The online parish magazine of Old Basing and Lychpit
On 26th August Shelley Nicholls writes: We live in Lychpit and noticed a young female blackbird regular visitor to our garden. At first she had no tail feathers at all but she could hop quite freely and kept to under bushes…
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On the 23rd June Phil Males wrote: On Thursday I manage to catch a few shots of the first marbled white butterflies I have seen this summer on the Millfield together with some shots of the Pyramid Orchids which are…
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by Lianne de Mello, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Summer is by far the best time of year for exploring your local meadow. Now wildflowers are blooming, butterflies are on the wing, grasshoppers are singing and birds are…
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Appeal launched to save internationally important eighteenth-century Hampshire tapestries Basingstoke Discovery Centre events – July Disability Connexions – Launch of new group in Tadley 18 July Whipping up a storm Piccolo Preschool Nursery Celebrate its 10th Year Anniversary. Probus Visits Exbury…
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On the 12th of June Gill More wrote: I went for a wander around Mill Field and on the far ‘village’ side in the woodland edge I heard a repeated harsh sound. It was coming from the woody bit beyond…
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On the 8th of June Roos Needs writes: I’ve attached another two taken in Old Basing (a Hare and a Deer together in a feild behind Belle Vue Road, taken from the lay-by on the A30 opposite the Hatch and…
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On the 7th of June Ross Needs wrote: I just thought that I would share a couple of photos of a Red Kite flying over my house this week. These lovely birds are becoming much more common in the area…
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On the 1st June Terry McAnish wrote: I am pleased to say all eight Blue Tits fledged safely and I spent two days chasing Magpies etc away till they left. Also heard a Cuckoo on 21 May over by the…
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Central government requires local government to identify land for housing through Local Plans. The Basingstoke & Deane Local Plan identifies land for about 325 homes in the parish at Swing Swang Lane & along the A33 south of Whitmarsh Lane….
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