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2021-2022 Winter Work Party Programme

Work Party Arrangements 2021-2022

Click here to open a PDF file containing a calendar of winter work parties.

NEW feature. As an experiment, a link to an online Calendar of all work parties arranged by the Branch is now being provided. If you use calendars in your email software or on your phone you should be able to subscribe to a single calendar file of all Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Reserves butterfly walks here.

Advice on how to subscribe to the calendar file is available at the following sites,
Outlook on the web, or
Outlook.com and
Apple and iPhone.

Note If you wish to obtain the grid reference of where to meet please consult the relevant reserve entry below.

Magdalen Hill Down

Every Monday from 18th October 2021 until 28th March 2022. Start 10am, finish 3.30pm

Grid Ref: SU511292. Postcode SO21 1HE

Meet at the parking area up the track from the stonemasons near the Cemetery entrance on Alresford Road, Winchester. If you don’t have a key park off the road opposite the stonemasons.

Public transport: No 64 Winchester-Alton bus, request stop for Morn Hill Cemetry. 30 minute service.

Contact details: Fiona Scully on email fscully@butterfly-conservation.org and tel. 07918073651

Yew Hill

Start 10 am, finish 3.30 pm.

Grid Ref: SU452270. Postcode SO22 4JT (approx.)

Meet at the junction of Millers Lane and Old Kennels Lane, Olivers Battery. Park along the roadside just uphill of the bridleway track.

Public transport: None.

Contact details: Fiona Scully on email fscully@butterfly-conservation.org and tel. 07918073651

Bentley Station Meadow

Start 10 am, finish by 3 pm.

Grid Ref: SU802434. Postcode GU10 4LH (approx.)

Meet at Gravel Hill car park at 10.00 and walk down to the North reserve entrance for a 10.15 start. Tools are provided, but bring your own lopper/pruning saw if you prefer. We break for lunch at 12.30 and carry on until a finish no later than 15.00.

Public transport: South Western Railway to Bentley Station (hourly service, Alton – London Waterloo), or bus No. 65 Stagecoach South to Bentley village.

Contact details: Steve Luckett on email posteve@hotmail.co.uk and tel. 07530 044278

Steve plans to be at the reserve MOST Tuesday mornings from 10.00, so if you are unable to make the above dates or are super keen to do more, please contact him and together you can tackle yet more scrubby growth.