Local Links

The Palmerston Forts Society is active in the appreciation and preservation of the Victorian forts:
http://www.palmerstonfortssociety.org.uk/

Lots of information about the structures on and in Portsdown Hill:
http://www.portsdown-tunnels.org.uk

Fareham Borough Council have a short reference to their parts of the hill:
https://www.fareham.gov.uk/leisure/discover_fareham/portchestercommon.aspx

John Goodspeed has details about the hill on his own website : http://www.havantnature.net

Hampshire Conservation Volunteers https://www.hcv.org.uk work at weekends all over Hampshire.

Ecological links

Flora Id:
http://www.bioimages.org.uk

Butterfly ID:
The local 'Hampshire and Isle of Wight Branch of Butterfly Conservation', and national Butterfly Conservation, respectively:
http://www.hantsiow-butterflies.org.uk
http://www.butterfly-conservation.org

Moth ID:
"Hants Moths" - a site run by Mike Wall and devoted to moths in Hampshire:
http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/

UK Beetles - just what it says:
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/

Useful books

Flowers
Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland; Blamey, Fitter and Fitter; A&C Black
Up-to-date and with rather more details than in previous works.

Grasses
Grasses of the British Isles; Cope and Gray; BSBI
It's a cracker! Don't be put off by the necessary technical stuff, as there's lots of useful nuggets.

General Flora
Flora of Hampshire; Brewis, Bowman and Rose; Harley Books
Published in 1996 but still a valuable reference.

Hampshire's Countryside Heritage, No. 6: Chalk Grassland; Hampshire County Council
Published 1983. An interesting read.

Flora Britannica; Mabey; Sinclair-Stevenson
A superb collection of the roles for plants in our lives

Butterflies
How to identify butterflies; Lewington; Collins
Good pictures and comparisons between similar species

Photographs
Portsdown Panorama; Triggs; Halsgrove
Historical photos and details from an ex-News hound

Page updated 11th January 2023