The Gillies open space is an extensive area of grassland and woodland with heavily used public footpaths between West Street and Paxton Road to its south.
On average 8-10 volunteers come along to each of The Gillies Work Days – and they are all needed! Work groups are led by one of Fareham Borough Council's Countryside Rangers. This year's 3 work dates: Sunday 30 March, Sunday 18 May, and the one yet to come, Sunday 20 July. We meet at The Gillies allotments, near the Paxton Road entrance, at 9.30 a.m. Volunteers are always welcome – do try to come along.

For several years The Society has been involved in a butterfly-recording project in The Gillies, the results of which are sent to the  Hampshire and Isle of Wight branch of Butterfly Conservation. If you are interested in taking part in this, please contact The Society.

The value for nature conservation and leisure of these semi-urban spaces is underlined by this work of The Society.

It is very important that at least 25 volunteers take part in this annual Sunday-morning event, in which a mile of beach is cleared from Meon Shore to Brownwich, with the help of volunteers from the Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve.
This year's date was Sunday, 8 June: our next Beach Clean will take place in Spring 2009.
See the Noticeboard.