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This Wednesday 19th March, we will meet at Sudmoor at 09:30 am to continue with our geophysical survey. There will be an opportunity to continue into the afternoon if you wish. I will be on site from 09:30 until mid-afternoon. Details are in the email, but please ask if you have any q

This Wednesday 12th March, we will meet at Sudmoor at 09:30 am to continue with our geophysical survey. The activity will continue into the afternoon for those who wish. Please feel free to do a usual morning, stay longer, or arrive later in the day. I will be on site from 09:30 until

This Wednesday 5th March we will meet at Sudmoor at 09:30 am to continue with our geophysical survey and conduct some auger sampling. The activity will continue into the afternoon for those who wish. Please feel free to do a usual morning, stay longer, or arrive later in the day. I wi

A call out from Teresa Tearle (BTO Regional Organiser Breeding Bird Survey / Heathland Birds Survey Isle of Wight)….The Woodlark survey has started – first visit between now and 31 March. Click here for more info on available squares, recording instructions, maps, visit an

Seventeen members of IWNHAS joined Dave Fairlamb of Natural Links for an Ornithology Group outing to Seaview and the Hersey Reserve on 2 February in very favourable sunny and still conditions, with 37 species of birds seen or heard in total. Several small flocks of dark-bellied Brent

This Wednesday 19th February we will meet at Sudmoor at 09:30 am to continue with our geophysical survey. Note: I have moved the start time to 09:30 to enable us to make slightly faster progress. I appreciate some of you may find this time less convenient regarding transport, etc. but

This Wednesday 12th February we will meet at Sudmoor at 10:00 am. We’ll continue with our geophysical survey. Details are in the email. . Reminders: The ground is wet with ankle-deep water in places. Bring your Hi-Vis if you have some. Please do not obstruct the adjacent field e

This Wednesday 5th February we will meet at 10:00 am at Sudmoor. We will continue with the geophysical survey and use our GNSS equipment to map the physical obstructions, such as streams and vegetation, to help plan further geophysical survey grids. Full details are included in the em

Saturday 22nd February 11am. Members of IWNHAS are invited on a group tour of Bembridge Fort on Culver Down. The fort, owned by the National Trust, is now leased and managed by a charity, The Bembridge Fort Trust. It will be closed to the public for about 18 months while extensive wor