Bugs and Beasties - Guided Walk
Join us for a wander around Swanwick Lakes looking for the butterflies and other insects that appear during the summer months. Booking essential - contact Dawn Preston or Jess Daish-Miller on 01489 570240 or e-mail SwanwickLakes@hiwwt.org.uk. Please wear sturdy shoes or boots. Suggested donation £3 per person.
Purbrook Heath and Hookheath
A walk from Purbook to Hookheath Nature Reserve searching for flowers and birds. Meet and park in the car park off Purbrook Heath Road opposite ‘The Rowans’(Map ref. SU 669 078). Bring a picnic. Contact John Goodspeed on 07811 435252 or e-mail john@havantnature.net. Suggested donation £2. Dogs on leads welcome.
Orchids of Noar Hill
Explore the ancient chalk pits to see orchids and other flowers. Meet and park in the lane north of Charity Farm near Selborne (Map ref. SU 737 322). Contact Nigel Johnson on 014 8987 7324 or e-mail cassandene@waitrose.com. Suggested donation £1.50. Sorry, no dogs.
River Hamble and Holly Hill Walk
Ken Berridge will lead a walk along the banks of the River Hamble, returning through Holly Hill Country Park.
Park and meet at the Public Hard, Swanwick Shore Road, Lower Swanwick (Map ref. SU 496 092).
Contact Ken Berridge on 01489 576958. Suggested donation £2. Dogs on leads welcome.
Open Garden
This beautiful garden is being opened to help raise funds for our Fields of Gold appeal to buy Hollybed Farm Meadows.
Entry is free, tea and cakes will be available throughout the day, donations are welcome.
Please note there is no car parking, access is by a walk from Swinyard or British Camp car parks.
Swanwick Lakes Wildlife Tots - Flutterby Butterfly *FULLY BOOKED*
*Sorry, this event is fully booked*
Come and discover Swanwick Lakes' most beautiful, fluttery residents at our regular session of stories and activities for pre-school children.
Fir Tree Cottage
Swanwick Lakes Wildlife Tots - Teddy Bears Picnic
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise! Come along to Swanwick Lakes for our regular session of stories and activities for pre-school children. Bring your teddy with you.
Park Hall Conservation Volunteer Day
Park Hall is our largest reserve, situated at the eastern edge of the city limits, this site consists of Wetland, Grassland and Woodland habitats and is managed under the Higher level Stewardship scheme. There is a herd of Longhorn Cattle on site grazing the Floodplain grasslands, and extensive work has been done by Wildlife trust Volunteers to restore and conserve the sensitive habitats on this site.
Keyhaven Shoresearch survey
Join us on a Shoresearch survey at Keyhaven beach to record the seaweed and animals found when the tide goes out.
You will be helping to collect valuable data about our seashore and will learn more about the marine life which lives there. Pennington Marshes are an important habitat for birds but theres lots of interesting marine life amongst the rocks including sponges and sea squirts.
Booking advised.