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We have had to change the date of the Botany meeting Ventnor Pavement Plants from Sunday 5th July to Sunday 19th July. All other details (meeting time 14.00 hrs and location etc) remain the same.

This Wednesday 10th June, Helen and Robin invite you to join them for a stroll around Appledurcombe House and its environs. Meet at 10.30 in the free car park: Appuldurcombe Road, Wroxall,  PO38 3EW Please ask if you have any questions.

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Confirming that this season’s IWNHAS Nightjar walk will take place this Saturday 30 May. Weather forecast is looking good (dry, gentle breeze). Nightjar already here and have regularly been spotted along the route. If we’re lucky we may hear a Nightingale on our return. Me

This Wednesday 27th May, we will meet at Quarr Abbey to visit Ruins Field. We’ll have a chance to access and view the ruins, and David Tomalin will talk about some historical aspects of the medieval abbey and some of the questions we hope to address during our surveys. We will m

Saturday 11th April 9.00 – 11.30 am led by Keith Marston As fifteen members gathered at the end of Stag Lane we were serenaded by a Song Thrush on a branch just 10 metres away! This was not unexpected as the What3Words description of the meeting point was offhand.bless.songbirds! Abov

This Wednesday 20th May, we will begin a geophysical survey at Quarr Abbey. [weather permitting] Over the coming weeks, we have an opportunity to investigate both the above- and below-ground remains of the 12th-century abbey, helping to improve our understanding of the location and fu

Cancelled due to likelyhood of rain. This Wednesday 13th May, we will begin a geophysical survey at Quarr Abbey. [weather permitting] Over the coming weeks, we have an opportunity to investigate both the above- and below-ground remains of the 12th-century abbey, helping to improve our

For the next five weeks the office will only be manned on 21st May and then from 11th June onwards on Thursday mornings.