Butterflies
Rick, Over the last week to ten days a grey heron has been visiting my back garden and pond here in Lychpit. Quite a feat seeing my garden is quite small at 45 feet...
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Hedgehogs
From Terry McAnish: For the last two to three months I have been feeding a hedgehog every night and last night three turned up possibly one being a juvenile. I have put a hedgehog...
Mallards
From Terry McAnish: Two visitors today, a female Mallard on my bungalow roof who started chattering every time I came out and a male on my neighbours roof and stayed for about 3/4 hour...
Extras – October 2020
Basingstoke and Deane Rotary Club BCoT boasts impressive end of year pass rate Parish Magazine Article September 2020 Basingstoke and District Railway Society Crime Prevention Bulletin August 2020 Lions Club World Sight Day 2020...
Nature Notes For October 2020
Any regular walkers of footpaths locally couldn’t have failed to notice the prolific acorn crop this year and the enormous size of many. It may be that another oddity of 2020 is that this is what’s...
Nature Notes For August 2020
Despite many of you being still at home and able to enjoy the great outdoors, its been a fairly quiet past couple of weeks for nature updates. The weather has been a little changeable...
Extras – August 2020
Basingstoke Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Basingstoke and Deane Rotary Club Odiham and District Cottage Hospital Basingstoke Civil Service Retirement Fellowship After our meeting with the AGM on 4th March members were looking forward to...
Nature Notes for July 2020
I do hope that many of you were able to access the on-line version only of the May and June editions of the Basinga as I’d managed to acquire some great photographs and it...
Mayor Set to Fly the Armed Forces Flag
A virtual flag-raising ceremony to mark the start of Armed Forces Week will be led by the borough’s Mayor Cllr Diane Taylor on Monday 22 June. Following COVID-19 restrictions, there won’t be a gathering...