Fields below Broughton Down Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve near Broughton Hampshire England UK July 2016
Meadow grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus on Soft rush Juncus effusus Hook Common Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve near Hook Hampshire England UK August 2016
European otter Lutra lutra beside a tree trunk in the River Stour Blandford Dorset England UK
Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis in meadow near Beaufort-sur-Gervanne Vercors Regional Natural Park Vercors France June 2016
Silver-spotted skipper Hesperia comma resting on vegetation Broughton Down Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve Hampshire England UK August 2016

During 2016, my wife and I visited one Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust mainland reserve each month through the year to capture the scenery and wildlife of each reserve.  The wide spread of locations produced a broad variety of habitats and shows to excellent affect the great work that the HIoWWT is doing throughout my home county.

During this year-long project mainly bright days were chosen for each visit; every reserve was visited at least twice in its allotted month and I saw a number of new lifetime species as I went through the year.  Perhaps it is a project that you could undertake to see what you can find on your local Wildlife Trust nature reserves!  If you are not already a member, do consider joining your local Trust.

Much wildlife features in this talk from birds to butterflies, flowers to fungi and mammals to mites and it is delivered alongside my usual light and entertaining commentary.

If you would like to book this or any other of my talks, please telephone me or send me an email.  Sending an email can be done via my 'contact me' page.

Wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus Pamber Forest Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve near Pamber Heath Hampshire England UK 2016
Redwing Turdus iliacus feeding on berries of Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Ringwood Hampshire England
Yellow stagshorn Calocera viscosa on old pine stump Roydon Woods Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve near Brockenhurst New Forest National Park Hampshire England UK October 2016
Common frog Ranus temporaria pair in garden pond