton
23 days ago
For
#wildflowerhour
#ButtercupChallenge
here's the furriest Buttercup of all, Small-flowered Buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus. Hampshire.
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Tristan Norton
22 days ago
Tower Mustard Turritis glabra. This is probably the last refuge for this species in Hampshire, the population kept going by annual ground disturbance on a sandy roadside bank. Nr Kingsley, N Hampshire.
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Tristan Norton
22 days ago
Small-flowered Catchfly Silene gallica. There's a lovely verge in suburban Bordon, Hampshire where a pink-flowered population has persisted for years. They're even on the kerb!
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Tristan Norton
19 days ago
Spider and Fly. Central Hampshire.
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Tristan Norton
19 days ago
Fly Orchids Ophrys insectifera are well underway here in Hampshire 🤩.
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Tristan Norton
17 days ago
Marsh Fritillary, Grizzled Skipper, Dingy Skipper, and Small Copper at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire.
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Tristan Norton
17 days ago
More Field Fleawort Tephroseris integrifolia at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire today. Spraying has drastically reduced Brachypodium sylvaticum and created bare soils for this, and other species, to germinate.
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Tristan Norton
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Dwarf Sedge Carex humilis at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire today. Still not really quite flowering.
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Tristan Norton
17 days ago
Fairy Flax Linum catharticum and Hoary Plantain Plantago media at Martin Down NNR today.
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Tristan Norton
16 days ago
Only Carrots for this week's
#wildflowerhour
. Pignut Conopodium majus and Sanicle Sanicula europaea in Hampshire's Meon Valley today.
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Tristan Norton
16 days ago
Actually, there has been some pea action this week. The sands of Slab Common, Bordon, Hampshire at the start of the week held candy-striped Bird's-foot Ornithopus perpusillus and the ruby red Mossy Stonecrop Crassula tillaea.
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White helleborine in a wood near Northington
#WildflowerHour
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Brian Hedley
18 days ago
Great to see both Palmate and Smooth
#Newts
are hanging-on in my mum's garden pond in Hampshire. The obvious tail-end filament, very webbed back feet and smaller size are good clues for the Palmates.
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Bob Chapman
22 days ago
Assume this to be Wall Lizard, seen today at Leckford, Hants, poor phone pic only. Also saw my earliest ever Stag Beetle in the garden.
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Tristan Norton
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Dwarf Sedge Carex humilis yesterday at Martin Down NNR, Hampshire-Wiltshire. Super abundant in the shorter turf (bright green foliage really stands out) but only just coming into flower.
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Daniel Brown
22 days ago
Good to see Dingy Skippers and Duke of Burgundy in the South Downs today. My first Small Blue of the year, Green Hairstreak, Red Admiral, Green-veined White and Holly Blue were other highlights.
#Bugsky
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Dave Wheatley
19 days ago
38/18 in Matley Wood NF last night. Highlights were Broom Moth and Neofaculta ericetella both NFM. Other good moths that I rarely see were Pinion-streaked Snout and Birch Mocha. The 3 Falcon LEDs performed as well as my holiday trap and the mini power bank was ample, only 50% used
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Amy
22 days ago
Ragged-Robin, White Bryony and loads of Hemlock Water-dropwort at Titchfield Haven, and buttercups at Lee-on-the Solent
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Tristan Norton
22 days ago
Sword-leaved Helleborine Cephalanthera longifolia in a well-known Hampshire woodland. Plenty in full flower, some even going over.
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wildflowerhour
19 days ago
Find a member of the pea or carrot family, that’s the challenge this week from Wild Flower Hour! Don’t be tempted to eat them up though, as some members of the carrot family are extremely poisonous ☠️ Post your finds for
#wildflowerhour
this Sunday 8-9pm using
#carrotsandpeas
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White helleborine in a wood near Northington
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