Mating hornets
This rare photo of a group of mating hornets was captured in Petersfield earlier in the month by Oliver Young. It shows two males competing to mate with a queen lying between them. Hornets mate in the ...
This rare photo of a group of mating hornets was captured in Petersfield earlier in the month by Oliver Young. It shows two males competing to mate with a queen lying between them. Hornets mate in the ...
Our volunteers are out on the Heath again every Sunday morning come rain or shine, fully complying with Government Covid 19 guidelines. Recent work has focussed on removing bracken to encourage the sp ...
A big vote of thanks must go to Jordan Bleach and his fellow FoPH members for putting together this impressive and informative bird poster of the regular and not so regular wetland visitors to the Hea ...
Some of our regular visitors, Bee Wolf Wasps, have been busy again on the Heath. Their small holes in the sandy paths can be seen in many places, but particularly between the Pond and Heath Road. Than ...
Dwarf Gorse is flowering on the Heath right now. Look for it on the most eastern fairway, about half way up. A member of the pea family, Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) is the least widespread of the three g ...
Despite appearances, the slow worm isn’t a worm nor a snake – it’s actually a legless lizard! Look out for it basking in the sun on heathlands and grasslands, or even in the garden, where it fav ...
We have a new member who is also a keen photographer. Follow this link to see some lovely images on his own website.… ...
You may have seen this on the pond a little while ago. The Town Council has appointed Five Rivers Environmental Contracting Ltd. to undertake a major project to repair and enhance parts of the pond. T ...
Regular visitors say that they’ve never seen this plant on the Heath The rounded and nodding, purple-blue flower heads of Devil’s-bit Scabious – Succisa pratensis – can be found in d ...
Well, not quite ………….. but if you fancy a little exercise in a good cause do come and join our winter work parties on our wonderful Heath which start again soon on Sunday 8th September 2019. We meet a ...
